Fujinomiya Festival Calendar 2026: Every Mt Fuji Celebration From August to November

Fujinomiya runs on Mt Fuji's calendar. From the Sacred Fire Festival on the mountain's summit in early August through to the autumn colours at Nishiyama Honmonji in November, the city moves through a season of festivals tied to the climbing season, the tea and sake harvests, and the rites of Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha, the shrine at the mountain's base. This guide covers all eight events with confirmed 2026 dates, what happens at each, and the history behind them.

At a glance: Fujinomiya's 2026 festival season

Fujisan Goshinka Matsuri: Fujinomiya Sacred Fire Festival

The Fujisan Goshinka Matsuri takes place on 1 August 2026, marking its 47th edition, and opens the festival season by carrying fire down from the summit of Mt Fuji.

A flame is kindled at Okumiya, the shrine at the mountain's top, then brought down to light eight mikoshi - these are portable shrines that weigh up to a tonne carried by crews of bearers wearing traditional festival dress. The mikoshi are paraded through central Fujinomiya, and the night reaches its climax with Kandagawa Nobori; bearers drive the mikoshi directly into the Kanda River beside the shrine and force them upstream against the current.

The festival is younger than it looks. It dates only to 1979, created as a deliberate act of town revitalisation built around Mt Fuji and its spring water. The original intent combined gratitude for the mountain's blessings with a rite to calm its power: the sacred fire is extinguished in Wakutamaike, the spring-fed pond within the Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha's grounds, and the parade carries a prayer for world peace.

Expect taiko drumming and an atmosphere thick with smoke and excitement if you visit Fujinomiya.

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Miya Odori

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Miya Odori takes place on 2 August 2026, the evening after the Sacred Fire Festival, when Fujinomiya's main street becomes an open-air dance floor.

Unlike most of the city's festivals, Miya Odori has no roots in an older shrine rite. It was created in 1992 to mark the 50th anniversary of Fujinomiya's founding. Around 6,000 residents take part each year, dancing through the afternoon and into the night along the principal shopping street.

Miya Odori brings together the colourful characters in Fujinomiya. Residents dress in all manner of outfits, from old school gangster fits, to cat outfits. Its a fun, less intense contrast to the previous day's Sacred Fire Festival.

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Takasago Natsu no Kuradaraki: Takasago Sake Open Brewery

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Fuji Takasago Shuzo opens its brewery to the public on 22 August 2026, from 3.00pm to 7.30pm, with no booking or ticket required.

The brewery was founded in 1830 on the western side of Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha and still brews using Mt Fuji's subsurface water and Noto-style toji craftsmanship. The summer kuradaraki, literally "opening the storehouse," includes free tastings, a limited seasonal commemorative sake, discounted fuku-bako grab bags, a children's area and food stalls from local vendors. A comedy double act built around a licensed kikizakeshi, a certified sake sommelier, has become a fixture of the day's MC work.

Let our team know that you're going to be attending the festival, and they can help you to schedule a taxi back to SLEEEP or EXP._Atelier.

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Fuji no Yama Kencha-shiki: The Mt Fuji Tea Offering Ceremony

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The Fuji no Yama Kencha-shiki takes place on 20 September 2026 at 1.00pm, in front of the main hall and prayer hall at Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha.

This is a form

al tea offering in the Oubakukoufuryu school of sencha ceremony. Its main event is the kuchikiri no gi. The ritual opening of a sealed tea jar that has spent the summer at Okumiya on the summit, holding tea picked from the year's first flush. Once the ceremony concludes, sencha and small sweets are served to visitors within the shrine grounds while supplies last.

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Fujisan to Chushu no Meigetsu wo Mederu Kai: Fuji Harvest Moon Viewing

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This tsukimi (moon-viewing) event is held at Shiraito Nature Park around Chushu no Meigetsu, the mid-autumn Harvest moon, which falls on 25 September 2026 on the lunar calendar.

The gathering pairs the traditional practice of giving thanks for the harvest with a direct sightline to Mt Fuji as the moon rises behind it. A stage hosts live shamisen and biwa performances, and the evening usually includes a moon-viewing decoration workshop alongside Shiraito Yoichi, a food market run by local vendors. A round-trip shuttle bus from Fujinomiya Station typically runs for around 2,000 yen

Because the date follows the lunar calendar rather than a fixed day, confirm the exact 2026 date closer to the time via the event's own site, asagiri.biz

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Asagiri Kogen Matsuri: Asagiri Highlands Festival

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Sadly in 2026, there will be no Asagiri Jam, the much lauded outdoor music festival. However, The Asagiri Highlands is still a hotbed of activity throughout the month of October.

The Asagiri Kogen Matsuri runs throughout October 2026 across the visitor facilities of the Asagiri Plateau, rather than as a single event on a single day.

Participating venues include Asagiri Food Park, Fuji Milkland, Makaino Farm, Motchi-ya and the Michi-no-Eki Asagiri Kogen roadside station, each running its own programme over the month. Cross-property extras typically include a photo contest, half-price e-bike rental, and small discounts or giveaways for visitors carrying the festival flyer. October is also when the plateau's grazing land turns golden and Mt Fuji tends to get its first dusting of snow, making it a popular month for photography.

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