murmurOmiyukisan (Miyuki Festival at Shingen Embankment)
Kai City · Shingen Embankment and Sanja Shrine, Ryuo, Kai
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Yamanashi Tourism Organization · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates not confirmed
- 2026
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- 2027
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- Usual timing
- Usually mid April
- How the date is set
- Every year on April 15
- Venue
- Shingen Embankment and Sanja Shrine, Ryuo, Kai
- City
- Kai City, Yamanashi
About
Every April 15, the banks of the Kamanashi River at Ryuo in Kai City host this festival, one of the three great Miyuki processions of Koshu. The spirits of three shrines of old Kai Province, Ichinomiya Asama Shrine, Ninomiya Miwa Shrine and Sannomiya Tamamoro Shrine, gather at Ryuo, and a mikoshi is carried along the Shingen Embankment before a flood-control rite at Sanja Shrine. Sanja Shrine stands where the procession ends; tradition says it was established so that the deities of the three shrines could cross to this spot and pray for protection from floods. The embankment itself is said to have been built by Takeda Shingen to hold back the floodwaters of the Kamanashi River, and the neighboring Shingen Embankment Park has cherry blossoms in spring.
Sources
- OfficialYamanashi Tourism Organization www.yamanashi-kankou.jp
- OfficialYamanashi Tourism Organization www.yamanashi-kankou.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.