Festivals and events
What festivals and events are held at Fushimi Inari?
The shrine lists 19 annual rites. Here they are with dates and times for November 2026 to October 2027, as the shrine gives them.
Rites and festivals, month by month
November 2026
Sun 8 Nov 2026 · 13:00
Hitaki-sai (fire festival) 火焚祭
Sun 8 Nov 2026 · 18:00
Mikagura (sacred dance) 御神楽
Mon 23 Nov 2026 · 10:00
Niiname-sai (harvest thanksgiving) 新嘗祭
December 2026
Thu 31 Dec 2026 · 15:00
Ōharae (year-end purification) 大祓式
January 2027
Fri 1 Jan 2027 · 6:00
Saitan-sai (New Year's Day rite) 歳旦祭
Tue 5 Jan 2027 · 12:00 at the main hall; 13:30 at Gozendani
Ōyama-sai (mountain festival) 大山祭
Mon 11 Jan 2027 · 13:00
Seinen-sai (coming-of-age rite) 成年祭
Coming of Age Day (2nd Monday of January)
Tue 12 Jan 2027 · 14:00
Hōsha-sai (archery rite) 奉射祭
February 2027
Wed 3 Feb 2027 · 9:00
Setsubun-sai 節分祭
Setsubun
Mon 8 Feb 2027 · 8:00
Hatsuuma Taisai 初午大祭
First Day of the Horse in February
April 2027
Sun 11 Apr 2027 · 13:00
Sangyō-sai (industry festival) 産業祭
Sunday nearest 8 April
Mon 12 Apr 2027 · 11:00
Minakuchi Hashu-sai (rice sowing) 水口播種祭
Sun 18 Apr 2027 · 11:00
Inari Festival: Shinkō-sai (procession out) 稲荷祭 神幸祭
Sunday nearest 20 April
May 2027
Mon 3 May 2027 · 16:00
Inari Festival: Kankō-sai (procession back) 稲荷祭 還幸祭
June 2027
Thu 10 Jun 2027 · 13:00
Taue-sai (rice planting) 田植祭
Wed 30 Jun 2027 · 15:00
Ōharae (summer purification) 大祓式
July 2027
Sat 24 Jul and Sun 25 Jul 2027 · 18:00 eve rite the day before; 9:00 main rite
Motomiya-sai 本宮祭
First Sunday or public holiday after the start of the summer doyō period; eve rite at 18:00 the day before
October 2027
Sat 9 Oct and Sun 10 Oct 2027 · 13:00 on both days
Kōin Taisai 講員大祭
The two days before Sports Day
Mon 25 Oct 2027 · 11:00
Nukiho-sai (rice harvest) 抜穂祭
Dates and times as listed by the shrine; dates that move each year are worked out from the shrine's rule. English names are our own.Fushimi Inari Taisha: rites and events (Japanese)
Questions
- When is the Inari Festival?
- The procession out (Shinkō-sai) is on the Sunday nearest 20 April (Sun 18 Apr 2027) at 11:00, and the procession back (Kankō-sai) is on 3 May (Mon 3 May 2027) at 16:00.
- When is the fire festival (Hitaki-sai)?
- On 8 November (Sun 8 Nov 2026) at 13:00, with Mikagura, the sacred dance, at 18:00 the same day.
- When is Motomiya-sai?
- First Sunday or public holiday after the start of the summer doyō period; eve rite at 18:00 the day before. Next: Sat 24 Jul and Sun 25 Jul 2027.
- Is Fushimi Inari busier on festival days?
- From 1 to 3 January, for New Year visits, it is extremely busy and we give no hourly score. For other rite days we have no crowd data, so our forecast uses the usual weekly pattern.
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