murmurIsurugi Hikiyama Festival
Oyabe City · Central Isurugi and the festival plaza at Oyabe Civic Exchange Plaza
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Oyabe City Tourism Association · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Wed, Apr 29, 2026 （Ended） About 13:00–20:30 (procession from 14:30; lantern floats line up at 19:00)
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually late April
- How the date is set
- Every year on April 29 May be cancelled in rain or stormy weather
- Venue
- Central Isurugi and the festival plaza at Oyabe Civic Exchange Plaza
- City
- Oyabe City, Toyama
About
On April 29 each year, Isurugi in Oyabe, once a key stop on the old Hokuriku Highway, holds the spring festival of Isurugi Atago Shrine, said to have continued since the middle of the Edo period. Eleven flower floats, each a showcase of fine craft work, are drawn through the streets to festival music. An impressive sight comes in the early afternoon, when all eleven line up at the festival plaza in front of Oyabe Civic Exchange Plaza for a send-off ceremony. Then they split up to follow their own neighborhood routes, filling the town with chants, music and the creak of wooden wheels. As evening comes the lanterns are lit, and the floats take on an entirely different look. Children can sign up to ride on a lantern float.
Sources
- OfficialOyabe City Tourism Association oyabe.info
- OfficialToyama Tourism Organization (Toyama Kanko Navi) 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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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.