Spectacular Shibukawa Heso Matsuri
belly button festival
渋川へそ祭
Gunma, Japan
Parades and carnivals
What it is
Parades and carnivals in Gunma, Japan.
Dates
The next dates have not been announced yet. We check the official site regularly and update this page when they are.
“昭和59年から開催しているお祭りです。”
In English: It is a festival that has been held since Showa 59 (1984).
Before you go
- Where
- Shibukawa, Gunma, Japan
- Hours
- Festival 13:00 to 21:00; belly-button dance parade 18:00 to 20:00, cancelled in bad weather.
- Access
- A universal sheet trailer is set up near the main festival headquarters, where disabled and elderly people can have nappies changed (official city page for the 43rd festival).
How we checked
Last checked October 20, 2026 against shibukawacci.or.jp. Before anything appears here, a separate check fetches each source again and confirms that every date we show is in the quoted text.
Notes from the last check
The Shibukawa Heso Matsuri is an annual festival held since 1984, and the official city and chamber pages confirm that the 43rd edition ran on 5 September 2026 (13:00 to 21:00, Shinmachi five-way intersection area) and has ended; no 2027 edition has been announced, so the next edition is tba.
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