murmurHyuga Hyottoko Summer Festival
Hyuga City · Streets around JR Hyugashi Station and Akugare Plaza
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Miyazaki Prefecture Tourism Association · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Jul 31 – Aug 1, 2026 （Ended） July 31, 18:00–21:00 (eve event); August 1, 15:00–21:30 (main festival, with the hyottoko dance parade from 18:00)
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually early August
- How the date is set
- The 1st Saturday of August Main festival on the first Saturday of August, with an eve event the day before. Cancelled in severe weather
- Venue
- Streets around JR Hyugashi Station and Akugare Plaza
- City
- Hyuga City, Miyazaki
About
Each summer around 2,000 dancers from all over Japan descend on Hyuga to perform the comic hyottoko dance. The dance is a folk art handed down in the Shiomi Nagata area of the city and is a city-designated Intangible Folk Cultural Property. It acts out a funny story about a couple who long for a child and the Inari deity, who appears as a fox. Dancers wear hyottoko, okame or fox masks, red kimono with white sashes and spotted hand towels tied around their heads, and wiggle their hips as they go. Teams compete on the beauty of their dancing and how well they move together. The eve event is an individual competition, the main day brings the parade, and food stalls are set up around the venue.
Sources
- OfficialMiyazaki Prefecture Tourism Association www.kanko-miyazaki.jp
Last checked: Oct 11, 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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