Spectacular Karatsu Kunchi
Saga, Japan
Cultural festivals
What it is
Decorated festival floats paraded through the streets of Karatsu in Saga during the autumn Karatsu Shrine festival.
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Dates
No dates have been published yet. These are expected from the pattern of past years.
How we estimated this: 祭礼日／毎年11月2日・3日・4日
- November 2, 2026
- November 3, 2026
- November 4, 2026
“祭礼日／毎年11月2日・3日・4日”
Before you go
- Where
- Karatsu, Saga, Japan
- Hours
- Procession start times (Japan time): 2 Nov 19時00分; 3 Nov 9時30分; 4 Nov 10時00分 (these are the 1st float's departure times per the city page)
How we checked
Last checked October 17, 2026 against karatsu-jinja.org. Before anything appears here, a separate check fetches each source again and confirms that every date we show is in the quoted text.
Notes from the last check
Karatsu Kunchi (唐津くんち), the autumn festival of Karatsu Shrine in Karatsu, Saga, is verified as operating; the shrine's official page states a fixed annual rule of 2, 3 and 4 November, and the Karatsu City page gives the 2026 dates (2–4 November) with procession times, so the status is expected by fixed rule rather than confirmed, and admission and last-edition details were not found.
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