Kanda Matsuri

Contexto cultural

The Kanda Matsuri is the grand annual festival of Kanda Myōjin and, with the Sannō and Fukagawa festivals, one of the 'three great festivals of Edo'. The main festival is held every other year: in recent years it has fallen in odd-numbered years (2023, 2025); 2026 is a 'kage-matsuri' (off year), with no Shinkōsai procession or mikoshi entering the shrine.

Costumbres locales

• The highlight of the main festival is the 'Shinkōsai': a day-long procession of the hōren and mikoshi through Kanda, Nihonbashi, Ōtemachi and Akihabara
• at the following weekend each neighbourhood association carries its mikoshi into Kanda Myōjin in turn (mikoshi miyairi)

Religión y creencias

• A Shinto festival
• the mikoshi is the palanquin in which the deity travels.

Consejos de viaje

• The main festival is usually in mid-May, with the grand festival on 15 May
• in 2025 the Shinkōsai was on 10 May and the mikoshi miyairi on 11 May
• 2027 is expected to be a main-festival year, with dates as announced on the Kanda Matsuri official website

Programa de 2027

• 2027 is expected to be a main-festival year (odd-numbered), usually on a weekend in mid-May
• the official website has not yet announced dates.