Religious · Kanto
Nikko Toshogu Autumn Festival (Shuki Taisai)
日光東照宮秋季大祭
Autumn grand festival at Nikko Toshogu Shrine with yabusame horseback archery and a procession of about 1,200 participants.
Confirmed dates
- Dates
- Sat 16 to Sun 17 Oct 2027
- Date status
- Confirmed by the organiser or an official tourism source
- Venue
- Nikko Toshogu Shrine
- City
- Nikko
- Prefecture
- Tochigi
- Region
- Kanto
- Category
- Religious
- Checked
- Fri 23 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
On 16 October yabusame horseback archery is performed on the shrine approach, and on 17 October the Hyakumono-Zoroe Sennin Gyoretsu procession of about 1,200 people in historical dress escorts a portable shrine from the shrine along the approach to the Otabisho and back, recreating the reburial procession of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Tochigi Prefecture's official tourism site lists the 2027 festival on 16 and 17 October 2027, noting it is held on the same dates every year.
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.tochigiji.or.jp/event/e15021/. Dates checked Fri 23 Oct 2026.