murmurKawanakajima Battle Reenactment
Fuefuki City · Riverbank in front of Fuefuki City Hall, Isawa
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Fuefuki Kanko Navi (official Fuefuki City tourism portal) · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Sun, Nov 8, 2026
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually early November
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Usually a Sunday in November; held rain or shine
- Venue
- Riverbank in front of Fuefuki City Hall, Isawa
- City
- Fuefuki City, Yamanashi
About
The main event of Fuefuki's autumn festival brings back the Battles of Kawanakajima, fought in the Warring States period between Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin. The fighters are members of the public who suit up in armor and warlord costumes and divide into the Takeda and Uesugi sides. Each army dresses and rehearses at its own check-in point, then marches down Ichibu-dori in Isawa to take position on the battlefield set up on the riverbank in front of Fuefuki City Hall. From the embankment, spectators cheer, drums pound and victory cries ring out. In recent years actors have taken the roles of Shingen and Kenshin. It goes ahead rain or shine.
Sources
- OfficialFuefuki Kanko Navi (official Fuefuki City tourism portal) www.fuefuki-kanko.jp
- Reference合戦参加者・受付〜出陣までの様子 www.fuefuki-kanko.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.