Festival
Iriomote Island Setsumatsuri Festival
Japanese name:西表島 節祭
📅 Sat, Nov 21, 2026 - Mon, Nov 23, 2026
About this event
The Iriomote Island Setsumatsuri is a traditional festival passed down in Sonai and Hoshitate. The 2026 event will be held from November 21 to 23, with Yūkui (a ritual to send off spirits) scheduled particularly on November 22. Highlights of the festival include dances and boat rowing offered to the deities to pray for a bountiful harvest. Each performing art and movement embodies wishes for good harvests, health, prosperity, and warding off evil spirits. Rather than just being performed for spectators, it is a festival with profound meaning.
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Iriomote Island
Iriomote Island, Taketomi-cho, Yaeyama-gun, Okinawa
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