Festivals · Kansai
Kishu Benkei Festival 2027
紀州弁慶まつり2027
Tanabe's Benkei Festival fills Ogigahama with a Benkei play, about 1,000 yosakoi and geta dancers, and the year's biggest local fireworks, on the first weekend of October.
Tentative date
- Dates
- Sat 02 to Sun 03 Oct 2027
- Date status
- Tentative date, from the previous edition or tradition. Not yet confirmed.
- Venue
- Ogigahama Beach, Tanabe
- City
- Tanabe
- Prefecture
- Wakayama
- Region
- Kansai
- Category
- Festivals
- Checked
- Sun 25 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
Visit Wakayama, the official prefecture tourism site, describes the Benkei Festival with its fireworks and Tale of Benkei performance, and the Tanabe City Kumano Tourism Bureau gives it as the first weekend of October. The 2027 dates follow that rule and are marked expected until the programme is published.
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://visitwakayama.jp/en/events/detail_83.html. Dates checked Sun 25 Oct 2026.