Tabanka Matsuri

fire festival

タバンカ祭

Ibaraki, Japan

Cultural festivals

Expected, based on past years Expected, based on past years Notable

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What it is

Cultural festivals in Ibaraki, Japan.

Dates

No dates have been published yet. These are expected from the pattern of past years.

How we estimated this: 9月第１土曜日 (first Saturday of September; one night only since 2020, per ※2020年より第1土曜日一夜のみ)

“松明祭（タバンカ祭） … 9月第１土曜日”

From daiho.or.jp

Before you go

Where: Shimotsuma, Ibaraki, Japan
Hours: Begins at 7 pm (午後7時)

How we checked

Last checked October 20, 2026 against daiho.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 official Daiho Hachiman Shrine site (daiho.or.jp) states the Tabanka (torch) festival is held on the first Saturday of September, one night only since 2020, starting at 7 pm, and lists a September 2026 Tabanka entry; the festival's own page still carries older text saying 12 and 14 September, which conflicts with the 2020 rule. The 2027 edition is therefore expected but its exact date is not quoted from an official source.

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