murmurKishiwada Danjiri Matsuri
Kishiwada City · Central Kishiwada (the September festival covers the Kishiwada and Haruki districts)
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Kishiwada City · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Sep 19–20, 2026 （Ended） Eve day 6:00–22:00, main day 9:00–22:00
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually mid September
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Eve and main days of the September festival (Kishiwada and Haruki districts); other districts hold theirs in October
- Venue
- Central Kishiwada (the September festival covers the Kishiwada and Haruki districts)
- City
- Kishiwada City, Osaka
About
Each neighborhood in Kishiwada has its own danjiri, a heavy carved wooden float, and during the festival they are hauled through streets that still feel like a castle town. By day the pulling mixes finesse with sheer force, and by night the floats glow with lanterns. The September festival takes place in the Kishiwada and Haruki districts, with trial runs before the eve and main days, and other districts follow in October. Each float has its own character, down to the designs of its carvings. Tradition holds that it began in the mid-Edo period when the lord of Kishiwada held an Inari festival to pray for a good harvest, giving it more than 300 years of history.
Sources
- OfficialKishiwada City www.city.kishiwada.lg.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
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.