murmurSenda Matsuri (Susa Shrine)
Arida City · Susa Shrine (Senda, Arida City)
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Arida City · 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 mid October
- How the date is set
- Every year on October 14
- Venue
- Susa Shrine (Senda, Arida City)
- City
- Arida City, Wakayama
About
On October 14, Susa Shrine in Arida's Senda district stages a boisterous autumn festival built around six sea bream placed before the deity. Participants grapple for the fish, since tradition holds that anyone who comes away with one will enjoy big catches all year. The shrine is revered as a protector of seafarers and a ward against misfortune, and the ancient Engishiki register ranks it among the major shrines. Its own records say that in 713 it was brought from a peak in Yoshino to the hilltop, but ships that sailed past without lowering their sails kept wrecking, so it soon moved to where it stands now. Patronized by the Kishu domain, it treasures a sword donated by Tokugawa Yoshimune, an Important Cultural Property, and its crest, a summer peach, is rarely seen anywhere else.
Sources
- OfficialArida City www.city.arida.lg.jp
- OfficialWakayama Prefecture Tourism Federation www.wakayama-kanko.or.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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