murmurSusuki Lantern Offering at Kamotsuba Shrine (Autumn Festival Eve)
Gose City · Kamotsuba Shrine, Gose
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Kamotsuba Shrine · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Sat, Oct 10, 2026 （Ended） Lanterns expected to enter the shrine around 19:45
- 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 The autumn festival eve falls on the Saturday two days before Sports Day in October (the summer festival is on July 16)
- Venue
- Kamotsuba Shrine, Gose
- City
- Gose City, Nara
About
On the eve of its autumn festival, Kamotsuba Shrine in Gose glows with susuki lanterns. Each is a bamboo pole about 4.5 m tall hung with 10 paper lanterns in tiers of 2, 4 and 4 and crowned with a white paper offering, said to look like a stalk of ripe rice. About 30 of them, one from each neighborhood association, assemble at Katsuragi Park and then make their way to the shrine. In the precincts each group sways and hoists its lantern before praying, and the young men's association gives a final rousing display. The offering asks for good harvests, safe households and good health; it is among the largest of its kind in Nara Prefecture and a prefectural intangible folk cultural property. The shrine protects old Gose town and 5 surrounding districts, and the next day a large portable shrine tours the streets.
Sources
- OfficialKamotsuba Shrine www.kamotsuba.com
- OfficialNara Prefecture Official Tourism Site yamatoji.nara-kankou.or.jp
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.