Festivals in Shikoku
Dates are computed from each festival’s rule, so future years work too
3 · Kōchi, Tokushima, Ehime
- 9–12 August 2027Kōchi
Yosakoi Matsuri
よさこい祭り
Clappers in both hands, and a deliberately open-ended choreography — a postwar invention.
- 11–15 August 2027Tokushima
Awa Odori
阿波踊り
Bon dance at city scale: troupes called ren moving through the streets with their own musicians.
- 16–18 October 2027Ehime
Niihama Taiko Matsuri
新居浜太鼓祭り
Vast gold-embroidered drum floats hoisted on shoulders, and set against each other by district.