murmurSakaiminato Minato Festival
Sakaiminato City · Across Sakaiminato (Daiko Shrine, Sakai Channel and more)
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Sakaiminato Tourism Association · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates not confirmed
- 2026
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually late July
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Usually late July; dates are announced each year
- Venue
- Across Sakaiminato (Daiko Shrine, Sakai Channel and more)
- City
- Sakaiminato City, Tottori
About
Sakaiminato, home to one of Japan's biggest fishing ports, started this summer festival in 1946, shortly after the end of the war. The day begins at Daiko Shrine with prayers for safe seas and full nets. Don't miss the sea parade, when fishing boats from Mihonoseki loaded with a portable shrine and drums cruise along the Sakai Channel. Back on land there are portable-shrine parades and stage events, and at night roughly 2,000 fireworks go up, their thunder rolling across to the Shimane Peninsula on the far shore. Around the same time, handmade lanterns carrying the wishes of local schoolchildren and others drift on the channel. Earlier editions have also opened a coast guard patrol ship to visitors and featured the Sakaiminato Tairyo Daiko drummers.
Sources
- OfficialSakaiminato Tourism Association www.sakaiminato.net
- 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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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.