Festivals · Chubu
Awara Hot Water Festival (Awara Yukake Matsuri)
あわら湯かけまつり
A rare festival where hot spring water is poured over mikoshi: children and adults splash the floats with buckets and water guns.
Tentative date
Tentative date. The organiser has not published dates for this edition yet. This window comes from the previous edition or tradition, and the dates can move. Confirm at the official source before booking travel around it.
- Dates
- Sat 07 to Sun 08 Aug 2027
- Date status
- Tentative date, from the previous edition or tradition. Not yet confirmed.
- Venue
- Awara Onsen town centre, Awara
- City
- Awara
- Prefecture
- Fukui
- Region
- Chubu
- Category
- Festivals
- Checked
- Sun 25 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
Discover Fukui, the prefecture's official travel guide, lists the Awara Hot Water Festival with the water pouring mikoshi procession on 8 August and a folk song evening and manju toss on 9 August in the 2025 edition. The 2027 dates are not yet published; the window shown follows the usual early August pattern, so treat it as expected.
Booking
Booked around the event: hotels, passes, transfers and eSIM. Booking options for this event are being checked and will be added here.
Official source: https://www.fuku-e.com/en/events/index_1_2_1.html. Dates checked Sun 25 Oct 2026.