murmurMitsuke Tenjin Naked Festival
Iwata City · Around Yanahime Shrine (Mitsuke Tenjin) and Mitsuke post-town street
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Iwata City · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Sep 19–20, 2026 （Ended）
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually mid September
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year The Saturday and Sunday just before the 10th day of the 8th lunar month (around mid-September)
- Venue
- Around Yanahime Shrine (Mitsuke Tenjin) and Mitsuke post-town street
- City
- Iwata City, Shizuoka
About
On the weekend just before a fixed date in the old lunar calendar, the Mitsuke district of Iwata holds the Mitsuke Tenjin Naked Festival, often called one of the most unusual festivals in Japan and designated an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Japan. Men dressed only in skirts of new straw shove and surge through the streets of Mitsuke, and once inside the worship hall of Yanahime Shrine they perform the Oni Odori, or demon dance. Everything happens around the old post-town street of Mitsuke on the former Tokaido, reachable by bus from JR Iwata Station. Iwata City's yearly calendar of tourism events lists the dates.
Sources
- OfficialIwata City www.city.iwata.shizuoka.jp
- OfficialIwata City www.city.iwata.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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