Festivals · Kyushu
Kagoshima Ohara Matsuri
おはら祭
Mass dance festival in Tenmonkan, Kagoshima City, with more than 20,000 dancers performing to the Ohara-bushi folk song.
Confirmed dates
- Dates
- Mon 02 to Tue 03 Nov 2026
- Date status
- Confirmed by the organiser or an official tourism source
- Venue
- Tenmonkan, Kagoshima City
- City
- Kagoshima
- Prefecture
- Kagoshima
- Region
- Kyushu
- Category
- Festivals
- Checked
- Fri 23 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
The Ohara Festival is the largest festival in southern Kyushu, with a history of more than 70 years. The 2026 edition runs on November 2, 2026 as the evening festival, 18:50 to 20:30, and November 3, 2026 as the main festival, 10:20 to 15:25, with so-odori mass dancing, Ogojo Taiko drumming and marching parades throughout the Tenmonkan district.
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.tourism-alljapanandtokyo.org/festival-en/f-46-01?lang=en. Dates checked Fri 23 Oct 2026.