Soma Nomaoi 2027
Hundreds of riders in full samurai armour thunder across Fukushima's coast for armoured horse races and a wild scramble to catch sacred flags shot into the sky.
Quand · Où
- Quand
- 2027/05/29 – 2027/05/31
- Où
- Hibarigahara Festival Grounds, Minamisoma (and Soma & Namie)（Hibarigahara, Haramachi-ku, Minamisoma City, Fukushima）
- Ville
- Partout au Japon
- Y aller
- About 25 minutes' walk from JR Haramachi Station (Joban Line); shuttle buses run on the main festival day.
- Prix
- The main-day grounds (Hibarigahara) are ticketed for grandstand seating; street processions are free to watch. Exact 2027 dates (last weekend of May) confirmed in advance.
- Organisateur
- Soma Nomaoi Executive Committee
Bon à savoir avant d’y aller
- Y aller
- About 25 minutes' walk from JR Haramachi Station (Joban Line); shuttle buses run on the main festival day. Ouvrir l’itinéraire dans Google Maps ↗
- Réservation & entrée
- Billets et détails sur la page officielle (bouton ci-dessus).
- Paiement
- The main-day grounds (Hibarigahara) are ticketed for grandstand seating; street processions are free to watch. Exact 2027 dates (last weekend of May) confirmed in advance.. Les petits lieux au Japon privilégient souvent l’espèces : prévoyez des yens (cartes/IC non garanties).
- Langue
- Principalement en japonais : une appli de traduction sur le téléphone aide.
- Idéal pour
- amateurs de culture
À ne pas manquer
- Kacchu Keiba — armoured horse races by riders in ancestral samurai armour
- Shinki Sodatsusen — a flag-catching scramble for shrine banners fired into the air
- A solemn procession of 'samurai' through the streets behind their commanders
Origine & histoire
A nationally designated Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property with roughly a thousand years of history, Soma Nomaoi re-enacts the military exercises and wild-horse capture of the medieval Soma clan.
Bon à savoir
The grandstand at Hibarigahara is the only place to see the races and flag-catching together — book a seat early, bring a hat and water for the open field in late-May heat.