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Aug 1, 2025Last edition
Saga Shrine（Matsubara, Saga City, Saga）
Event Information
- Dates
- Aug 1, 2025Last edition
- Hours
- Prayer ceremony from around 19:00 (please confirm)
- Admission
- Free
- Venue
- Saga Shrine
- Location
- Matsubara, Saga City, SagaKyushu
- Access
- About a 10-minute bus ride from Saga Station to the Saga Jinja-mae stop.
Dates of the 2025 editionWe will update once the next dates are announced.
About This Event
A prayer ceremony on a special stage with gagaku and kagura
A Tanabata rite held on the first Saturday evening of August at Saga Shrine in central Saga City, which enshrines the lords of the Saga domain including Nabeshima Naomasa. From around 7 p.m. a prayer ceremony is conducted on a special stage in the grounds, with wish-strips for skill, study, and good fortune offered before the deities. The rite is followed by a guest concert and performances of gagaku court music and kagura, coloring the magical summer evening. Bamboo and wish-strip decorations are set up so visitors can write and hang their own wishes—a centrally located shrine festival, popular with yukata-clad visitors.
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The next dates have not been announced yet. The dates shown are from the 2025 edition.
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