Arts and stage · Kyushu
Nagasaki Takengei Bamboo Acrobatics 2027
竹ん芸2027
Acrobats dressed as male and female foxes perform aerial feats on 10 metre bamboo poles at Wakamiya Shrine on 14 and 15 October each year.
Confirmed dates
- Dates
- Thu 14 to Fri 15 Oct 2027
- Date status
- Dates published by the organiser or an official tourism source
- Venue
- Wakamiya Inari Shrine, Nagasaki
- City
- Nagasaki
- Prefecture
- Nagasaki
- Region
- Kyushu
- Category
- Arts and stage
- Checked
- Sun 25 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
DISCOVER NAGASAKI states Takengei is held on 14 and 15 October every year at Wakamiya Shrine. The fox acrobats play in the bamboo to strange, mysterious music, a tradition kept by the shrine's parishioners.
Booking
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Official source: https://www.discover-nagasaki.com/en/featured-topics/festivals. Dates checked Sun 25 Oct 2026.