2026 Tsuwano Bon Dance Festival Full-Day Course
The 'Tsuwano Bon Dance Festival' (津和野盆踊り大会) is held around Tonomachi Street (殿町通り) in the castle town of Tsuwano (津和野町), Shimane Prefecture, known as the 'Little Kyoto of San'in' (held August 15, 2026). This one-day course puts the spotlight on the atmospheric castle town, with its white-walled streets and carp swimming in the moat. During the day, worship at Taikodani Inari Shrine (太皷谷稲成神社), lined with a thousand torii gates, visit the Tsuwano Catholic Church (津和野カトリック教会), unusual for its tatami-mat flooring, and experience the castle town's culture at the former residence of the great novelist Mori Ogai (森鴎外) and at the domain school Yorokan (藩校養老館). After finishing dinner near Tsuwano Station (津和野駅), a festive Bon dance mood begins to spread around Tonomachi Street from around 17:00. This course lets your family leisurely savor a summer night in this historic castle town.
Schedule
Worship at one of the Five Great Inari Shrines of Japan, lined with a thousand torii gates
Visit a Gothic-style church unusual for its tatami-mat flooring
Visit the former residence where the great novelist Mori Ogai spent his boyhood
Tour the historic building where scholarship and martial arts were taught as a domain school
Have an early dinner near the station before the Bon dance
A Bon dance festival held in the white-walled, moat-lined castle town
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