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UPCOMINGFREE ENTRYMatsuri· Annual
Dontosai Festival
どんと祭
Miyagi · Tohoku
A roughly 300-year-old New Year fire festival held every January 14 at shrines across Miyagi, with the largest gathering at Osaki Hachimangu Shrine in Sendai. Worshippers burn the previous year's New Year decorations in a bonfire, and the event is famous for its hadaka-mairi (naked pilgrimage), in which groups clad only in loincloths march to the shrine.
- Dates
- January 14Dates follow the event's usual annual pattern — confirm with the organizer before you travel.
- Location
- Miyagi · Tohoku
- Nearest station
- Tohoku-Fukushi-Daimae Station · 15 min walk
- Crowd level
- National attendance
- Entry
- Free entry
- Official site
- visitmiyagi.com/events_festivals/dontosai-festival
Happens every year
How to get there
Bus from JR Sendai Station (~15 min) to Osaki Hachimangu-mae
Your turn
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