Kyushu

Saga Shrine Tanabata Festival

Matsubara, Saga City, Saga

Venue: Saga Shrine

Aug 1, 2026

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.
A prayer ceremony on a special stage with gagaku and kagura
Access

About a 10-minute bus ride from Saga Station to the Saga Jinja-mae stop.

Hours

Prayer ceremony from around 19:00 (please confirm)

Admission

Free

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