murmurKome Hyappyo Matsuri (Hundred Sacks of Rice Festival)
Nagaoka City · Aore Nagaoka
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Nagaoka City (Kome Hyappyo Matsuri Executive Committee) · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Sat, Oct 3, 2026 （Ended） 10:00 to 16:00
- 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 Usually a weekend in early October; dates are announced each year
- Venue
- Aore Nagaoka
- City
- Nagaoka City, Niigata
About
Nagaoka's autumn festival, which started alongside a harvest celebration, is built around the city's "Kome Hyappyo" (a hundred bales of rice) spirit. The stage program includes the Echigo Nagaoka historical procession with Kawai Tsugunosuke and figures tied to the Makino family, an English play of the Kome Hyappyo story by pupils of Sakanoue Elementary School, introductions to Nagaoka's notable forebears, a Kome Hyappyo quiz championship, a Kome Hyappyo portable shrine and Yukyu Daiko drumming. There's also princess and samurai dress-up, sword-fight lessons, a photo booth with a Gatling gun, and food booths, so history comes with plenty of fun. The story behind it: after Nagaoka burned in the Boshin War, domain official Kobayashi Torasaburo insisted that educating people mattered most, and that idea underpinned the city's rebuilding. The festival aims to pass it on to children and to people in Japan and abroad.
Sources
- OfficialNagaoka City (Kome Hyappyo Matsuri Executive Committee) www.city.nagaoka.niigata.jp
- OfficialNiigata Prefectural Tourism Association (Niigata Kanko Navi) 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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