23rd Mandoro Fire Festival 2026

Essentials

location

Senri River banks (Kayano) and Kayano Square at Minoh Q's Mall

period

August 8, 2026 (Sat)

Time

16:05〜（ステージ）／19:00〜 たいまつ・ちょうちん行列スタート

cost

Free

Links

• Official Website

access

Directly connected to Minoh-Kayano Station (Kita-Osaka Kyuko) via the Q's Mall CENTER wing. By car, it's right at the north end of Shin-Midosuji (Route 423); the mall's parking (about 1,800 spaces) is available.

TAGS

History Heritage Free Cheap Family Night View

View on map

REGISTRATION

No booking or fee to watch. Torch and lantern bearers are chosen by lottery: applications ran 1–19 July 2026 with results emailed by 23 July (50 lantern places for ages 4 to 3rd grade, 50 torch places for 4th grade and above, including adults).

NOTE

[Alongside]
- Harappa Paradise Kayano (16:00–21:00)
- Panel exhibition: 11–20 July and 1–8 August at the Minoh Citizens' Activity Center

[Rain]
- The torch and lantern procession moves to Sunday 9 August
- The Kayano Square stage programme is cancelled in rain, with no rain date

[Background]
- "Mandoro" is an old Obon-season folk rite of Hakunoshima in Minoh
- It is said to have travelled from Mt. Atago in Kyoto along the Saigoku Kaido road
- Once all ten Kayano villages held it at the same time: each hamlet took fire from its own Atago shrine and carried it down, and the torches lined up in a single row across the mountainside
- Today's festival is that rite, revived by residents themselves

[Inquiries]
- Secretariat: Shimin Katsudo Forum Minoh, tel 072-722-2666

*Follow the marshals' guidance around the open flames.

出典: まんどろ火祭り実行委員会 公式チラシ（第23回）・箕面市観光協会・NPO法人みのお山麓保全委員会（由来）