murmurHakanoki Torch Festival
Nyuzen Town · Hakanoki, Nyuzen (Shinmei Shrine to Suijin Shrine)
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Nyuzen Town tourism site (Nyuzen Mania) · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Sat, Oct 10, 2026 （Ended） Torches lit at 18:30; procession leaves Shinmei Shrine at 19:00
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually mid October
- How the date is set
- The 2nd Saturday of October
- Venue
- Hakanoki, Nyuzen (Shinmei Shrine to Suijin Shrine)
- City
- Nyuzen Town, Toyama
About
On the second Saturday of October, Hakanoki in Nyuzen Town holds a fire festival recognized as an intangible folk cultural property. Some 250 years ago, the story goes, a great flood of the Kurobe River broke an embankment, and villagers made torches in front of Hakanoki Shinmei Shrine and carried them to the levee all night long to speed the repairs. Today the festival thanks the water god for the gift of water and asks for good harvests and good health. Each giant torch has a core of about 50 bamboo poles of various sizes, wrapped in straw and bound with rope, reaching 5 meters in height and 1.2 meters across and weighing about 200 kg. The two giants are carried to a traditional rice-work song, surrounded by dozens of small torches held by children, about 800 meters upstream to Suijin Shrine, where they are set alight.
Sources
- OfficialNyuzen Town tourism site (Nyuzen Mania) www.nyuzen-kanko.jp
- OfficialToyama Tourism Navi (Toyama Tourism Organization) www.info-toyama.com
Last checked: Oct 10, 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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