Akiu Craft Valley Digital Stamp Rally 2026
What is verified
- Date
- 4 November 2026-11 January 2027; participating facilities’ own opening days and hours apply
- Time
- 4 November 2026-11 January 2027. Stamps are collected on a smartphone-only rally page linked from the organiser's announcement. Individual participating facilities have their own opening days and hours; this is not a daily programme at every venue.
- Location
- Participating facilities across Akiu, western Sendai
- Akiu, Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, JP Address source
- Event status
- In progress on the published dates
- Reservation required
- Data pending verification
- Price
- Collect stamps through qualifying purchases at participating facilities. Purchase costs vary; three or five stamps allow entry into a prize draw, not a guaranteed reward.
Traveler note
The organiser's announcement, updated on 2 November, lists the 60 participating facilities by category: art (2), craft (9), food and drink (28), accommodation (9), shops (10) and leisure (2). Check that list and each facility's own conditions before planning purchases. To take part, open the rally page from the official QR code on the flyers or posters, answer a short questionnaire to start, then collect a stamp when you pay at a participating facility. Three stamps enter the draw for a craft gift or a food gift, each worth about ¥4,000 (five winners each; you choose which); five stamps enter the draw for a ¥20,000 voucher for use at inns in the Akiu Onsen ryokan association (ten winners). Each facility provides at most one stamp; stamps cannot be collected repeatedly at the same facility. After entering a draw, visit different facilities to collect more stamps and qualify for further entries. Prizes are drawn rather than guaranteed, and prize delivery is limited to addresses in Japan. This delivery condition does not establish a nationality or residence restriction; ask the organiser about any other participation conditions you need to confirm. The rally page works only on a smartphone. Use its recommended Safari or Chrome browser, keep cookies enabled and continue in the same browser; private browsing and in-app social browsers may not retain stamps. The accommodation-voucher prize has a separate one-year use period starting 16 January 2027; it does not extend stamp collection beyond 11 January. This programme is separate from Johgi's autumn rally and Akiu's illumination stamp programme. No full facility route, blanket free-entry offer, current prize inventory or daily opening guarantee is provided here.
Planning around this date? add this event to a dated Sendai trip.