Sumiyoshi Matsuri Festival 2026

About this event

The grand summer festival of Sumiyoshi Taisha, marking the finale of Osaka's summer festival season. Highlights include the mikoshi purification ceremony at Sumiyoshi Park, the spectacular mikoshi procession through Sakai, and the Nagoshi Harae purification ritual with chinowa-kuguri (passing through a sacred grass ring) to cleanse the first half of the year's impurities.