Illuminations · Kyushu
Taketa Bamboo Lantern Festival (Chikuraku)
竹田竹楽
Over 20,000 bamboo lanterns glow from dusk through Taketa's old castle town for three evenings in mid-November.
Tentative date
Tentative date. The organiser has not published dates for this edition yet. This window comes from the previous edition or tradition, and the dates can move. Confirm at the official source before booking travel around it.
- Dates
- Fri 20 to Sun 22 Nov 2026
- Date status
- Tentative date, from the previous edition or tradition. Not yet confirmed.
- Venue
- Old castle town streets of Taketa
- City
- Taketa
- Prefecture
- Oita
- Region
- Kyushu
- Category
- Illuminations
- Checked
- Sun 25 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
Taketa's Chikuraku lines the castle town with bamboo lanterns each November, with live music and street stalls. The 2026 dates were not yet published on the prefectural Visit Oita events calendar at check time; the window shown follows the usual mid to late November weekend pattern of previous editions, so treat it as expected, not confirmed.
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://oita-tourism.com/en/events/index_2_1_____.html. Dates checked Sun 25 Oct 2026.