Nagasaki's traditional summer event.
- Date
- Annually on August 15th
OVERVIEW
The Spirit Boat Procession of Nagasaki is Japan's most-recognized traditional ceremony held for O-Bon, the festival honoring the spirits of ancestors. The distinctive feature of Nagasaki's O-Bon Festival is the lively parade of spirit boats which winds through the city, accompanied by a cacophony of firecrackers, as families send off the souls of the departed in colorful fashion, late into the night. Families often decorate the boats with designs reflecting their relative's hobbies and tastes, and the detailed design of the boats is a matter of pride for Nagasaki people. The scenes of the procession have even made appearances in songs and movies. (Movie links)
- AREA
- Nagasaki City
- CATEGORY
- Festivals & Traditional Culture
- History & Culture
MAP
CAPSULE IN KOYOKAN
HOTEL BELLEVIEW NAGASAKI-DEJIMA
Dejima
Chisun Grand Nagasaki
APA HOTEL Nagasaki-Ekiminami
Sakamotoya
Nagasaki Dejima Wharf
Nagasaki Bus Terminal Hotel
Nagasaki Bus Terminal Hotel
VICTORIA INN NAGASAKI
Victoria Inn Nagasaki
HOTEL IKEDA
Shinchi Chinatown
nagasaki shinchi terminal
Hotel JALCity Nagasaki
Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum
Nagasaki Port Terminal
NAGASAKI I.K HOTEL
NAGASAKI I・K HOTEL
Hamano-Machi
Doragon Promenade
Nagasaki Hotel Marine World
Hotel Arc inn Tennen
Megane-bashi (Spectacles Bridge)
HOTEL PASSAGE KINKAI
Alcoa-Dori
Richmond Hotel
HOTEL NEW NAGASAKI
HOTEL NEW NAGASAKI
Tokiwa-Machi
HOTEL NEW TANDA
Fujiwara Ryokan
HOTEL WINGPORT NAGASAKI
Business Royal hotel
Nagasaki Tourist Information Center
Hotel Sainthill Nagasaki
HOTEL CUORE NAGASAKI EKIMAE
HOTEL CUORE NAGASAKIEKIMAE
Daikoku-Machi
Fujiwara Ryokan
NAGASAKI HOTEL MONTEREY
Nagasaki Hotele Ihokan
Nagasaki Orion Hotel
Ken-ei Bus Terminal
Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture
HOTEL NAGASAKI
ANA CROWNE PLAZA NAGASAKI GLOVERHILL
ANA CROWNEPLAZA NAGASAKI GLOVERHILL
Nagasaki International Cruise Ship Terminal
Oura-Machi
NAGASAKI NISSHOKAN
Shindaiku-Machi
Glover Garden
Yatarou / Yatarou Minamikan
NISSHOKAN BETTEI KOUYOUTEI
The Hotel Nagasaki BW Premier Collection
BEST WESTERN PREMIER hotel Nagasaki
NISSHOKAN SHINKAN BAISHOKAKU
nagasaki Hotel seifu
Garden terrace Nagasaki Hotel&Resorts;
Garden Terrace Nagasaki Hotels & Resorts
INASAYAMA KANKOHOTEL
Inasayama Kanko Hotel
- NEARBY ATTRACTIONS
- 1The Spirit Boat Procession / Shourounagashi
- 2Nagasaki Kunchi / Okunchi
- 3CAPSULE IN KOYOKAN
- 4HOTEL BELLEVIEW NAGASAKI-DEJIMA
- 5Dejima (Desima, Deshima) - Site of the F...
- 6Dejima
- 7Chisun Grand Nagasaki
- 8APA HOTEL Nagasaki-Ekiminami
- 9Sakamotoya
- 10Nagasaki Dejima Wharf
- 11Nagasaki Bus Terminal Hotel
- 12Nagasaki Bus Terminal Hotel
- 13VICTORIA INN NAGASAKI
- 14Victoria Inn Nagasaki
- 15HOTEL IKEDA
- 16Shinchi Chinatown
- 17nagasaki shinchi terminal
- 18 Nagasaki Lantern Festival
- 19Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown
- 20Hotel JALCity Nagasaki
- 21Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum
- 22Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum
- 23Nagasaki Port Terminal
- 24NAGASAKI I.K HOTEL
- 25NAGASAKI I・K HOTEL
- 26Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
- 27Hamano-Machi
- 28Doragon Promenade
- 29Nagasaki Hotel Marine World
- 30Hotel Arc inn Tennen
- 31Megane-bashi (Spectacles Bridge)
- 32Nakashima River Summer Festival
- 33Megane-bashi (Spectacles Bridge)
- 34Nagasaki Port and Nagasaki Seaside Park ...
- 35Shianbashi & Doza
- 36HOTEL PASSAGE KINKAI
- 37DiGJAPAN App
- 38Nagasaki Tall Ships Festival
- 39Alcoa-Dori
- 40Richmond Hotel
- 41HOTEL NEW NAGASAKI
- 42HOTEL NEW NAGASAKI
- 43Nakamachi Church
- 44Tokiwa-Machi
- 45HOTEL NEW TANDA
- 46Fujiwara Ryokan
- 47HOTEL WINGPORT NAGASAKI
- 48Business Royal hotel
- 49Nagasaki Tourist Information Center
- 50Hotel Sainthill Nagasaki
- 51HOTEL CUORE NAGASAKI EKIMAE
- 52HOTEL CUORE NAGASAKIEKIMAE
- 53Daikoku-Machi
- 54Fujiwara Ryokan
- 55Maruyama Hana Festival (Maruyama Women's...
- 56Santo Domingo Church Museum
- 57NAGASAKI HOTEL MONTEREY
- 58Nagasaki Peiron Championship & Port Fest...
- 59New Year's Eve along Temple Street in Na...
- 60Nagasaki Hotele Ihokan
- 61Shofukuji
- 62Nagasaki Orion Hotel
- 63Ken-ei Bus Terminal
- 64The Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture
- 65Sofukuji
- 66Kofukuji
- 67Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture
- 68Nagasaki Embroidery
- 69Teramachi-dori (Temple Street)
- 70Site of the Martyrdom of the 26 Saints o...
- 71Confucian Shrine & Historical Museum of ...
- 72HOTEL NAGASAKI
- 73Gunkanjima Digital Museum
- 74ANA CROWNE PLAZA NAGASAKI GLOVERHILL
- 75ANA CROWNEPLAZA NAGASAKI GLOVERHILL
- 76Nagasaki Glass
- 77Kazagashira Park
- 78Nagasaki International Cruise Ship Terminal
- 79Oura-Machi
- 80Suwa Shrine
- 81NAGASAKI NISSHOKAN
- 82Oura Cathedral
- 83Fukusaiji
- 84Shindaiku-Machi
- 85Glover Garden
- 86Glover Garden
- 87Yatarou / Yatarou Minamikan
- 88Takengei (Wakamiya Inari Shrine's Autumn...
- 89NISSHOKAN BETTEI KOUYOUTEI
- 90The Hotel Nagasaki BW Premier Collection
- 91BEST WESTERN PREMIER hotel Nagasaki
- 92NISSHOKAN SHINKAN BAISHOKAKU
- 93nagasaki Hotel seifu
- 94Mt. Nabekanmuri
- 95Garden terrace Nagasaki Hotel&Resorts;
- 96Garden Terrace Nagasaki Hotels & Resorts
- 97Shindenan Autumn Public Viewing
- 98Shindenan Spring Public Viewing
- 99INASAYAMA KANKOHOTEL
- 100Inasayama Kanko Hotel
