murmurNishiure Dengaku (Ritual Field Dances of Nishiure)
Hamamatsu City · Kannon-do Hall, Nishiure, Misakubo
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Hamamatsu City Cultural Properties Division · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Mar 6–7, 2026 （Ended） From moonrise until sunrise the next morning (roughly 21:00 to 8:00)
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually late February
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year From moonrise on the 18th day of the first lunar month until sunrise the next morning
- Venue
- Kannon-do Hall, Nishiure, Misakubo
- City
- Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka
About
In the Nishiure district of Misakubo, Tenryu Ward, Hamamatsu, villagers dance their dengaku at the Kannon hall from moonrise on the eighteenth day of the first lunar month until sunrise the following morning. The rite is an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Japan. Dances known as jino and hane-no, together with a lion dance and the closing shizume no mai, are offered one after another as prayers for abundant harvests and good health. Staying through the night lets you watch an old performing art all the way to dawn. Because it follows the lunar calendar, the date moves each year. The roads are dark at night, so bring a flashlight; in some years a shuttle bus runs from the Misakubo branch office.
Sources
- OfficialHamamatsu City Cultural Properties Division www.city.hamamatsu.shizuoka.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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