Food · Chubu
Echizen Fish Festival
越前さかなまつり
One of Fukui's largest fish themed events, held in mid-September as the bottom trawling season opens in Echizen Town.
Tentative date
- Dates
- Sat 18 to Sun 19 Sep 2027
- Date status
- Tentative date, from the previous edition or tradition. Not yet confirmed.
- Venue
- Echizen Town, on the Echizen coast
- City
- Echizen Town
- Prefecture
- Fukui
- Region
- Chubu
- Category
- Food
- Checked
- Sun 25 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
Discover Fukui, the prefecture's official travel guide, lists the Echizen Fish Festival on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 September 2026. Bottom trawling opens on 1 September, the town's busiest fishing season, and the festival celebrates the catch on the Echizen coast. The 2027 dates are not yet published; the window shown follows the same mid-September weekend 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_2_2____0____.html. Dates checked Sun 25 Oct 2026.