2025
GOLDEN WEEK
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
It's the most popular week's vacation for the Japanese. It begins and ends ...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
HYAKUMANGOKU MATSURI
Kanazawa
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
The main annual festival in Kanazawa commemorates the entry of the Daimyō ...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
KENKOKU KINENBI
Official festival
The anniversary of the founding of the Japanese state is celebrated ...Read more
2025
SEIJIN SHIKI
Parties
The Day of Coming of Age is a public holiday celebrating young Japanese ...Read more
2025
JURI-UMA IN TSUJI
Naha
Parade
Parade of women from the Pleasure district who parade in their famous ...Read more
2025
KANDA MATSURI
Tokyo
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
A mythical matsuri from Tokyo and also one of the three most important ...Read more
2025
ILLUMINATIONS
Tokyo
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
If the Japanese don't celebrate Christmas, they celebrate winter with ...Read more
2025
DAIMONJI NO OKURIBI
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
The "Daimonji fires", symbol of summer in Kyoto, take place on the evening ...Read more
2025
HINA MATSURI
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
This doll festival is celebrated all over the Archipelago. It is also ...Read more
2025
DEZOMESHIKI
Tokyo
Parade
The Tokyo City Firefighters New Year's Day Parade takes place every year at ...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
2025
FEU D'ARTIFICE DU FLEUVE SUMIDA
Tokyo
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
Sublime fireworks over the Sumida river, in Asakusa district. It is one of ...Read more
2025
SANJA MATSURI
Tokyo
Religious festival
One of the most popular festivals in Tokyo. It is held in Asakusa, ...Read more
2025
LANTERN FESTIVAL
Nara
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
Setsubun in Nara is celebrated with great pomp to celebrate the transition ...Read more
2025
REITAISAI AU TSURUGAOKA HACHIMANGU
Tokyo
Religious festival
The annual celebrations of this sanctuary are spread over three days. On ...Read more
2025
SEIJIN SHIKI
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
The day of coming of age is a holiday on which young people who have just ...Read more
2025
KURAMA NO HI MATSURI
Kyoto
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
During the Torch Festival, people gather at Yuki Shrine, and huge torches ...Read more
2025
OKERAMAIRI
Kyoto
Religious festival
This ritual festival illuminates the last night of the year in Kyoto. On ...Read more
HALLOWEEN
Tokyo
Carnival
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Halloween may not be a traditional Japanese holiday, but in the land of ...Read more