Festivals · Chugoku
Yonago Gaina Festival
米子がいな祭
Yonago's main summer festival of towering lantern poles, taiko and fireworks over Lake Nakaumi.
Expected window
- Dates
- Sat 07 to Sun 08 Aug 2027
- Date status
- Expected window, from the previous edition or tradition. Not yet confirmed.
- Venue
- Yonago Station area and Minatoyama Park, Yonago
- City
- Yonago
- Prefecture
- Tottori
- Region
- Chugoku
- Category
- Festivals
- Checked
- Fri 23 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
The Japan National Tourism Organization describes the Yonago Gaina Festival as the city's main summer event, two days at the end of July or beginning of August in which bearers carry rows of lanterns on poles several times their height, taiko drums perform outside Yonago Station, and some 6,000 fireworks close the festival over Lake Nakaumi. The 52nd edition ran on 9 and 10 August 2025; the 2027 weekend is expected in early August and is 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: https://www.japan.travel/en/spot/103/. Dates checked Fri 23 Oct 2026.