Religious · Kansai
Nachi Fire Festival (Nachi no Ogi Matsuri)
那智の扇祭り
One of Japan's three great fire festivals: twelve 50kg torches purify the path of fan-shaped portable shrines to Nachi Falls.
Confirmed dates
- Dates
- Wed 14 Jul 2027
- Date status
- Confirmed by the organiser or an official tourism source
- Venue
- Kumano Nachi Taisha and Nachi Falls, Nachikatsuura
- City
- Nachikatsuura
- Prefecture
- Wakayama
- Region
- Kansai
- Category
- Religious
- When it runs
- 14 July every year
- Checked
- Fri 23 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
The official Kansai tourism guide gives the Nachi Fire Festival every 14 July at Kumano Nachi Taisha, a rite recalling the transfer of the shrine's deities to the Nachi Falls. Bearers in white carry twelve great pine torches down the stone steps, purifying the route of the twelve ogi-mikoshi fan shrines, and the Nachi dengaku dance is performed in the shrine grounds.
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.the-kansai-guide.com/en/directory/item/15029/. Dates checked Fri 23 Oct 2026.