murmurToka Ebisu at Imamiya Ebisu Shrine
Osaka City · Imamiya Ebisu Shrine, Ebisu-nishi, Naniwa Ward, Osaka
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Imamiya Ebisu Shrine · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates not confirmed
- 2026
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- 2027
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- Usual timing
- Usually early January
- How the date is set
- Every year, January 9 – January 11 Every year on January 9 (Yoi-Ebisu), 10 (Hon-Ebisu) and 11 (Nokori-Ebisu)
- Venue
- Imamiya Ebisu Shrine, Ebisu-nishi, Naniwa Ward, Osaka
- City
- Osaka City, Osaka
About
Imamiya Ebisu Shrine, home of Ebisu, the deity of business prosperity, holds its grand annual festival every year from January 9 to 11. January 9 is Yoi-Ebisu, January 10 Hon-Ebisu and January 11 Nokori-Ebisu, and as the year's first festival it draws worshippers from all over Kansai. People receive lucky bamboo branches from the fukumusume shrine maidens and hang on kitcho charms, bundles of tiny gold coins, rice bales, sea bream and other lucky symbols, to carry good fortune home. The Hoekago palanquin procession, which grew out of visits by geisha from the Minami district, and a sea bream offering from the Kizu market add to the color. Cooked offerings are prepared for the deity early in the morning over a hearth fire lit with flint.
Sources
- OfficialImamiya Ebisu Shrine www.imamiya-ebisu.jp
- OfficialImamiya Ebisu Shrine www.imamiya-ebisu.jp
- OfficialImamiya Ebisu Shrine www.imamiya-ebisu.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
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.