Festivals · Chubu
Shizuoka Festival (Shizuoka Matsuri)
静岡まつり
Shizuoka's spring festival re-enacts Tokugawa Ieyasu's cherry blossom viewing at Sumpu Castle, with grand parades and dances.
Tentative date
- Dates
- Fri 02 to Sun 04 Apr 2027
- Date status
- Tentative date, from the previous edition or tradition. Not yet confirmed.
- Venue
- Sumpu Castle Park and central Shizuoka, north of JR Shizuoka Station
- City
- Shizuoka
- Prefecture
- Shizuoka
- Region
- Chubu
- Category
- Festivals
- Checked
- Sun 25 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
Shizuoka City's official English guide to the 70th Shizuoka Festival gives the 2026 edition as 3 to 5 April, centred on Sumpu Castle Park, with the Ogosho Hanami Gyoretsu parade of about 400 participants, crowd dances, street performance and food stalls. The 2027 dates are not yet published; the window shown follows the usual first weekend of April, so treat it as expected.
Booking
Booked around the event: hotels, passes, transfers and eSIM. Booking options for this event are being checked and will be added here.
Official source: https://www.city.shizuoka.lg.jp/documents/2684/2r0703eng-shizuokamatsuri.pdf. Dates checked Sun 25 Oct 2026.