Area/Hayato
First Afternoon Festival
hatsuuma sai
More than 2,000 dancers follow the 20 or so bell horses with colorful decorations and bells, and dance to the drums and shamisen. It is the first festival of spring that is crowded with many people visiting from inside and outside the prefecture every year.
- Date
- The Sunday after January 18th of the lunar calendar every year
- Time
- 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- Price
- Free
- Location
- Kagoshima Shrine
- Access
- About 20 minutes by car from Kagoshima Airport, about 40 minutes by car from Maruo, about 40 minutes by car from Kirishima Shrine
- Parking
- Yes
- Contact us
- Kirishima City Tourism Division
- Phone Number
- ☎0995-45-5111