Culture Tokushima Yokai Festival 2025 Mid Nov Miyoshi City in Tokushima Prefecture on Japan's Shikoku island holds an annual yokai ghost festival in November.
Culture Tokiwadaira Sakura Festival 2026 Late Mar includes plenty of additional fun–there will be various market stalls, mikoshi
Culture Mikuni Festival 2026 Mid - Late May The floats and a mikoshi (portable shrine) gather at Mikuni Shrine, where
Culture Okutsuhime Shrine Festival in Wajima 2025 Aug 22nd - Aug 25th jealous of the young, healthy local men who carried the portable shrine (mikoshi... The mikoshi is carried from Okutsuhime Shrine to Sodegahama Beach, where
Culture Shimoichi Hatsuichi Festival 2026 Thursday - Feb 12th , visitors can also enjoy traditional music and dance performances, a mikoshi
Culture Nada no Kenka 2025 Oct 14th - Oct 15th Although all districts carry their yatai, there is only one that carries mikoshi... There are three mikoshi; each one is carried by a specific age group.
Culture Gion Matsuri 2025 Jul 1st - Jul 31st The procession of portable shrines (Mikoshi Togyo) is on July 17th and... 24th (the ceremony starts at 4pm on the 17th, with the mikoshi leaving
Festivals Nachi-no-Ogi Fire Festival 2025 Monday - Jul 14th One captivating element is the use of twelve portable shrines, or Ogi Mikoshi... Once the path is purified, the Twelve Fan Mikoshi are carried to the Hiro-jinja
