2024
MIYAKO ODORI
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
All the grace of the geisha put forward in beautiful traditional dances to ...Read more
Kyoto
2024
AWAJI-SHIMA MATSURI
Dance Event
This is the most important festival on the island. Over three days, there ...Read more
Awaji-Shima
2024
TAKIGI NOH
Festival and cultural event
The No, Japan's oldest theatre, is honoured at the Takigi Noh festival, ...Read more
Kyoto
2024
NACHI NO OGI MATSURI
Festival and cultural event
It is one of the three main fire festivals in Japan. Taking place in the ...Read more
Kumano
2024
KISHIWADA DANJIRI MATSURI
Parade
Since 1703, this danjiri parade, these wooden floats pulled by euphoric ...Read more
Ōsaka
2024
HANAYU MATSURI
Festival and cultural event
For two days, the small spa town of Misasa is the scene of an ancestral ...Read more
Misasa
2024
LAKE BIWA GREAT FIREWORKS FESTIVAL
Parties
In summer, in Japan, we enjoy the fireworks festivals which take place in ...Read more
Ōtsu
2024
UCHIWA-MAKI
Festival and cultural event
At Tōshōdai-ji. Throwing fans (uchiwa) and handing out rice cakes to the ...Read more
Nara
2024
FESTIVAL DE FEUX D'ARTIFICE DU PORT DE KŌBE
Parties
Rockets are thrown on barges between Kobe Harborland and Port Island. The ...Read more
Kobe
2024
NOBORIGAMA MATSURI
Festival and cultural event
During these two days the potters bake their creations in the Noborigama, ...Read more
Tamba-Sasayama
2024
KOBE MATSURI
Events
The carnival of Kōbe that takes place in May is very much influenced by ...Read more
Kobe
2024
TŌKA EBISU
Religious festival
This festival is held at several shrines in Kansai. The most important ...Read more
Ōsaka
2024
TANBAYAKI POTERIES FESTIVAL
Festival and cultural event
Two days of festivities during which Tanba potters present their work. ...Read more
Tamba-Sasayama