murmurGion Kashiwazaki Festival
Kashiwazaki City · Nishihoncho, Higashihoncho and Chuo Beach, Kashiwazaki
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Niigata Prefectural Tourist Association · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Jul 24–26, 2026 （Ended） Folk dance parade 18:00-19:30, float scrums 18:00-20:15, fireworks 19:30-21:10
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually late July
- How the date is set
- Every year, July 24 – July 26 Folk dancing, then float scrums, then fireworks over the sea
- Venue
- Nishihoncho, Higashihoncho and Chuo Beach, Kashiwazaki
- City
- Kashiwazaki City, Niigata
About
Kashiwazaki's signature summer festival lasts 3 days, each night with its own character. Night one is a street folk dance parade that sweeps up onlookers until the streets are packed with dancers. Night two is taru niwaka, when floats and portable shrines that each group has worked hard on jostle each other amid lusty shouts. The last night is the fireworks over the sea, one of Echigo's three great displays alongside Nagaoka's river fireworks and Katakai's mountain fireworks: after sunset about 16,000 shells go up, including 300 large shells in rapid succession, starmines spreading over the water, wide starmines and 100 large shells fired at once. The venues are 10 to 20 minutes' walk from Kashiwazaki Station, and visitors are asked to use public transport.
Sources
- OfficialNiigata Prefectural Tourist Association niigata-kankou.or.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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On the day, see what locals are murmuring on the murmur map
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