🏮 Senzaki Gion Matsuri

仙崎祇園祭り

Nagato, Yamaguchi (Yasaka Shrine) · Every year on 19 July

Summer festival

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Rooms around Nagato, Yamaguchi fill up while the festival is on.

The Senzaki Gion Festival is a traditional festival held over one week in late July each year, centered on Yasaka Shrine (Gion Shrine) in Senzaki, Nagato City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Organized by the Senzaki-dori Town Council, it has a history dating back to the Edo period at a shrine in an area that once flourished as a base for fishing and commerce. On the first and last days, mikoshi (portable shrines) and yamaboko (festival floats) appear; the mikoshi is moved from Yasaka Shrine to Suzaki Shrine (commonly known as Old Gion) at the northern end, and returns to Yasaka Shrine on the final day. On the floats, local children perform the Kodomo Maiko dance, and a fair is held in the shrine grounds, adding color to the local summer.

Getting there

About 4 minutes on foot from Senzaki Station on the JR Sanin Main Line. Alternatively, about 2 minutes by bus from Nagato City Station on the JR Sanin Main Line, get off at Yasaka Shrine-mae, then about 2 minutes on foot. By car, about 45 minutes from Mine Interchange on the Chugoku Expressway.