Owara Kaze no Bon 2026
By lantern light, faceless dancers in straw hats move with hushed grace to mournful kokyu strings through old Yatsuo's stone lanes.
When · Where
- When
- 2026/09/01 08:00 – 2026/09/03
- Where
- Yatsuo old town, Toyama（Yatsuomachi, Toyama, Toyama 939-2342）
- City
- Across Japan
- Getting there
- From Etchu-Yatsuo Station (JR Takayama Line); shuttle buses run from Toyama Station
- Price
- Free
- Organizer
- Owara Kaze no Bon Executive Committee / Yatsuo Tourism Association
Good to know for visitors
- Getting there
- From Etchu-Yatsuo Station (JR Takayama Line); shuttle buses run from Toyama Station Open directions in Google Maps ↗
- Booking & entry
- Free to attend — details on the official page (button above).
- Language
- Mostly in Japanese — a translation app on your phone helps.
- Good for
- culture seekers, date night, solo-goers
Highlights
- Hauntingly elegant dance by lantern light
- Rare kokyu (bowed string) accompaniment
- Atmospheric old townscape of Yatsuo
Background & story
Held for around 300 years as a prayer to calm the autumn typhoon winds and protect the rice harvest, it is among Japan's most poetic and refined folk festivals.
Good to know
Dancing peaks late into the night — stay over, as the last performances are the most magical.