murmurHino Matsuri at Umamioka Watamuki Shrine
Hino Town · Umamioka Watamuki Shrine and central Hino
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Hino Town · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- May 2–3, 2026 （Ended）
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually early May
- How the date is set
- Every year, May 2 – May 3 May 2 is the eve festival; May 3 is the main festival
- Venue
- Umamioka Watamuki Shrine and central Hino
- City
- Hino Town, Shiga
About
Umamioka Watamuki Shrine's spring festival, held over May 2 and 3, brings out 16 hikiyama floats, more than any other festival in Shiga, and their rich ornaments speak of how prosperous Hino's townspeople once were. On the evening of May 2 the floats are brought out to street corners as dusk falls, and festival music carries on under lanterns until late. May 3 starts early with the procession of the shinchosha and kamiko who preside over the festival, and by around noon the floats have assembled in the shrine grounds. Three portable shrines also appear, and a procession built around the kamiko and the mikoshi moves between the main shrine and its temporary resting place, keeping the old form of a "shinko" festival. With more than 850 years of history, it is considered Hino's largest festival and is designated an intangible folk cultural property of Shiga Prefecture under the name Hino Hikiyama Festival.
Sources
- OfficialHino Town www.town.shiga-hino.lg.jp
- OfficialHino Tourist Association hino-kanko.jp
- OfficialBiwako Visitors Bureau (Shiga Official Tourism Site) www.biwako-visitors.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.