[Event]Kochi Yosakoi Festival 2025

Student Competition & Pre-Festival (Zenyasai)

[Tosa Student Yosakoi Competition]
Organized by students since 2019, it’s a festival aimed at discovering, drawing out, and showcasing the potential and charm of students.

• Date: Saturday, August 9, 2025
• Time & Venue: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM at Kochi Castle
• Performance Schedule: https://x.com/tosayosa

[Pre-Festival]
Award-winning teams from the previous year will perform.

• Date: Saturday, August 9, 2025
• Time & Venue: 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM at Central Park
• Performance Schedule: Click here
• Paid Seating Tickets:
  Available at Lawson store terminals (Loppi) or online via Lawson Ticket.
  *You can watch for free, but you will have to stand at the back, so we recommend purchasing tickets early.

Main Festival

Teams perform all day at various venues. Performance times vary by venue.

• Dates: Sunday, August 10 & Monday, August 11, 2025
• Times & Venues:
  • 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM: Obiyamachi(Shopping Street)
  • 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM: Kochi University
  • 11:30 AM – 10:00 PM: Central Park Competition Venue
  • 12:30 PM – 9:30 PM:
    • Competition Venues: Kamimachi, Masugata, Mama, Atago, Saenba, Umenotsuji, Harimayabashi,Kochi Station
    • Performance Venues: Kyomachi, Hata, Kochi Castle
  • 1:15 PM – 5:15 PM: Otesuji Main Competition Venue (Daytime)
  • 5:45 PM – 9:30 PM: Otesuji Main Competition Venue (Evening)
  • 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM: Yanagimachi (Local teams only, August 11 only)
• Otesuji Performance Schedule: Click here
• Otesuji Reserved Seat Tickets
  • 7-Eleven: In-store terminals or Ticket Pia
  • Lawson & Ministop: In-store terminals (L-code: 62841) or Lawson Ticket
  • FamilyMart: In-store terminals or e+ (ePlus)　*Japanese only
• Note: Otesuji is the main judged competition venue, and all team routes are determined based on it. Therefore, no official schedules are published for other venues (although some venues may have their own schedules). A web service called “Dokoiko Service Neo” has recently been made available to track real-time updates of teams and venue performances.

National Convention & Post-Festival

[National Convention]
Award-winning and out-of-prefecture teams will perform.

• Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2025
• Times & Venues:
  • 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM: Central Park
  • 1:15 PM – 10:00 PM: Kochi Castle, Otesuji, Obiyamachi
• Performance Schedule: Click here
• National Convention Otesuji Reserved Seats
  • 7-Eleven: In-store terminals or Ticket Pia
  • Lawson & Ministop: In-store terminals (L-code: 62841) or Lawson Ticket
  • FamilyMart: In-store terminals or e+ (ePlus)　*Japanese only

[Post-Festival]
Awards Ceremony & Post-Festival Performances

• Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2025
• Time & Venue: 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM at Central Park
• Performance Schedule: Coming Soon
• Paid Seating Tickets:
  Available at Lawson store terminals (Loppi) or online via Lawson Ticket.
  *You can watch for free, but you will have to stand at the back, so we recommend purchasing tickets early.