Utagaki festivals were held in large scale in March, 734, at Suzaku-mon Gate in the then capital city Heijo and in April, 770, at Kawachi-Yugeno-miya Palace, each of which was attended by two hundred and several tens of nobles and naturalized clans.
天平6年(734年)2月には平城京朱雀門で、宝亀元年(770年)3月には河内由義宮で歌垣が開催され、それぞれ貴族・帰化氏族が二百数十名参加する大規模なショーであった。