Yearly Events - Visit Setouchi

Don’t miss out on a great chance to participate in local festivities!

Every season comes with its own local festivities!

Winter is the setting of both the end and beginning of a new year as well as the arrival of plum blossoms.

Spring comes with a bang of colours and celebrations to finally welcome the warm days.

Summer is the season of fireworks, fireflies, and marionettes.

Autumn brings in a mystical atmosphere during which many historical and traditional festivals take place.

Don’t be shy and join the fun!

January

Uchizome (打ち初め), or ‘the first hit of the hammer’, is a unique shinto ritual held in the swordsmith’s forge in… Continued

Every year on the first Saturday of August, Ushimado celebrates its biggest annual festival! The marina is full of yatais… Continued

Setouchi is the hometown of the highly acclaimed Marionette creator and performer Takeda Kinosuke. To celebrate him and his art,… Continued

Every march in Japan, the Hina Doll festival takes place to celebrate the health and happiness of little girls. On… Continued

Every year in early November, Setouchi City, in collaboration with its sister city in Korea, holds a unique Korean Festival… Continued

Merry Christmas ! Christmas season is a very festive period in Japan and also in Setouchi. Every year, the… Continued