murmurMasuda Tenmangu Festival (Masuda Nanao Matsuri)
Masuda City · Masuda Community Hall (main stage) and central Masuda
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Shimane Tourism Association · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
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- 2026
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- 2027
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- Usual timing
- Usually early November
- How the date is set
- Every year on November 3
- Venue
- Masuda Community Hall (main stage) and central Masuda
- City
- Masuda City, Shimane
About
On November 3 every year, Masuda Tenmangu, the shrine of Sugawara no Michizane, holds the biggest annual event in the Masuda district. Its core is a procession tracing Michizane's journey into exile at Dazaifu: mounted senior and junior officials, cattle and horses, and comic niwaka skits move through the streets. Children dressed as feudal footmen and rice-planting musicians add color, while Iwami kagura and other entertainment fill the main stage and the shrine grounds. The central streets are closed to cars for the day, with stalls set up along them. The officials' procession is said to have been brought from a Tenmangu shrine in Suo in the Meiji era, giving it about 130 years of history. Every 25 years a special grand festival is held.
Sources
- OfficialShimane Tourism Association www.kankou-shimane.com
- OfficialMasuda City www.city.masuda.lg.jp
- OfficialShimane Tourism Association www.kankou-shimane.com
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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