murmurUozu Tatemon Festival
Uozu City · Around Suwa Shrine, Uozu
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Toyama Tourism Navi (official Toyama tourism site) · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Aug 7–8, 2026 （Ended） Fireworks over the sea on August 8 (Sat)
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually early August
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Held over two days in early August as part of the Jantokoi Uozu Festival, alongside a fireworks display over the sea
- Venue
- Around Suwa Shrine, Uozu
- City
- Uozu City, Toyama
About
With a history of more than 300 years, the Tatemon Festival is Uozu's pride and is inscribed as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. The star is the tatemon, a pillar about 16 meters tall hung with more than 90 lanterns in a triangle, weighing roughly 5 tons altogether. Crews in happi coats pull together in time with drums and flutes, hauling the floats from the Uozu seashore to the grounds of Suwa Shrine. The moment to watch is the spinning offering, when a tatemon is whirled around with real force for the gods. It is a prayer for good fishing and safe voyages, and the light of hundreds of lanterns hangs in the night sky. Combined with the fireworks over the sea held on the same day, it makes one of the defining scenes of an Uozu summer.
Sources
- OfficialToyama Tourism Navi (official Toyama tourism site) 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
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