Mizuguchi Hikiyama Festival

Mizuguchi Hikiyama Festival

Event Overview

Hikiyama was dedicated for the first time in the mid-Edo period, and the current number of Hikiyama holdings is 16 units in the prefecture, as is Hino. On the 19th, it was the "Yoigiya Festival", where the shrine is decorated at Mizuguchi Shrine, and one Hikiyama enters the precinct in the evening. More than 100 night shops show the buzz, and in each town, lanterns are decorated at Hikiyama to make water flops. At the "Annual Festival" on the 20th, Hikiyama and Mokodaku, who left Sanzo in the morning, head to the shrine. The unique dairm whose mind and body move with nature is a masterpiece. That emotional sight of cherry blossom petals scattered over the Hikiyama, which cruises the pine-lined trees in the rhythm of a waterway palm, is a period picture scroll. Image courtesy Kouga City Tourism Town Development Association

Info

  • Event Location:   
  • Mizuguchi Shrine
  • Address:   
  • 3-14 in front of Miyako, Mizuguchi, Kōga, Shiga
  • Public Transportation:   
Omi Railway Mizuguchi Jonan Station → 3 minutes on foot
  • Car Access:   
10km 10 minutes from Shinmeijin Expressway Konan IC via National Route 1
  • Phone Number:   
  • 0748-62-0231 (Mizuguchi Shrine)
  • Parking Number:   
50 units/free

Event Period

  • April 19, 2026 (Sunday) - April 20, 2026 (Monday)

Price

Free

Event Category

Mikoshi (portable shrines), festival floats, etc.


Kouga City Tourism Town Development Association

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