Meiji Jingu Niinamesai 2026
23 November 2026 ｜ 2026年11月23日（月・祝）
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Date / 日付
23 November 2026
2026年11月23日（月・祝）
Location / 会場
Meiji Jingu
明治神宮
1-1 Yoyogi Kamizonocho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Price / 料金
Free
無料
Time / 時間
06:10–16:10 (Niinamesai)
About This Event / イベントについて
Meiji Jingu holds Niinamesai on Monday 23 November 2026, the same calendar day as Labor Thanksgiving. New grain is offered, and thanks is given for the harvest. The shrine lists it on the annual rites page with the other fixed dates. There is no ticket, no booking, and no stage programme published for the public. You walk in during November grounds hours, 6:10 to 16:10.
This is not the Autumn Grand Festival. That rite ran 1 to 3 November, with yabusame on the 3rd. Niinamesai is quieter. Tsukinamisai on the 1st and 15th of each month, and the daily morning and afternoon offerings, continue around it. If you came for a show, you came on the wrong Monday.
The Inner Garden keeps its winter clock, 9:00 to 16:00, ¥500. The museum is closed Thursday, and 23 November 2026 is a Monday, so the museum follows the late-period show if you go after the 14th. Goshuin at Nagadono from 9:00 until close. The three-day weekend is 21 to 23 November. The forest will be busy with hatsumode practice crowds. It is still a working shrine day.
JR Harajuku Omotesando gate, or Meiji-jingumae exit 2. Takeshita-guchi is the inbound queue. Cars use the Yoyogi gate on ordinary days. Official rites list: meijijingu.or.jp/event/. Gate table: the hours page on this site.
Practical details
- Date: 23 November 2026, national holiday
- Grounds: 6:10 to 16:10
- Price: free, no ticket
- Garden: 9:00 to 16:00, ¥500
- Website: Meiji Jingu annual rites
Highlights / 見どころ
Schedule & Venues / スケジュール・会場
Nov 23 – Nov 23, 2026
06:10
– 16:10
Niinamesai / 新嘗祭
Meiji Jingu (明治神宮)
Tips / アドバイス
November close is 16:10. Do not arrive at dusk.
11月の閉門は16:10。夕方では間に合わない。
This is not yabusame. That was 3 November.
流鏑馬ではない。流鏑馬は3日。
Use Omotesando gates, not Takeshita-guchi.
表参道改札。竹下口は使わない。
Gallery / ギャラリー
