Kobe Harborland & Meriken Park Night
Kobe's waterfront glitters after dark — the red Port Tower, illuminated promenade and bay views make for a relaxed romantic evening.
2026/06/28 08:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
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Mount Fuji Climbing Season
Climb Japan's iconic 3,776m peak during the official summer season and watch the sunrise from the roof of Japan.
2026/06/30 15:00 Partout au JaponA trail-entry fee applies (around 2,000-4,000 yen); mountain-hut stays extra
© Hao Chou · GoogleShonan Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival 2026
One of the Kanto region's largest Tanabata festivals, where central Hiratsuka disappears beneath giant, gaudy bamboo streamers up to ten metres tall.
2026/07/03 01:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
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OfficialHakone Hot Springs & Open-Air Museum
A mountain hot-spring resort near Mt. Fuji, combining steaming onsen, a sculpture park, a pirate-ship lake cruise and ropeway views.
2026/07/04 Partout au JaponOnsen and museum entries vary; a Hakone Free Pass saves on transport
© Suicasmo · CC BY-SA 4.0Benesse Art Site Naoshima
An island in the Seto Inland Sea reborn as living art, with Tadao Ando museums, a Yayoi Kusama pumpkin and outdoor installations.
2026/07/05 01:00 Partout au JaponMuseum tickets vary; Chichu Art Museum needs advance booking
© Taku · GoogleDRUM TAO at the Open-Air Theatre TAO-no-Oka
World-touring taiko troupe DRUM TAO performs a 45-minute show at its own open-air theatre, perched at 1,036m in the grasslands of Aso-Kuju National Park. Thunderous drumming, athletic choreography and sweeping highland views.
2026/07/07 05:00 Partout au JaponAdults (junior-high+) ¥4,500; children (4+) ¥2,500; under 3 free. Spring/autumn shows at 14:00.
© 野外劇場 TAOの丘／Open-air Theater TAO-no-Oka · GoogleOktoberfest in Japan
German beer festivals tour Japan's cities each year with imported brews, sausages and live oompah bands.
2026/07/08 03:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
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OfficialSetouchi Triennale Art Islands
A celebrated contemporary art festival scattered across the islands of the Seto Inland Sea, blending installations with fishing-village life.
2026/07/13 Partout au JaponPassport tickets cover many sites; some works charge separately
© 663highland · CC BY 2.5Nachi Fire Festival (Nachi no Ogi Matsuri) 2026
Twelve fan-shaped portable shrines representing the gods meet a procession of giant 50-kilogram flaming torches before Japan's tallest waterfall — one of the country's three great fire festivals.
2026/07/14 01:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
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Officialrural 2026
Un festival camping de techno & house de quatre jours dans les hauteurs de Fukushima, qui tourne sans interruption toute la nuit depuis 2009.
2026/07/17 04:00 Partout au JaponPass complet 4 jours ~¥25,000 ; moins de 25 ans ¥14,000 ; résident du Tohoku ¥15,000
© Σ64 · CC BY 3.0Kamikochi Highland Hiking
A pristine alpine valley in the Northern Japan Alps, with the Kappa Bridge, clear Azusa River and jagged peaks rising all around.
2026/07/17 21:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
© Md. Mostafizur Rahman · GoogleAkeno Sunflower Festival 2026
Around 600,000 sunflowers blaze across the Yatsugatake foothills, lit up after dark for a glowing field beneath the night sky.
2026/07/25 Partout au JaponGratuit
© 北杜市明野サンフラワーフェス メイン会場 · GoogleMorioka Sansa Odori 2026
A Guinness-record wall of taiko drums thunders through Morioka as thousands of dancers chant 'Sakkora choiwayasse!'
2026/08/01 09:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
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OfficialPlaces réservées Aomori Nebuta 2026 : prix, dates de vente & accès
Places de visionnage réservées Aomori Nebuta 2026 : prix de ¥4,000, dates de vente 2026 (tirage + premier arrivé le Jun 27), comment acheter et accès depuis Tokyo.
2026/08/02 10:00 Partout au JaponPlace de visionnage réservée ¥4,000 (combiné journée + feux d'artifice Aug 7 ¥9,500) ; frais de gestion en sus
© Fisherman · CC BY-SA 3.0OfficialAomori Nebuta Matsuri
Giant illuminated warrior floats are paraded through Aomori nightly as chanting dancers leap alongside in a blaze of color.
2026/08/02 10:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
© Fisherman · CC BY-SA 3.0Nagaoka Festival Grand Fireworks 2026
One of Japan's three great fireworks festivals, famed for the colossal 'Phoenix' shells fired across the Shinano River as a prayer for peace.
2026/08/02 10:20 Partout au JaponGratuit
© ひろと · GoogleAkita Kanto Festival 2026
Performers balance towering bamboo poles strung with dozens of glowing lanterns on their palms, foreheads and shoulders.
2026/08/03 09:50 Partout au JaponGratuit
© 川井ぼん · GoogleYamagata Hanagasa Festival 2026
Some 10,000 dancers twirl flower-adorned straw hats to the rhythmic cry of 'Yassho, makasho!' in one of Tohoku's biggest parades.
2026/08/05 09:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
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OfficialFestival Tanabata de Sendai 2026 : dates, accès & temps forts
Festival Tanabata de Sendai 2026 (Aug 6–8) : dates fixes, les serpentins de papier géants, les feux d'artifice du Aug 5, accès en 5 min depuis la gare de Sendai et que voir.
2026/08/06 01:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
© 掬茶 · CC BY-SA 4.0Sendai Tanabata Festival
Japan's grandest star festival drapes Sendai's arcades in thousands of giant, handmade paper streamers.
2026/08/06 01:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
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OfficialBillets Yosakoi Festival 2026 : places de tribune d'Otesuji & comment acheter
Yosakoi Festival 2026 (Aug 9–12, Kochi) : prix des places de tribune d'Otesuji, dates de vente 2026 (vente générale ouvre le Jun 29), comment acheter et comment s'y rendre.
2026/08/09 04:15 Partout au JaponPlaces de tribune payantes ¥1,000–¥3,000 par session (tables groupe/parasol ¥15,000–¥50,000)
© Kounosu · CC BY-SA 3.0Yosakoi Matsuri 2026 (Kochi)
The original yosakoi: 200+ teams and ~18,000 dancers with naruko clappers thunder through Kochi's streets across four August days.
2026/08/09 08:00 Partout au JaponFree to watch on the streets; paid reserved (shaded) seats sold for the main venues.
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OfficialBillets Awa Odori 2026 : dates, places de tribune & comment s'y rendre
Awa Odori 2026 (Aug 12–15, Tokushima) : prix des places de tribune, dates de mise en vente 2026, comment acheter via Ticket Pia et comment s'y rendre.
2026/08/12 09:00 Partout au JaponTribune réservée ¥1,000 (C) – ¥3,000 (S) ; Minami-uchimachi SS ¥6,000 / Special ¥15,000
© Kounosu · CC BY-SA 3.0Awa Odori Dance Festival
Japan's most famous dance festival: 100,000 dancers and a million spectators fill Tokushima with rhythm every August.
2026/08/12 09:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
© 坂口博紀（さかグルメっち） · GoogleLake Suwa Fireworks Festival 2026
Around 40,000 fireworks erupt over Lake Suwa, their booms echoing off the surrounding mountains in one of central Japan's most spectacular summer displays.
2026/08/15 10:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
© 松尾まさひろ · GoogleYamaga Lantern Festival (Yamaga Toro Matsuri)
A thousand women dance through summer night with golden paper lanterns glowing on their heads — Kumamoto's most ethereal festival.
2026/08/16 11:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
© Ookami Nanaya · GoogleEarth Celebration on Sado Island 2026
World-famous taiko ensemble Kodo hosts a three-day island arts festival with thunderous harbour-side concerts under the stars.
2026/08/21 08:00 Partout au JaponHarbour Concert tickets approx. ¥5,000–7,000 each; fringe events free
© Syo · GoogleYoshida Fire Festival (Yoshida no Himatsuri) 2026
To mark the close of Mt. Fuji's climbing season, around seventy three-meter torches blaze along the streets of Fujiyoshida — counted among Japan's three most unusual festivals.
2026/08/26 06:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
© 쿰척 · GoogleOmagari National Fireworks Competition 2026
Japan's most prestigious pyrotechnic competition, where the nation's top fireworks artisans battle for the Prime Minister's Award.
2026/08/29 08:10 Partout au JaponReserved seating required for prime spots (paid); riverbank viewing free
© 920 kana · GoogleOwara Kaze no Bon 2026
By lantern light, faceless dancers in straw hats move with hushed grace to mournful kokyu strings through old Yatsuo's stone lanes.
2026/09/01 08:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
© Naka Hiro · GoogleKatakai Festival Fireworks 2026
The birthplace of the giant 'sanshakudama', this Niigata shrine festival fires the world's largest fireworks shell — a four-shaku, 800kg behemoth.
2026/09/11 10:30 Partout au JaponGratuit
© 夏澄 · GoogleAizu Festival 2026
Some 600 people parade in full samurai costume through Aizuwakamatsu in a 'Lord's Procession' honouring the clan that made a famous last stand in Japan's last civil war.
2026/09/19 01:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
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OfficialFFKT 2026 (Izu Shirahama)
Le successeur en bord de plage du TAICOCLUB — un festival électronique tous genres confondus face à la plage de Shirahama à Izu.
2026/09/26 02:00 Partout au JaponBillets ¥16,000–22,000 ; moins de 23 ans ¥13,000 (hébergement séparé)
© tenaciousme from Toronto, Canada · CC BY 2.0Nihonmatsu Lantern Festival
Seven towering floats, each carrying 300+ glowing red lanterns, parade through Fukushima nights to the beat of taiko in one of Japan's three great lantern festivals.
2026/10/03 09:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
© Yuichi Otake · GoogleHitachi Seaside Park Kochia (Autumn Red Bushes)
Some 33,000 round kochia bushes turn Miharashi Hill a blazing crimson each October, a fluffy red carpet rolling toward the Pacific Ocean.
2026/10/10 00:30 Partout au JaponAdults (high-school+) from ¥450; price rises during peak kochia season
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OfficialThe Labyrinth 2026
L'une des raves boutique les plus respectées au monde — un système de son Funktion-One dans les montagnes de Gunma, programmation tenue secrète.
2026/10/10 03:00 Partout au Japon~¥23,000 (moins de 28 ans) à ¥29,000 ; camping inclus
© photo: Qurren (talk) Taken with Canon PowerShot G9 X · CC BY-SA 3.0Nada no Kenka Matsuri 2026 (Fighting Festival)
Three portable shrines are violently crashed together as seven ornate floats clash in Japan's most famous 'fighting festival.'
2026/10/14 01:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
© k (ken5) · GoogleNiihama Taiko Festival 2026
Fifty-four golden, 5.5-metre taiko-dai floats are hoisted by 150-strong crews in one of Shikoku's three great festivals.
2026/10/15 23:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
© 野本貴士 · GoogleKumano Kodo Pilgrimage Trail
Walk ancient moss-covered pilgrimage paths through the forested Kii Mountains to sacred Kumano shrines, a UNESCO World Heritage route.
2026/10/16 23:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
© K · GoogleImari Tonten-ton Festival 2026
One of Japan's three great 'fighting' festivals, where teams ram a giant drum-float and mikoshi together to a thundering 'ton-ten-ton' beat.
2026/10/24 01:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
© セントラルホテル伊万里 · GoogleTokyo German Village Winter Illumination 2026–2027
One of the Kanto region's largest illuminations blankets a hillside German-themed park in millions of lights, best seen from its observation wheel.
2026/10/31 07:00 Partout au JaponPaid: adults ¥1,500, children (age 4–elementary) ¥800; parking from ¥1,000.
© 東京ドイツ村 · GoogleHuis Ten Bosch Kingdom of Light Illumination
Japan's largest illumination floods a European-style canal town with millions of lights every night of the year across this Nagasaki resort.
2026/11/01 08:00 Partout au JaponPark admission ticket required (varies by plan)
© Kazu T · GoogleTsuchiura All-Japan Fireworks Competition 2026
One of Japan's three great fireworks competitions, where rival pyrotechnicians fire 20,000 shells over the Sakuragawa river to be crowned the nation's best.
2026/11/07 08:30 Partout au JaponGratuit
© Takanori Isoyama · GoogleJigokudani Snow Monkeys (Yaen-koen) Winter Season
Wild Japanese macaques bathe in a steaming mountain hot spring as snow falls around them — the world-famous 'snow monkeys' of Nagano, most iconic in winter.
2026/11/30 23:30 Partout au JaponPark admission around ¥800; the 'Snow Monkey Pass' (~¥3,500) bundles transport and entry.
© Hagen G · GoogleKusatsu Onsen Yumomi Performance
At one of Japan's top hot-spring towns, kimono-clad locals cool the scalding spring water with long wooden paddles in time to folk songs — a centuries-old daily ritual at Netsunoyu.
2026/12/01 00:30 Partout au JaponAdults ¥700, elementary children ¥350
© J.M. · GoogleChichibu Night Festival (Chichibu Yomatsuri)
Six lantern-lit floats are hauled up steep Dango-zaka as winter fireworks burst overhead — one of Japan's three great float festivals and a UNESCO heritage event.
2026/12/03 09:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
© 鈴木隆一 · GoogleZao Snow Monsters (Juhyo) Light-Up
Wind, snow and ice encase the alpine firs into surreal white 'snow monsters'; ride the ropeway up and see them glow under colored floodlights at night.
2026/12/26 08:00 Partout au JaponFree outdoors; Zao Ropeway round-trip fare (several thousand yen) to reach the summit juhyo.
© panda Chen · GoogleAtami Plum Garden Festival (Atami Bairin)
Famous as Japan's earliest-blooming plum grove, Atami Bairin opens its winter ume from early January with taiko, geisha dances and hot-spring charm.
2027/01/09 Partout au JaponModest garden admission during the festival (recent years a few hundred yen).
© Ishitsuka Naoyuki · GoogleNozawa Onsen Fire Festival 2027
One of Japan's three great fire festivals: villagers defend a giant wooden shrine with blazing torches as attackers try to set it alight in a wild snowbound battle.
2027/01/15 10:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
© 雲 · GoogleSounkyo Onsen Ice Waterfall Festival (Hyobaku Matsuri) 2027
In a Daisetsuzan gorge, ice domes and towers fill a riverside field, lit nightly in shifting colors with weekend fireworks over the snow.
2027/01/23 04:00 Partout au JaponCooperation fee around ¥500 (junior-high+); free for younger children.
© 藤川一志 · GoogleNaritasan Setsubun-e 2027
Sumo wrestlers and celebrity 'lucky men' hurl tonnes of beans from Naritasan's great hall, where the chant is only 'fortune in' — no demons to expel.
2027/02/03 02:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
© Yuki Nishijima · GoogleNagasaki Lantern Festival 2027
Around 15,000 glowing lanterns fill Nagasaki for the Lunar New Year, with dragon dances, acrobatics and mask-changing across the city.
2027/02/05 08:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
© MYON AI · GoogleNamahage Sedo Festival
Demon-masked 'namahage' brandishing torches stampede down a snowy mountainside at Shinzan Shrine in a fierce, firelit Oga winter spectacle.
2027/02/12 09:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
© michihiro kono · GoogleMito Plum Blossom Festival (Kairakuen)
Roughly 3,000 plum trees in over 60 varieties scent one of Japan's Three Great Gardens, drawing crowds for taiko, tea ceremony and geisha dances.
2027/02/12 23:00 Partout au JaponInner garden ~¥300 for non-residents; festival grounds largely free.
© Zia Kao · GoogleYokote Kamakura Festival
Hundreds of candlelit snow igloos glow across Yokote while children inside invite passersby in for sweet sake — plus 4,000 mini-kamakura lighting the riverbed.
2027/02/15 09:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
© リディア · GoogleSaidaiji Eyo (Naked Festival)
Thousands of loincloth-clad men pack a freezing temple hall at midnight, surging to seize two sacred shingi sticks flung into the throng — one of Japan's wildest rites.
2027/02/20 13:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
© Kam Kam · GoogleHina Matsuri (Doll Festival / Girls' Day)
On March 3 across Japan, families display tiered hina dolls of the Heian court to wish for girls' health, amid peach blossoms and sweet hishi-mochi.
2027/03/02 15:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
© kvunby · GoogleBeppu Hatto Onsen Festival 2027
Japan's hot-spring capital throws its biggest party of the year — a fire festival on Mount Ogi, free baths across the city and a mikoshi parade thanking the springs.
2027/04/01 02:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
© Yoko Horita · GoogleHirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival
Around 2,600 cherry trees encircle Hirosaki Castle's moats, famous for petal-carpeted 'flower rafts' and dazzling nighttime illuminations.
2027/04/23 Partout au JaponGratuit
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OfficialRainbow Disco Club 2027
Un festival de house & techno en plein air très apprécié, tenu pendant la Golden Week sur une colline d'Higashi-Izu (dates de la prochaine édition à venir).
2027/05/01 01:00 Partout au JaponPass à plusieurs niveaux plus camping/parking (voir le site officiel)
© 要塞騎士 · CC0Hamamatsu Matsuri 2027 (Kite Festival)
Giant kites duel over the Nakatajima dunes by day; by night, illuminated palace-style floats and brass bands fill downtown Hamamatsu.
2027/05/03 01:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
© 里奈 · GoogleSoma Nomaoi 2027
Hundreds of riders in full samurai armour thunder across Fukushima's coast for armoured horse races and a wild scramble to catch sacred flags shot into the sky.
2027/05/29 Partout au JaponThe main-day grounds (Hibarigahara) are ticketed for grandstand seating; street processions are free to watch. Exact 2027 dates (last weekend of May) confirmed in advance.
© 目黒浩文 · GoogleNabana no Sato Winter Illumination
Japan's largest illumination: millions of LEDs transform a flower park near Nagoya into glowing tunnels and light shows.
2026/01/15 08:00 Partout au JaponAdmission around 2,500 yen (includes a park voucher)
© 文文 · GoogleKobe Luminarie
Glowing arches of hundreds of thousands of lights fill Kobe each winter, a moving memorial turned beloved festival.
2026/01/23 09:00 Partout au JaponGratuit
© chia-hao HUANG (Bruce HUANG) · GoogleShirakawa-go Gassho Village
A UNESCO World Heritage village of steep thatched gassho-zukuri farmhouses, nestled in a mountain valley that turns magical under snow.
2026/02/15 Partout au JaponGratuit
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