murmurMitokusan Fire Festival
Misasa Town · Mitokusan Sanbutsuji Temple
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Misasa Onsen Tourism Association · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Sun, Oct 25, 2026 Around 9:30-15:30 (fire-walking from 13:50)
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually late October
- How the date is set
- The last Sunday of October
- Venue
- Mitokusan Sanbutsuji Temple
- City
- Misasa Town, Tottori
About
Every autumn, Sanbutsuji Temple on Mt. Mitoku in Misasa Town holds a festival of Shugendo, the ascetic practice of Japan's mountain monks. The core is the saito goma fire rite: as conch horns sound, yamabushi throw wooden sticks bearing people's wishes into a roaring blaze. Next comes the fire-walk, regarded as a secret Shugendo practice, in which people cross the burning fire barefoot, praying for health, recovery from illness, fulfilled wishes and protection from bad luck. Members of the public can walk too by paying a fee. Add a yamabushi procession, offerings of children's karate and music, bamboo sake and ascetics' rice porridge handed out to visitors, and a market, and the mountain temple stays busy all day. Free shuttle buses run from the Misasa Onsen hot spring town.
Sources
- OfficialMisasa Onsen Tourism Association misasaonsen.jp
- OfficialTottori Prefecture Tourism Federation www.tottori-guide.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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