2024

HANA MATSURI

Religious festival
Kimonos and tea ceremonies are held in the country's main temples to ... Read more
 Tokyo
2024

OMIZOTURI

Religious festival
This festival of water pumping is extremely monitored and famous throughout ... Read more
 Nara
2024

KANBUTSUE

Religious festival
At Tōdai-ji temple. Birthday of Shaka (name of Buddha). Fête des Fleurs ... Read more
 Nara
2024

REITAISAI

Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
The Reitaisai festival, which takes place at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, ... Read more
 Kamakura
2024

OWARA KAZE-NO-BON

Religious festival
Taking place during the typhoon season that ravages crops every year, this ... Read more
 Toyama
2024

TŌKA EBISU

Religious festival
This festival is held at several shrines in Kansai. The most important ... Read more
 Ōsaka
2024

HOSHIKUDARI MATSURI

Religious festival
It is said that on August 9, in the temple of Nakayamadera in Takarazuka, ... Read more
 Takarazuka
2024

NADA NO KENKA MATSURI

Religious festival
This festival takes place in the shrine of Matsubara Hachiman, in the city ... Read more
 Himeji
2024

OMIZUTORI

Religious festival
It is the oldest annual Buddhist festival in Japan (since more than 1250 ... Read more
 Nara
2024

O-BON

Religious festival
Dance festivals are held to commemorate the dead. People dance to the point ... Read more
 Tokyo
2024

SANJA MATSURI

Religious festival
On the 3rd weekend of May, Tokyo's oldest temple celebrates its founders in ... Read more
 Tokyo
2024

SETSUBUN

Religious festival
For Setsubun, demons are hunted and last year's amulets are burned. The ... Read more
 Tokyo
2024

REITAISAI AU TSURUGAOKA HACHIMANGU

Religious festival
Within the sanctuary, archers in traditional costumes mounted on horseback ... Read more
 Tokyo
2024

OKERAMAIRI

Religious festival
This party illuminates the last night of the year in the city of Kyoto to ... Read more
 Kyoto