📅 Event Calendar (Shimanami & Imabari Area)
【2026】8/8
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Summer Festival・Fireworks Display
Imabari Citizens' Festival "Onmaku"
🎇 One of the largest in Chugoku-Shikoku! Approximately 10,000 'Music Fireworks' On the evening of the second day, a spectacular fireworks display, perfectly synchronized with music, lights up the summer night sky. (Paid seats are sure to sell out!)
Imabari's largest summer festival. "Onmaku" means "with all your might" or "to the fullest" in the Imabari dialect. It's a major event attracting tens of thousands of visitors over two days. The first day features exciting stages with Tsugijishi lion dances and giant festival dances, while the final day culminates in a breathtaking grand fireworks display launched from the port.
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Marche・Local Products
Imabari City Library 100th Anniversary Event (Tentative Name)
A special event commemorating the library's 100th anniversary, held on the same day as Onmaku.
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Festivals / Events
Onishi Ikokoi Summer Festival
Onishi Area Summer Festival.
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Market / Morning Market
Imabari Sunday Morning Market
🍅 Held Monthly! A famous morning market overflowing with local produce and smiles A wide variety of stalls, including freshly picked vegetables from local farmers, seafood from the Seto Inland Sea, and handmade goods made with love, line the arcade.
This immensely popular and essential market for citizens is held on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of every month in Imabari's arcade shopping street. It's a vibrant space where you can enjoy direct interaction with producers.
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Marche・Local Products
Setouchi Minato Marche
🥐 Imabari Port's Popular Large-Scale Morning Market & Marche A large gathering of local farmers' fresh vegetables, Setouchi seafood, popular food trucks, handmade crafts, sweets, and many other shops along the seaside! Enjoy your holiday while feeling the sea breeze.
Imabari's largest regular marche, held around the Minato Koryu Center 'Harbary'. It takes place regularly on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of every month, a popular event bustling with people of all ages.
📝 Information is current as of writing. Dates, contents, and fees are subject to change.
Please check the official website before visiting.
Please check the official website before visiting.
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