Setsubun at Narita-san 2025
Naritasan Shinshoji Temple 成田山新勝寺, 1 Narita, Narita, TokyoWhile setsubun festivals are held at many temples across the country, the rituals at Asakusa’s Sensoji, Takao-san Yakuo-in…
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Setsubun (Bean Tossing) at Sensoji 2025
Sensoji Temple Senso-ji, 2-3-1 Asakusa, Taito, TokyoTraditionally setsubun (節分) marks the day before the beginning of a new season, but in post-Edo times the…
Otaru Snow Light Path Festival 2025
Otaru, Hokkaido Otaru Station, 2 Chome-22 Inaho, Otaru, HokkaidoThe Otaru Snow Light Path Festival (小樽雪あかりの路, Otaru Yuki Akari no Michi) began in 1999 with the hope…
Japan Brewers Cup 2025
Yokohama Hammerhead CIQ Hall 2-14-1 Yokohama Hammerhead, Yokohama, KanagawaDomestic and international craft beers. The Japan Brewers Cup has a dual purpose: it is a beer competition…
Saidaiji Eyo (“Naked Festival”) 2025
Saidaiji Kannon-in 別格本山 金陵山西大寺観音院, 3 Chome-8-8 Saidaijinaka, Higashi Ward, Okayama, OkayamaThe Saidaiji Eyō (西大寺会陽), more commonly known as the Hadaka Matsuri (“Naked Festival”), gets more international media attention…
Yokote Kamakura Snow Festival 2025
Yokote, Akita 横手市民会館, 13-1 Minamimachi, Yokote, AkitaThe ritual of hollowing out a mound of snow and building a small hut like an igloo is…
Some no Komichi 2025
Nakai 西武新宿線 中井駅, 1-19-1 Nakaochiai, Shinjuku, TokyoUntil the 1950s, many dying factories could be found along the river near Nakai Station in Shinjuku Ward…
CP+ Camera & Photo Imaging Show 2025
Pacifico Yokohama Pacifico Yokohama, 1-1-1 Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, KanagawaThe CP+ Camera & Photo Imaging Show is Japan’s biggest photography event where the likes of Nikon, Canon,…
Kyoto Higashiyama Hanatoro 2025
Higashiyama, Kyoto Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, KyotoHanatoro (花灯路, Hanatōro) is a 10-day long illumination that takes place in Kyoto’s Higashiyama in March and Arashiyama…
Art Fair Tokyo 2025
Tokyo International Forum 3 Chome-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda, TokyoART FAIR TOKYO is the largest art fair in Japan and the oldest in Asia, featuring a wide…
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March Osaka Sumo Tournament 2025
EDION Arena Osaka 3-4-36 Nanbanaka, Naniwa-ku, Osaka, OsakaSix major sumo tournaments (called honbasho) are held during the year—one on each odd month, each taking place…
Mount Takao Fire Walking Festival 2025
Takaosan Car Park 2390 Takaomachi, Hachioji-shi, TokyoThe Fire Walking Festival (火渡りまつり, hiwatari matsuri) is held near Takaosanguchi Station on the second Sunday of March…
Spring Love Harukaze Music Festival 2025
Yoyogi Park (Events Area) 代々木公園野外ステージ, 2-2-3 Jinnan, Shibuya, TokyoFree music event in Yoyogi Park. There are two stages and a huge host of stalls selling arts…
Hachijojima Freesia Festival 2025
Hachijojima Hachijo, TokyoHachijojima holds an annual Freesia Festival to celebrate the arrival of spring. The festival began over 40 years…
Asakusa’s Honzon Jigen-e 2025
Sensoji Temple Senso-ji, 2-3-1 Asakusa, Taito, TokyoAccording to legend, a statue is said to have been discovered on the 18 March 628 on the…
Chidorigafuchi Cherry Blossom Illuminations 2025
Chidorigafuchi 千鳥ヶ淵ボート場, Kitanomarukoen 1, Chiyoda, TokyoAnnual light-up of the cherry blossoms in Chidorigafuchi. One of the most famous night cherry blossom events (yozakura,…
Anime Japan 2025
Tokyo Big Sight Tokyo Big Sight, 3-11-1 Ariake, Koto, TokyoThe key expo for manga fans and those in the animation business—almost 150,000 visitors and 200 companies from…
Tokyo Motorcycle Show 2025
Tokyo Big Sight Tokyo Big Sight, 3-11-1 Ariake, Koto, TokyoThe Tokyo Motorcycle Show, also known as nirin-matsuri (二輪祭), is the two-wheeled world’s answer to the Tokyo Auto…
Kanamara Matsuri (“Penis Festival”) Parade 2025
Kanayama Shrine Kanayama Shrine, 2-13-16 Daishi Ekimae, Kawasaki, KanagawaKanamara Matsuri (otherwise known as the "Penis Festival" or “Festival of the Steel Phallus”) is an annual festival…
Hana Matsuri at Sensoji 2025
Sensoji Temple Senso-ji, 2-3-1 Asakusa, Taito, TokyoThis event at Sensoji Temple celebrates the Buddha’s birthday on 8 April and is more formally called Bussho-e…
Edo Yoshiwara Ichiyo Sakura Matsuri (Oiran Dochu) 2025
Ichiyo Sakura Komatsu Dori 一葉桜小松橋通り, 4-40-7 Asakusa, Taito, TokyoOiran (花魁) is a word used to refer to the high-class prostitutes that worked in the Yoshiwara red-light…
Nikko Yayoi Festival 2025
Nikko Futarasan Shrine 2307 Sannai, Nikko, TochigiThe Yayoi Festival (弥生祭, Yayoi Matsuri) is held on the 13 to 17 of April each year at…
Teruhime Matsuri 2025
Shukujii Park 石神井公園, 1-26 Shakujiidai, Nerima, TokyoThis festival started in 1988 as a way to remind people of the prestigious past of this area…
Akabane Baka Matsuri (All Fools Festival) 2025
Akabane Station Akabane Station, 1-1 Akabane, Kita, TokyoThis oddly named festival was started in 1956 by the store owners in the commercial district around the…