Nozawa Onsen Fire Festival 2027
One of Japan's three great fire festivals: villagers defend a giant wooden shrine with blazing torches as attackers try to set it alight in a wild snowbound battle.
Quand · Où
- Quand
- 2027/01/15 10:00 – 2027/01/15
- Où
- Baba no Hara field, Nozawa Onsen Village（Toyosato, Nozawaonsen Village, Shimotakai District, Nagano）
- Ville
- Partout au Japon
- Y aller
- About 25 minutes by bus from JR Iiyama Station (Hokuriku Shinkansen) to Nozawa Onsen.
- Prix
- Gratuit
- Organisateur
- Nozawa Onsen Village
Bon à savoir avant d’y aller
- Y aller
- About 25 minutes by bus from JR Iiyama Station (Hokuriku Shinkansen) to Nozawa Onsen. Ouvrir l’itinéraire dans Google Maps ↗
- Réservation & entrée
- Gratuit : détails sur la page officielle (bouton ci-dessus).
- Langue
- Principalement en japonais : une appli de traduction sur le téléphone aide.
- Idéal pour
- amateurs de culture
À ne pas manquer
- A 'fire-setting battle' — torch-wielding attackers versus the men defending the shrine
- A huge wooden shaden (shrine structure) built only for this one night
- The deep-winter, snow-banked drama unique to a Nagano onsen village
Origine & histoire
Officially the Dosojin Matsuri, it is staged each January 15 by village men of the 'unlucky ages' (25 and 42) to pray for a first child, a happy marriage and protection from evil — a roughly 300-year-old rite.
Bon à savoir
Stay overnight in Nozawa Onsen — it secures viewing access and lets you soak in the free public baths after a freezing night by the fire.