murmurUsuki Hina Doll Festival (Usuki Hinameguri)
Usuki City · Usuki Tourist Exchange Plaza, former Shinkoji Temple, Sala de Usuki and the Kuge Okura storehouse
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Usuki Tourism Association (Usuki Hinameguri Executive Committee office) · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Feb 6 – Mar 8, 2026 （Ended）
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually early February
- How the date is set
- Announced each year Usually early February to early March; dates are announced each year
- Venue
- Usuki Tourist Exchange Plaza, former Shinkoji Temple, Sala de Usuki and the Kuge Okura storehouse
- City
- Usuki City, Oita
About
In the old castle town of Usuki, paper hina dolls are set out around town. Simple, elegant paper dolls appear at venues such as the Usuki Tourist Exchange Plaza and Sala de Usuki, and you can join a stamp rally around local restaurants and shops or collect the letters the dolls hold to solve a word puzzle, which makes it fun to explore on foot. Old documents say that during the Tenpo-era reforms, the Usuki domain demanded frugal living and townspeople could display only paper dolls. None of those dolls survive, so a local group, Usuki Hina no Kai, created a local style based on standing hina, considered an early form of the festival doll.
Sources
- OfficialUsuki Tourism Association (Usuki Hinameguri Executive Committee office) www.usuki-kanko.com
- OfficialTourism Oita www.visit-oita.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.