2025

MIYAKO ODORI

Kyoto
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
During the month of Cherry Blossom Dance, geisha and maiko (apprentices) ... Read more
2025

OMIZOTURI

Nara
Religious festival
This festival of water pumping is extremely monitored and famous throughout ... Read more
2025

KANBUTSUE

Nara
Religious festival
At Tōdai-ji temple. Birthday of Shaka (name of Buddha). Fête des Fleurs ... Read more
2025

AWAJI-SHIMA MATSURI

Awaji-Shima
Dance Event
This is the most important festival on the island. Over three days, there ... Read more
2025

HATSUMODE

Parties
New Year's Day is the only day of the year in Japan when most activities ... Read more
2025

KISHIWADA DANJIRI MATSURI

Ōsaka
Parade
Since 1703, in Kishiwada (neighboring city of Ōsaka), the parade of ... Read more
2025

LAKE BIWA GREAT FIREWORKS FESTIVAL

Ōtsu
Parties
In summer, in Japan, we enjoy the fireworks festivals which take place in ... Read more
2025

FESTIVAL DE FEUX D'ARTIFICE DU PORT DE KŌBE

Kobe
Parties
Rockets are thrown on barges between Kobe Harborland and Port Island. The ... Read more
2025

TŌKA EBISU

Ōsaka
Religious festival
This festival is held at several shrines in Kansai. The most important ... Read more
2025

HALLOWEEN

Ōsaka
Parties
Admittedly, Halloween is not a traditional Japanese holiday. In the land of ... Read more
2025

SETSUBUN

Parties
Setsubun is the last day before the arrival of spring, and thus of the ... Read more
2025

HOSHIKUDARI MATSURI

Takarazuka
Religious festival
It is said that on August 9, in the temple of Nakayamadera in Takarazuka, ... Read more
2025

AKŌ GISHI FESTIVAL

Ako
Parade
Today celebrates the 47 buddies, known for venting their master in the ... Read more
2025

KINOSAKI DANJIRI MATSURI

Kinosaki
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
It is the most important festival in Kinosaki. Over a period of two days, ... Read more
2025

NADA NO KENKA MATSURI

Himeji
Religious festival
This festival takes place in the shrine of Matsubara Hachiman, in the city ... Read more
2025

SEIJIN SHIKI

Parties
The Day of Coming of Age is a public holiday celebrating young Japanese ... Read more
2025

YAMAYAKI

Nara
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
Celebration whose origin goes back to the conflicts between the monks of ... Read more
2025

OMIZUTORI

Nara
Religious festival
It is the oldest annual Buddhist festival in Japan (since more than 1250 ... Read more
2025

AOI MATSURI

Kyoto
Parade
The "hollyhock festival" is one of the three largest festivals in Kyoto. On ... Read more
2025

GION MATSURI

Kyoto
Parade
It is the most famous festival in Japan. It dates back to the year 869 and ... Read more