murmurSagae Festival
Sagae City · Sagae Hachimangu Shrine, the area in front of Sagae Station and around town
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Yamagata Prefectural Tourism Association (Yamagata Kanko) · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Sep 14–20, 2026 （Ended）
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually mid September
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Held in mid-September to coincide with the annual grand festival of Sagae Hachimangu Shrine
- Venue
- Sagae Hachimangu Shrine, the area in front of Sagae Station and around town
- City
- Sagae City, Yamagata
About
Sagae's big autumn festival is timed to the annual grand festival of Sagae Hachimangu Shrine. One highlight is the shrine's yabusame, a sacred rite of horseback archery handed down from the samurai of the Kamakura period and designated an intangible folk cultural property of Yamagata Prefecture: riders loose arrows while galloping at full speed. The festival builds to the Mikoshi Festival, one of the largest portable-shrine gatherings in the Tohoku region, where shrines carried in different styles meet in one place, from Tokyo-style mikoshi hoisted to cries of "soiya, soiya" to Shonan-style ones carried to "dokkoi, dokkoi," along with the shrine's own mikoshi. Children's mikoshi and music floats join in, and a food-stall and stage area sets up in front of Sagae Station.
Sources
- OfficialYamagata Prefectural Tourism Association (Yamagata Kanko) yamagatakanko.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.