murmurTakamori Fuchinsai Festival
Takamori Town · Central Takamori, around Takamori Station
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Takamori Tourism Promotion Organization · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Aug 21–22, 2026 （Ended） Fireworks from 20:00 on August 22
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually mid August
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Two days in mid to late August; dates are announced each year
- Venue
- Central Takamori, around Takamori Station
- City
- Takamori Town, Kumamoto
About
Takamori's summer festival prays for the strong winds to calm down and for a good harvest. Said to be over 270 years old, it is believed to have been started by the town's merchants to thank local farmers. It opens in the middle of the first night: firecrackers go off and each neighborhood group parades in inventive costumes for the mezamashi wake-up. That morning a harvest rite takes place at Takamori Aso Shrine, and from evening the Takamori niwaka, funny skits in the local dialect, pop up all over town; the national government has selected them as an intangible folk cultural property to be documented. Day two brings the yamahiki, when tsukurimono figures built from everyday objects to look like something else are pulled around town, plus a niwaka contest, and about 2,000 fireworks close the night.
Sources
- OfficialTakamori Tourism Promotion Organization asotakamori-kanko.com
- OfficialKumamoto Prefecture (Kumamoto Culture Site) kumamoto.guide
Last checked: Oct 10, 2026. Event information is based on official announcements, but changes may not always be reflected here. Please check each official website for accurate details.
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On the day, see what locals are murmuring on the murmur map
murmur is an app that shows short, anonymous posts on a map, right where they were written. On festival day, open the map around the venue and see what people nearby are saying.