Festivals · Chugoku
Tsuyama Gongo Festival
津山ごんごまつり
A summer festival for the kappa water sprite Gongo, with dances on Yakko-dori and one of Okayama's largest fireworks displays.
Expected window
- Dates
- Sat 31 Jul to Sun 01 Aug 2027
- Date status
- Expected window, from the previous edition or tradition. Not yet confirmed.
- Venue
- Yoshii River banks, central Tsuyama
- City
- Tsuyama
- Prefecture
- Okayama
- Region
- Chugoku
- Category
- Festivals
- Checked
- Fri 23 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
The Tsuyama Gongo Festival is held on the first Saturday and Sunday of August on the banks of the Yoshii River, honouring Gongo, the kappa said to live in the river, with the Gongo Odori dance along Yakko-dori Street and a major fireworks display on the Sunday evening. The 2027 dates follow that first-weekend pattern and are not yet announced.
Booking
Booked around the event: hotels, passes, transfers and eSIM. Booking links for this event are added after the product checks pass.
Official source: http://www.journeum.com/dst/Asia/Japan/Chugoku/Okayama/Tsuyama/Do. Dates checked Fri 23 Oct 2026.