murmurFushiki Hikiyama Festival (Kenka-yama)
Takaoka City · Yamacho district of Fushiki, around Fushiki Shrine
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Fushiki Hikiyama Festival Executive Committee · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- May 15–16, 2026 （Ended） May 15: rites and portable-shrine procession 8:00–17:00, illumination 19:00–21:00. May 16: floral floats 9:00–15:00, lantern floats 18:00–24:00 (kaccha clashes from about 18:30, 20:30 and 22:30)
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually mid May
- How the date is set
- The 3rd Saturday of May The third Saturday of May and the Friday before it
- Venue
- Yamacho district of Fushiki, around Fushiki Shrine
- City
- Takaoka City, Toyama
About
Fushiki, a port in Takaoka that thrived as a stop for the Kitamaebune trading ships, holds the spring grand festival of Fushiki Shrine, famous as Kenka-yama, the "fighting floats." The festival gives thanks for the sea's gifts and asks for safe voyages, and it is said to have begun in 1820 when the Nakamachi district built the first float. Seven floats tour the town by day under spreading flower parasols, then reappear at night as lantern floats hung with some 360 lanterns each. Everyone waits for the kaccha, when floats slam into each other head-on amid pounding drums and cries of "Iyasa!", again and again until late at night. Damage from the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake means there is no parking near the venue, so please come by public transport; Fushiki Station on the JR Himi Line is five minutes' walk away.
Sources
- OfficialFushiki Hikiyama Festival Executive Committee kenkayama.jp
- OfficialToyama 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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