Arts and stage · Kansai
Nachi no Dengaku
那智の田楽
UNESCO listed sacred dance and music performed on a special stage at Kumano Nachi Taisha during the shrine's annual festival on 14 July.
Confirmed dates
- Dates
- Wed 14 Jul 2027
- Date status
- Dates published by the organiser or an official tourism source
- Venue
- Kumano Nachi Taisha Shrine, Nachikatsuura
- City
- Nachikatsuura
- Prefecture
- Wakayama
- Region
- Kansai
- Category
- Arts and stage
- Checked
- Sun 25 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
The UNESCO ichLinks inventory records Nachi no Dengaku as a religious performing art transmitted in Nachikatsuura, performed on a special stage inside Kumano Nachi Shrine during annual festivities on 14 July. It forms the quiet counterpart to the same day's Nachi Fire Festival, which is carried separately in the calendar.
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Official source: https://ichlinks.com/archive/elements/elementsV.do?contentsI18NCd=en-US&elementsUid=13829896121260900193. Dates checked Sun 25 Oct 2026.