murmurOhimachi-sai Fire Festival (Hi-matsuri) at Itsukushima Shrine, Kohama
Oda City · Itsukushima Shrine, Kohama, Yunotsu-cho, Oda
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Shimane Tourism Association (Shimane Tourism Navi) · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates not confirmed
- 2026
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- 2027
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- Usual timing
- Usually mid February
- How the date is set
- Every year on February 14
- Venue
- Itsukushima Shrine, Kohama, Yunotsu-cho, Oda
- City
- Oda City, Shimane
About
On February 14 every year, Itsukushima Shrine in Kohama, Yunotsu, holds a festival to calm fire that is said to exist only at this shrine. Each household brings firewood to the shrine, a fire burns all night, and people walk through town chanting "Netara okose, oji ya oji, Goro no oji." The story goes that a great fire once broke out in Kohama and could not be put out, until a single white heron flew in and circled above it and the flames died. People tied this to the tale of Goro, the youngest child of Kohama's god, who was said to have raced around town all night, angry at being given no land, and began to worship him as the fire god Kojin.
Sources
- OfficialShimane Tourism Association (Shimane Tourism Navi) 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.
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.