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Sasebo Kunchi

Nagasaki · 2026 information

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Scheduled

2026-11-01 – 2026-11-03

The autumn festival of Kameyama Hachimangu Shrine. On the first day, a procession of portable shrines, lion dancers and dance groups heads to the temporary shrine in Matsuura Park. On the third day it returns to the shrine by the reverse route, and watching is free.

Official information checked on: 2026-10-10. An "ongoing" label does not guarantee that the event takes place on the day.

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