murmurHanno Festival
Hanno City · Central Hanno (Hanno Odori, Hanno Ginza-dori, Station-mae-dori and nearby streets)
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Okumusashi Hanno Tourism Association · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Nov 7–8, 2026
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually early November
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year
- Venue
- Central Hanno (Hanno Odori, Hanno Ginza-dori, Station-mae-dori and nearby streets)
- City
- Hanno City, Saitama
About
Each autumn, central Hanno fills with locals and visitors for this festival, which pairs traditional float processions, stationary festival music and lion dances with a citizens' parade, yosakoi dancing and food stalls. Floats come from 11 neighborhoods in two styles: Edo-style floats crowned with figures, and pavilion-style yatai with curved gabled roofs and fine carvings. Be sure to catch the moment all 11 line up together and the face-offs between floats. Neighborhoods began pulling floats and offering festival music in the mid-Meiji era, and in 1971 the tourism association, chamber of commerce, shopping streets and residents' associations teamed up to hold the first Hanno Festival.
Sources
- OfficialOkumusashi Hanno Tourism Association hanno-tourism.jp
- OfficialOkumusashi Hanno Tourism Association hanno-tourism.jp
- OfficialOkumusashi Hanno Tourism Association hanno-tourism.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.