2024
ILLUMINATIONS
Parties
The country's department stores and amusement parks compete in originality ...Read more
2024
TAKIGI NOH
Kyoto
Festival and cultural event
Noh is one of Japan's oldest theatrical forms. Gestures and speech are ...Read more
2024
NACHI NO OGI MATSURI
Kumano
Festival and cultural event
It is one of the three main fire festivals in Japan. Taking place in the ...Read more
2024
KISHIWADA DANJIRI MATSURI
Ōsaka
Parade
Since 1703, in Kishiwada (neighboring city of Ōsaka), the parade of ...Read more
2024
FESTIVAL DE LA NEIGE DE SAPPORO
Sapporo
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
The Sapporo Snow Festival, since 1950, is the most important event of the ...Read more
2024
HANAYU MATSURI
Misasa
Festival and cultural event
It is surely the most lively and surprising festival in the spa town of ...Read more
2024
COMBATS DE TAUREAUX USHI-TSUKI
Events
Oki Ushi-tsuki, or taureaux in the way of sumos. A tradition dating back ...Read more
2024
KAMI-MUKAE-SAI
Izumo
Events
The month of gods in Shimane begins with the Kami-mukae-sai, a welcoming ...Read more
2024
Setouchi International Art Festival
Festival and cultural event
The Setouchi Triennial, also called Setouchi International Art Festival, is ...Read more
2024
LAKE BIWA GREAT FIREWORKS FESTIVAL
Ōtsu
Parties
In summer, in Japan, we enjoy the fireworks festivals which take place in ...Read more
2024
KODOMO NO HI
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
Children's Day takes place on May 5 and marks the end of Golden Week, a ...Read more
2024
UCHIWA-MAKI
Nara
Festival and cultural event
At Tōshōdai-ji. Throwing fans (uchiwa) and handing out rice cakes to the ...Read more
2024
GOLDEN WEEK
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
It's the most popular week's vacation for the Japanese. It begins and ends ...Read more
2024
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
2024
MIYAJIMA KANGENSAI
Miyajima
Events
The most popular festival on Miyajima Island, and one of the three main ...Read more
2024
HAKATA GION YAMASAKA
Hakata-Fukuoka
Festival and cultural event
This impressive festival takes place over two weeks. Festivities and events ...Read more
2024
YAMAGASA MATSURI
Festival and cultural event
This festival is one of the most impressive in Japan. Floats weighing more ...Read more
2024
NOBORIGAMA MATSURI
Tamba-Sasayama
Festival and cultural event
During these two days the potters bake their creations in the Noborigama, ...Read more
2024
CHICHIBU-YOMATSURI
Vallée Chichibu
Festival and cultural event
This very popular night festival takes place in the centre of the city, ...Read more
2024
MIYAJIMA OYSTER FESTIVAL
Miyajima
Events
This festival allows visitors to taste a wide variety of oyster dishes or ...Read more
2024
DANSES BUGAKU
Miyajima
Events
10 times a year, Bugaku shows are held on the island. This dance from ...Read more
2024
HIROSHIMA FLOWER FESTIVAL
Hiroshima
Events
It is one of the biggest events in the city, taking place during Golden ...Read more
2024
ONOMICHI BETCHA
Onomichi
Events
This festival involves a procession with omikoshi (portable shrines), ...Read more
2024
ROSE FESTIVAL
Fukuyama
Events
Every year the roses that symbolize the city of Fukuyama are honored in ...Read more
2024
KOBE MATSURI
Kobe
Events
The carnival of Kōbe that takes place in May is very much influenced by ...Read more
2024
Miyajima Water Fireworks Festival
Miyajima
Events
The Miyajima Fireworks Show is the most famous fireworks show in Japan. ...Read more
2024
MOUNT DAISEN FESTIVAL
Tottori
Events
2,000 people, torch in hand, make their way to the top of Mount Daisen to ...Read more
2024
MATSUE MUSHA GYORETSU
Matsue
Events
This event is a reconstitution of the Edo period and its grandeur. Two ...Read more
2024
ASAHIKAWA WINTER FESTIVAL
Asahikawa
Festival and cultural event
The second largest ice and snow sculpture festival, after the one in ...Read more
2024
TŌKA EBISU
Ōsaka
Religious festival
This festival is held at several shrines in Kansai. The most important ...Read more
2024
TANBAYAKI POTERIES FESTIVAL
Tamba-Sasayama
Festival and cultural event
Two days of festivities during which Tanba potters present their work. ...Read more
2024
HYAKUMANGOKU MATSURI
Kanazawa
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
The main annual festival in Kanazawa commemorates the entry of the Daimyō ...Read more
2024
OSORE-ZAN TAISAI
Festival and cultural event
Many pilgrims come to the shrine to consult itako, mediums, and shaman ...Read more
2024
HOSHIKUDARI MATSURI
Takarazuka
Religious festival
It is said that on August 9, in the temple of Nakayamadera in Takarazuka, ...Read more
2024
AKŌ GISHI FESTIVAL
Ako
Parade
Today celebrates the 47 buddies, known for venting their master in the ...Read more
2024
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
2024
NADA NO KENKA MATSURI
Himeji
Religious festival
This festival takes place in the shrine of Matsubara Hachiman, in the city ...Read more
2024
KANTŌ MATSURI
Akita
Festival and cultural event
It is one of the most renowned festivals of Tōhoku, linked to Tanabata. ...Read more
2024
HADAKA MATSURI, NAKED MAN FESTIVAL
Okayama
Events
Nearly 9,000 men dressed in traditional loincloths (fundoshi) are trying to ...Read more