Festivals · Chubu
Hamamatsu Matsuri
浜松まつり
Giant kites battle over the Nakatajima dunes by day and palace floats parade the city centre by night.
Confirmed dates
- Dates
- Mon 03 to Wed 05 May 2027
- Date status
- Confirmed by the organiser or an official tourism source
- Venue
- Nakatajima Sand Dunes and central Hamamatsu
- City
- Hamamatsu
- Prefecture
- Shizuoka
- Region
- Chubu
- Category
- Festivals
- Checked
- Fri 23 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
Hamamatsu City's official tourism site gives the festival as 3 to 5 May each year, during Golden Week. More than 170 neighbourhood kites, many flown for a firstborn child, fight to cut each other's strings over the dunes, and in the evening around 80 goten-yatai floats are hauled through the streets near Hamamatsu Station.
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.inhamamatsu.com/recommend/hamamatsu-festival.php. Dates checked Fri 23 Oct 2026.