Festivals · Tohoku
Akita Kanto Matsuri
秋田竿燈まつり
Summer festival in Akita City where performers balance tall bamboo poles hung with paper lanterns on their palms, foreheads, shoulders and hips.
Expected window
- Dates
- Tue 03 to Fri 06 Aug 2027
- Date status
- Expected window, from the previous edition or tradition. Not yet confirmed.
- Venue
- Kanto Odori Street, Akita City
- City
- Akita
- Prefecture
- Akita
- Region
- Tohoku
- Category
- Festivals
- Checked
- Fri 23 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
Around 280 kanto poles hung with about 10,000 lanterns are raised and balanced along Kanto Odori in the evening performances, a tradition held to ward off misfortune and pray for a good harvest, with daytime skill competitions also held during the festival. The previous edition was held 3 to 6 August 2026, and the 2027 dates are not yet published, so the dates shown follow the festival's traditional fixed dates of 3 to 6 August.
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://www.kantou.gr.jp/english/. Dates checked Fri 23 Oct 2026.