Festivals · Kansai
Nagahama Hikiyama Matsuri (children's kabuki floats)
長浜曳山まつり
UNESCO-listed festival where boys aged 5-12 perform kabuki on 400-year-old gilded floats; traced to Hideyoshi's gift celebrating the birth of his son. Coincides with Nagahama's cherry blossom.
Expected window
- Dates
- Tue 13 to Fri 16 Apr 2027
- Date status
- Expected window, from the previous edition or tradition. Not yet confirmed.
- Venue
- Nagahama Hachiman Shrine and old town
- City
- Nagahama
- Prefecture
- Shiga
- Region
- Kansai
- Category
- Festivals
- Tickets
- Free
- Checked
- Fri 23 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
UNESCO-listed festival where boys aged 5-12 perform kabuki on 400-year-old gilded floats; traced to Hideyoshi's gift celebrating the birth of his son. Coincides with Nagahama's cherry blossom. Free; some paid seats for the kabuki performances offered by the tourist association in recent years Possible paid seating via Nagahama Tourist Association (0749-53-2650); day trip from Kyoto by JR
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://rurubu.jp/andmore/spot/20001567. Dates checked Fri 23 Oct 2026.