Event

• What events do you recommend in Yatsushiro City?

  • 
    ・Feb~March: Castle Town Yatsushiro Hina Festival
    ・Early May: Kyushu International Three Day March
    ・Late July/ Early August: Yatsushiro Kumagawa Festival
    ・Third Sat. of Oct.: Yatsushiro National Fireworks Competition
    ・Nov. 23: Yatsushiro Myokensai Festival
    Please look at the Event Information tab for more details.

• Regarding the Yatsushiro National Fireworks Competition

  • ・Exhibition Date: Every year, 3rd Saturday of October
    ・Place: Yatsushiro City Miku-gawa River  Green Space
    ・Parking Area: There will be temporary parking in the city (with shuttlebus).  There are no parking areas near the event space.  On the day of the event, the surrounding area will be very crowded, so we recommend making use of public transportation facilities.
    
    【Outline】
    The only National Fireworks Competition in Western Japan, firework artisans from all over the country will battle it out with their techniques and splendor.  The competition is divided into 18cm, 33cm and starmine branches, and there are also musical fireworks.  The event will be bustling with 300,000 people from inside and outside of the prefecture. (Yatsushiro City Tourism Promotion Division)

• Myokensai

  • With a history about 380 years long, the fall festival held yearly at the Myomimiya is known as one of Kyushu’s big three.  The other two are the “Nagasaki Suwa Jingu Okunchi” and the “Fukuoka Hakozaki Guho Joue”.
    The festival was developed along with the culture of the people with the support of Hosokawa Tadaoki.  It was also supported by the Matsui Family, whose home became Yatsushiro Castle.  Every year at the “Onobori” that is held on the 23rd of November, there is an absolutely gorgeous picture scroll that is over 1km long in addition to 9 Kasabokos and Kidas.  In March of the 23rd year of Heisei, the “Shinko Gyoji” was designated a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Asset.
    On the day before “Onobori”, the shopping center holds “Goya”.  On the day of the festival, a dedicatory dance performance can be seen in the Tosaki dry riverbed (Myomi-machi, Mizunashigawa River).
    (Yatsushiro Shrine/Yatsushiro City Culture Urban Development Section)