Festivals · Tohoku
Kaminoyama Kasedori Festival 2027
加勢鳥2027
Dancers in bird shaped straw costumes are splashed with water for luck in Kaminoyama's Kasedori, an Edo period rite held on 11 February.
Confirmed dates
- Dates
- Thu 11 Feb 2027
- Date status
- Dates published by the organiser or an official tourism source
- Venue
- Kaminoyama Castle area and city centre
- City
- Kaminoyama
- Prefecture
- Yamagata
- Region
- Tohoku
- Category
- Festivals
- Checked
- Sun 25 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
Yamagata event listings give the Kasedori on 11 February in the castle town of Kaminoyama. The straw bird costumes, kendai, are worn by young men who cry like birds while spectators splash them with cold water for a good harvest.
Booking
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Official source: https://yamagatakanko.com/en/itineraries/detail_14.html. Dates checked Sun 25 Oct 2026.