GOAT -INAZUMI Terrace 2026 Features Salyu and bird at Free Beach Festival
A town of about 3,500 that previously drew 5,000 visitors keeps its festival free and hands creative roles to local students while booking established artists.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
GOAT -INAZUMI Terrace 2026, a free outdoor festival in Susami Town, Wakayama, returns September 26 at Susami Beach. Salyu and bird headline the daytime live stage. Night brings projection mapping on Inazumi Island, a national natural monument. Local students join as the GOAT Crew, and more than 50 market stalls line the beach. The town of about 3,500 previously drew 5,000 visitors.
The festival is run by the GOAT Inazumi Terasu Executive Committee inside the Susami Town Tourism Association, chaired by Jun Nakajima. The night projection mapping on Inazumi Island is billed as one of the largest in Japan and uses an original song built around a chorus sung by local elementary students, under the theme "a voice that spins Inazumi Island."
The GOAT Crew gives students real jobs: rapping about the town under pro rapper Machidefu, junior reporting, clean keeping, and running the market. The entire student body of Shusami Middle School operates the "Dream Company" booth selling Inobu-tan udon and goods. Mayor Tsutomu Iwata calls the event a step toward regional regeneration. Free admission is supported by corporate sponsorship and Furusato Navi crowdfunding.
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