murmurSaijo Inari Ohitaki Grand Fire Festival
Okayama City · In front of the Main Hall (Reikoden), Saijo Inari
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Saijo Inari (Myokyoji Temple) · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates not confirmed
- 2026
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- 2027
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- Usual timing
- Usually early December
- How the date is set
- Every year, December 1 – December 2
- Venue
- In front of the Main Hall (Reikoden), Saijo Inari
- City
- Okayama City, Okayama
About
On December 1 and 2 each year, Saijo Inari in Takamatsu, northern Okayama City, holds one of its three major festivals. Talismans received the year before are heaped onto a specially built goma fire altar and burned in thanks for a year of protecting the family. Holding your body or hands toward the flames is said to keep illness away for the year ahead. The rite, unique to this temple, recalls a legend: the founder Hoon Daishi prayed for two ailing emperors to recover, and when he later gave thanks to the talisman he had used, it vanished with the incense smoke.
Sources
- OfficialSaijo Inari (Myokyoji Temple) inari.ne.jp
- OfficialOkayama Prefectural Tourism Federation (Okayama Kanko WEB) www.okayama-kanko.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.
On the day, see what locals are murmuring on the murmur map
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