Food · Chubu
Echizen Crab Festival 2026
越前かにまつり2026
Opening-of-season crab market for Echizen gani, Fukui's prized snow crab, with boiled-crab stalls, live auctions and seafood barbecues on the coast. Held over two weekends only.
Confirmed dates
- Dates
- Sat 14 to Sun 22 Nov 2026
- Date status
- Confirmed by the organiser or an official tourism source
- Venue
- Michi-no-Eki Echizen, Echizen coast
- City
- Echizen Town
- Prefecture
- Fukui
- Region
- Chubu
- Category
- Food
- Tickets
- Mixed
- Checked
- Fri 23 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
Opening-of-season crab market for Echizen gani, Fukui's prized snow crab, with boiled-crab stalls, live auctions and seafood barbecues on the coast. Held over two weekends only. Free entry; crab and seafood sold at market prices (Echizen gani from roughly ¥10,000 per crab) Crab-course stays at Echizen coast ryokan from 6 Nov season opening; festival weekends sell out
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://fuku-iro.jp/event/index_1_2__31.html. Dates checked Fri 23 Oct 2026.