HOME Back

Use the

Planning a Trip to Japan?

Share your travel photos with us by hashtagging your images with #visitjapanjp

Yonago Gaina Festival 米子がいな祭

Yonago Gaina Festival Yonago Gaina Festival
Yonago Gaina Festival Yonago Gaina Festival

A festival of towering lanterns and drumbeats with a fiery climax

The Yonago Gaina Festival is Yonago City's main summer event, taiko drums beating powerfully as people carry rows of lanterns on poles several times their own height. This celebration in northwestern Tottori Prefecture takes place at the end of July or beginning of August and attracts large crowds for two days of traditional revelry.

How to Get There

The majority of festivities are located right outside Yonago Station, so access is easiest by train.

On express trains it takes around 60 minutes to get to Yonago from Tottori Station. Alternatively, taking express or local trains from Matsue Station will get you there in around 20–30 minutes.

Quick Facts

Around 6,000 fireworks are sent aloft during the festival's climax

The name “Gaina” means “big” or “grand” in the local dialect.

A two-day celebration with fireworks and performances

The two-day festival takes place around the station area and at Minatoyama Park, climaxing with an impressive fireworks display over Lake Nakaumi, a spectacle best seen from the park. Other highlights include a huge lantern procession and a taiko drum performance.



* The information on this page may be subject to change due to COVID-19.

Recommended for You

Shan-shan festival
Shanshan Festival
Tottori Sand Dunes
Tottori

Please Choose Your Language

Browse the JNTO site in one of multiple languages