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.
일시 · 장소
- 일시
- 2026/09/01 08:00 – 2026/09/03
- 장소
- Yatsuo old town, Toyama（Yatsuomachi, Toyama, Toyama 939-2342）
- 도시
- Across Japan
- 가는 방법
- From Etchu-Yatsuo Station (JR Takayama Line); shuttle buses run from Toyama Station
- 요금
- 무료
- 주최
- 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
하이라이트
- Hauntingly elegant dance by lantern light
- Rare kokyu (bowed string) accompaniment
- Atmospheric old townscape of Yatsuo
유래와 배경
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.
알아두면 좋아요
Dancing peaks late into the night — stay over, as the last performances are the most magical.