murmurAmedaki Waterfall Opening Festival (Inaba Umbrella Dance)
Tottori City · Amedaki Falls (Kokufu-cho Amedaki, Tottori City)
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Tottori Prefecture Tourism Federation · 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 early June
- How the date is set
- The 1st Saturday of June
- Venue
- Amedaki Falls (Kokufu-cho Amedaki, Tottori City)
- City
- Tottori City, Tottori
About
On the first Saturday of June each year, Amedaki Falls in Tottori City's Kokufu district is ceremonially opened for the season. The main attraction is the Inaba Kasa Odori, an umbrella dance handed down in eastern Tottori. Its roots lie in a dance with flower-trimmed hats performed to pray for rain during a drought in the late Edo period, and the dance took its present shape in the Meiji era. Performers whirl big umbrellas on long handles in time with the song, their crisp moves recalling a sword dance. Because this is the parent form of the umbrella dance seen at the Tottori Shan Shan Festival in August, the falls offer a rare look at where that dance came from.
Sources
- 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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