Festivals · Shikoku
Kochi Yosakoi Festival
よさこい祭り
Kochi's energetic summer dance festival, with teams dancing through the city holding naruko wooden clappers.
Expected window
- Dates
- Mon 09 to Thu 12 Aug 2027
- Date status
- Expected window, from the previous edition or tradition. Not yet confirmed.
- Venue
- Central Park and venues across Kochi City
- City
- Kochi
- Prefecture
- Kochi
- Region
- Shikoku
- Category
- Festivals
- Checked
- Fri 23 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
Official dates for the 2027 edition are not yet published and no 2027 announcement was found. Tourism Shikoku states the festival runs from August 9 to 12 every year and starts with a fireworks display, and Kochi Prefecture's official Visit Kochi site describes the same August 9-12 pattern, with performances at Central Park on August 9, across 17 venues on August 10-11, and at 4 venues on August 12. The festival began in 1954.
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://shikoku-tourism.com/en/see-and-do/10066. Dates checked Fri 23 Oct 2026.