Jul 24th
Jul 25th

Daigaku Festival at Ikune Shrine 2025

A loud and colourful Osaka summer festival

Venue
Ikune shrine
When
Jul 24th - Jul 25th 2025

The Daigaku festival takes place in late July every year at the Ikune Shrine in Osaka. Like other matsuri, it’s a lively community event with street food stalls and children’s games accompanying the traditional elements. The eponymous daigaku is an impressive array of 79 lanterns, originally constructed in celebration of a successful prayer for rain. Ikune is the only shrine in Osaka where a daigaku can be seen, as the others burned down during a battle. Singing, dancing, and a great display of traditional drumming are the main show here, but a wander around the local streets is also a necessity – the street food is delicious and the atmosphere is infectiously upbeat.

It’s worth noting that there are two Ikune shrines within a walk of each other, the Daigaku Festival is at the north-westerly of the two.

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Kim 3 years ago
The photos capture such a lively atmosphere! :)
Cordelia Ding 8 years ago
Looks so exciting!

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