murmurHagi Natsumikan Festival
Hagi City · Kankitsu Park and the former Tanaka Villa
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Hagi City Tourism Association · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- May 9–10, 2026 （Ended） 10:00–16:00
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually early May
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Usually a weekend in early to mid May
- Venue
- Kankitsu Park and the former Tanaka Villa
- City
- Hagi City, Yamaguchi
About
This festival puts Hagi's famous natsumikan citrus in the spotlight, with Kankitsu Park and the former Tanaka Villa in the Hiyako area as its venues. Around the castle town the fruit hangs over white plaster walls and the earthen walls of samurai houses, and in early to mid May the small white blossoms give the streets a sweet scent. The Ministry of the Environment has named that scent one of Japan's 100 best scent landscapes, the only one chosen in Yamaguchi Prefecture. On festival day you can shop for natsumikan and goods made from it, pick fruit yourself, join a quiz rally and prize draw, watch local performing arts and sit down for matcha. Pleasure boats leave from a temporary pier nearby, showing part of the Eight Views of Hagi from the water. The park grows about 380 citrus trees of 10 kinds.
Sources
- OfficialHagi City Tourism Association www.hagishi.com
- OfficialYamaguchi Prefectural Tourism Federation (Oidemase Yamaguchi) yamaguchi-tourism.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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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.