murmurHyuga Jugoya Festival
Hyuga City · Central Hyuga City
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Miyazaki Prefecture Tourism Association · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Oct 10–11, 2026 （Ended） 11:00-20:30
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually early October
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Held around the mid-autumn full moon; dates are announced each year
- Venue
- Central Hyuga City
- City
- Hyuga City, Miyazaki
About
Around the mid-autumn full moon, central Hyuga holds an autumn festival known locally as "Jugoya-san." These days the attractions are the decorative mitate craft displays and flower-covered floats offered to the shrine, and a parade of dance troupes and others through the city centre, with the whole town in festive mood. It is counted among the three great festivals of northern Miyazaki and of Hyuga. The festival began as the rites of Tomitaka Hachiman Shrine. Legend says that about 800 years ago two warriors, Nasu no Yoichi and Kudo Suketsune, chasing Heike survivors who had fled to Shiiba after the Battle of Dannoura, invited the deity of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu in Kamakura and built the shrine to raise their troops' spirits. Local people later kept the festival going to pray for good harvests and give thanks for the crops.
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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