Event
Samurai Parade(Samurai Procession)
A gorgeous and extravagant Samurai Parade that takes you back to the Edo period
- culture
- festival
- history
Held on Sunday,November 8th, 2026
Samurai Parade(Samurai Procession)
12:00 PM: Departs from Nishi-machi → Honjin (Rest stop) → Nakamachi → 2:00 PM: Arrives at Waki-honjin
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM:Express Courier Relay Race (Hikyaku Ekiden),Local Produce & Craft Market,Open-air Tea Ceremony,Bishu Okayama Matchlock Gun Troop Performance,Yakage Children’s Kagura (Sacred Shinto Dance)
[Inquiries]
Daimyo Procession Executive Committee (Bitchu Nishi Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
Please note: The organizing body is not the Yakage Town Office.
“inquiry”
Samurai Parade Executive Committee (Binchu West Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
TEL:+81 866 82 0559
Every year on the second Sunday in Nov. a festival is held that recreates a Samurai parade from around 300 years ago.
Cries of “shita-ni-shita-ni” echo through the old-fashioned townscape that evokes the age of the samurai.
The sight of a samurai parade of over 80 people dressed as lords, princesses, magistrates, doctors, and ladies-in-waiting slowly marching down main street is spectacular!
People feel as if they’ve traveled back in time to an samurai era.
Basic Information
- Event Period
- Nov. Second Sunday
- Venue Name
- Yakage Shopping Street
- Site
- Official Web Site
- Address
- Yakage town Oda-gun Okayama Pre. Japan
- Access
- * Train: Take the JR Sanyo Main Line from Okayama Sta. or Kurashiki Sta. to the Hakubi Line to Kiyone Sta. --- From Kiyone Sta., take the Ibara Railway to Yakage Sta.--- From Yakage Sta., walk for about 12 min (900m) to the main street. Take the JR Fukuyama Sta. to the Fukuen Line to Kannabe Sta.--- From Kannabe Sta., take the Ibara Railway to Yakage Sta. ⇒ From Yakage Sta., walk for about 12 min (900m) to the main street. * Drive: 20km (about 20 min) from Tamashima IC, 10km (about 14 min) from Kamogata IC
- Note
- “inquiry” Samurai Parade Executive Committee (Binchu West Chamber of Commerce and Industry) TEL: +81 866 82 0559