murmurNasebanaru Autumn Festival
Yonezawa City · Matsugasaki Park and the Denkoku-no-Mori area
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Yonezawa Four Seasons Festival Committee · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Sep 26–27, 2026 （Ended） September 26, 10:00–17:00; September 27, 10:00–16:00
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually late September
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Usually a Saturday and Sunday in late September
- Venue
- Matsugasaki Park and the Denkoku-no-Mori area
- City
- Yonezawa City, Yamagata
About
This autumn festival celebrates the spirit of Yonezawa, above all the can-do motto "naseba naru" ("if you try, you can") of Uesugi Yozan, and passes it on to the next generation. It fills Matsugasaki Park and the area around Denkoku-no-Mori. A recreated bokkui-ichi, the unmanned market of Yozan's day where goods hung from posts and no one ever stole, recalls a community built on trust. You can watch, try and buy local crafts such as Yonezawa textiles and Sasano ittobori woodcarving, eat Yonezawa beef rice bowls and local-style imoni stew, try old-fashioned games, browse goods from Yonezawa's partner towns and shop at a Mashiko pottery fair.
Sources
- OfficialYonezawa Four Seasons Festival Committee aki.yonezawa-matsuri.jp
- OfficialYonezawa Four Seasons Festival Committee aki.yonezawa-matsuri.jp
- Referenceなせばなる秋まつり(山形県米沢市)｜旅東北 www.tohokukanko.jp
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.
Other events this month
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.