Kagurazaka Matsuri 2025
Kagurazaka Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, TokyoThe Kagurazaka Matsuri lasts four days: two days for the Hozuki Market and two days for the Kagurazaka…
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Chiyoda Lantern Floating Evening (Noryo no Yube) 2025
Chidorigafuchi 千鳥ヶ淵ボート場, Kitanomarukoen 1, Chiyoda, TokyoAbout 600 lanterns are released into the water of Chidorigafuchi for this evening event. You can watch from…
Tenjin Festival 2025
Osaka Tenmangu 2 Chome-1-8 Tenjinbashi, Kita Ward, OsakaReputedly one of Japan's top three festivals, Tenjin Festival (天神祭) is held on 24 and 25 July every…
Koganei Awaodori Dance Festival 2025
Musashi-Koganei Station Musashi-Koganei Station, 6-14 Honcho, Koganei, TokyoThe true Awa Dance Festival is Shikoku is Japan’s biggest dance festival, attracting well over one million visitors…
Nagasaki Peiron Championship 2025
Nagasaki Seaside Park Nagasaki Seaside Park, 22-17 Tokiwamachi, Nagasaki, NagasakiThe Nagasaki Peiron Championship (長崎ペーロン選手権大会) is thought to have been started in 1655 by the Chinese community in…
Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival 2025
Asakusa Asakusa Station, 2-20 Kaminarimon, Taito, TokyoThis annual hanabi-taikai has roots dating back to 1732 when it was first held in remembrance of the those…
Shinjuku Eisa Festival 2025
Shinjuku Shinjuku Station, 1-1-3 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku, TokyoEisa Matsuri is a Bon folk dance that originated in Okinawa to honor the spirit of ancestors, typically…
World Cosplay Summit 2025
Aichi Arts Center 1 Chome-13-2 Higashisakura, Higashi Ward, Nagoya, AichiThe first World Cosplay Summit began in 2003 to “create a new sense of international friendship with cosplayers…
Akita Kanto Matsuri 2025
Akita 秋田駅, 7-1-2 Nakadori, Akita, AkitaThe Akita Kanto Matsuri (秋田竿燈まつり) is an annual festival to pray for a good harvest known for the…
Asagaya Tanabata Matsuri 2025
Asagaya Station Asagaya Station, 3-58 Asagayaminami, Suginami, TokyoEvery year at the beginning of August this shopping center in Suginami ward sees visitors come from all…
Aomori Nebuta Matsuri 2025
Aomori 青森駅, 1-1 Yanakawa, Aomori, AomoriA summer event that is one part of the wider Tanabata celebrations, Nebuta festivals are held throughout Japan,…
Sumidagawa Paper Lantern Floating 2025
Asakusa Asakusa Station, 2-20 Kaminarimon, Taito, TokyoSumidagawa paper lantern floating (灯篭流し, tōrō-nagashi) festival began in 1946 to pay respects and mourn those who lost…
Numata Tengu Festival 2025
Numata, Gunma 沼田市役所, 780 Nishikurauchimachi, Numata, GunmaHeld every year on 3-5 August, The Numata Tengu Festival (沼田まつり, Numata Matsuri) is a famous festival in…
Yamagata Hanagasa Matsuri 2025
Yamagata City Yamagata, YamgataThe Yamagata Hanagasa Festival was first held in 1963 and today is a major festival in Tohoku, attracting…
Sendai Tanabata Matsuri 2025
Sendai Sendai Station, 1 Chome-10-10 Chūō, Aoba-ku, Sendai, MiyagiTanabata Festivals (sometimes known as “Star Festivals”) are held throughout Japan during July and August, but none is…
Tokushima Awa Odori 2025
Tokushima 徳島駅, Tokushima, TokushimaThere are hundreds of Awa Odori festivals that take place over the summer in Japan, but the Tokushima…
Chichibu Ondo Dance Festival 2025
Minano Town Hall, Chichibu 皆野町役場, Minano, Chichibu, SaitamaThe Chichibu Ondo Dance Festival (秩父音頭まつり) is held on the 14 August every year and sees approximately 70…
Nagasaki Spirit Boat Procession 2025
Kenchozaka Dori, Nagasaki 県庁坂通り, Nagasaki, NagasakiBon Festival celebrations welcoming back ancestors from the spirit world
Gozan no Okuribi 2025
Kyoto City Kyoto, Kyoto, KyotoDaimonji Gozan no Okuribi (also known as the “Daimonji Festival”) is a bonfire festival held on 16 August…
Azabu-Juban Noryo Matsuri 2025
Azabu-Juban Azabu-juban Station, 1-4-6 Azabu-juban, Minato, TokyoAzabu-Juban's Noryo-Matsuri is one of Tokyo's more famous summer festivals. Held over one weekend at the end of…
Harajuku Super Yosakoi 2025
Harajuku Harajuku Station, 1-18 Jingumae, Shibuya, TokyoThe Harajuku Super Yosakoi—or the “Harajuku Omotesando Genki Matsuri Super Yosakoi Festival”, to give it its full name—is…
Koenji Awa Odori 2025
Koenji Station 高円寺駅, 4-48 Kōenjiminami, Suginami, TokyoAwa Odori in Koenji that has been held since 1957 and today attracts almost one million visitors over…
Tokyo International Toy Show 2025
Tokyo Big Sight Tokyo Big Sight, 3-11-1 Ariake, Koto, TokyoThis event has been going since 1962 and today sees about 200 vendors (from both within Japan and…
Nagasaki Kunchi Festival 2025
Suwa Shrine, Nagasaki Suwa Shrine, 18-15 Kaminishiyamamachi, Nagasaki, NagasakiNagasaki's oldest festival is registered as an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.