Summer

EVENTSSummer

Gion Festival(Yasaka Shrine Summer Festival)

祇園祭(八坂神社夏祭)

Uku Island

A Summer tradition of Uku Island. The festival has a ceremony to drive away bad luck.

It is a popular summer festival commonly known as "Gion-sama", which enshrines the God of Gion in order to be rid of future disaster. The youth in white costume pray to drive away bad luck, carrying mikoshi(a portable shrine) and running throughout the island. It will be even more crowded with stalls around the "Otabisho"(where the mikoshi is lodged during the festival)in the evening.

Event period
Mid-July
Address
Yasaka Shrine(inside Kohshima Shrine) 2528-1 Ukumachi-taira, Sasebo, Nagasaki pref.
Phone number
0959-57-3158
Kohshima Shrine
Directions
Approx. 200 min.(145 min. if directly) from Sasebo Port by ferry. 12 min. walk from Ukudaira Port.