Festivals · Tohoku
Aizu Festival
会津まつり
Aizu's biggest festival, with a 500-strong procession of Aizu domain lords and samurai from Tsurugajo Castle.
Expected window
- Dates
- Sat 18 to Mon 20 Sep 2027
- Date status
- Expected window, from the previous edition or tradition. Not yet confirmed.
- Venue
- Tsurugajo Castle and central Aizuwakamatsu
- City
- Aizuwakamatsu
- Prefecture
- Fukushima
- Region
- Tohoku
- Category
- Festivals
- Checked
- Fri 23 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
Fukushima's official travel site lists the Aizu Festival from 19 to 21 September 2026, centred on the Aizu Hanko Gyoretsu, a procession of some 500 people as the lords and retainers of the Aizu Domain, with Byakkotai sword dancing, a children's lantern parade and the Nisshinkan children's procession. The 2027 edition is expected on the same late-September holiday weekend, 18 to 20 September.
Booking
Booked around the event: hotels, passes, transfers and eSIM. Booking links for this event are added after the product checks pass.
Official source: https://fukushima.travel/destination/aizu-festival/205. Dates checked Fri 23 Oct 2026.