murmurKawagoe Hyakumanto Summer Festival
Kawagoe City · Streets from around Hon-Kawagoe Station to the Fudanotsuji intersection
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Koedo Kawagoe Tourist Association · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Jul 25–26, 2026 （Ended）
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually late July
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year
- Venue
- Streets from around Hon-Kawagoe Station to the Fudanotsuji intersection
- City
- Kawagoe City, Saitama
About
Kawagoe, nicknamed Little Edo, closes the streets from around Hon-Kawagoe Station, through the warehouse-lined Ichibangai district, to the Fudanotsuji intersection for this summer festival. From late afternoon into the night you'll find dance events, festival music contests, a historical procession, and stalls and activities put on by the shopping streets. The story goes back to the end of the Edo period: in the first Obon after the death of Matsudaira Naritsune, lord of Kawagoe Castle, the daughter of a family he had helped hung a kiriko lantern at their door, and in time the whole town took up a lantern festival in his memory. It lapsed for a while, returned in 1960 and has carried its present name since 1982.
Sources
- OfficialKoedo Kawagoe Tourist Association koedo.or.jp
- OfficialKawagoe Hyakumanto Summer Festival Committee www.kawagoe.or.jp
- OfficialKawagoe Hyakumanto Summer Festival Committee www.kawagoe.or.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.