Festivals · Kyushu
Yatsushiro Myoken Festival 2027
八代妙見祭2027
A UNESCO listed procession on 23 November with a lion, a tortoise and snake creature called a gakko, and floats from Yatsushiro Myoken Shrine.
Confirmed dates
- Dates
- Tue 23 Nov 2027
- Date status
- Dates published by the organiser or an official tourism source
- Venue
- Yatsushiro Myoken Shrine and city centre
- City
- Yatsushiro
- Prefecture
- Kumamoto
- Region
- Kyushu
- Category
- Festivals
- Checked
- Sun 25 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
The Myokensai has been Yatsushiro's great festival for about 380 years and is held on 23 November, with some 40 groups in the shrine procession. It is inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list as a Yama Hoko Yatai festival.
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.mlit.go.jp/tagengo-db/en/R5-00350.html. Dates checked Sun 25 Oct 2026.