개최 예정Things to Do in Kyoto This Weekend: July 4–6, 2026
Kyoto's verified picks for the weekend of July 4–6, 2026: a Korean-chat café, the now-cashless Gekkeikan sake museum — plus Gion Matsuri 2026's confirmed dates.
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개최 예정What to Wear to a Japanese Summer Festival: The Yukata Guide (Rent, Wear, Bring)
A yukata is an unlined cotton summer kimono — light, casual and made for festivals and fireworks. What to wear, the one rule you must not get wrong (left over right), how to put it on, what to bring, and where to rent one.
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개최 예정How to Attend a Japanese Festival (Matsuri): A First-Timer's Guide
The streets at a Japanese festival are free — no ticket needed. The real skill is where to stand, when to arrive, and how not to get in the way. A first-timer's guide to getting there, crowds, rain, cash, toilets, food stalls and etiquette.
© MIKI Yoshihito · CC BY 2.0Gujo Odori Origin: Why a 400-Year Dance Still Continues (Dancing Beyond Class)
Gujo Odori traces to the early Edo period, when the lord of Gujo-Hachiman gathered the villages' Bon dances into the castle town to foster harmony across the rigid class system. A clear explainer of why 'dancing beyond rank' has endured for 400 years.
Why Gion Matsuri Exists: Its 869 Origin, Explained (Gozu Tenno & Warding Off Plague)
Gion Matsuri began in 869 as the Gion Goryo-e, a rite to drive out plague. Held by Yasaka Shrine (the former Gion shrine of Gozu Tenno), it has run for over 1,150 years. A short, clear explainer of why it endures.
Tanabata 2026: Japan's Star Festival, Where & When to See the Streamers
Tanabata — the wish-on-a-star festival — fills July and early August with paper streamers and bamboo. Here's the verified 2026 calendar: Hiratsuka's two-million-visitor weekend (Jul 3–5), Sendai's giant August display, and Tokyo's own celebrations.
Summer 2026 Festival Highlights: The Matsuri Worth Planning a Trip Around
From Aomori's glowing Nebuta floats to Tokushima's all-night Awa Odori, here are the verified, dated summer 2026 festivals to build your July–August trip around — with exactly when and where each one happens.
Samurai on Horseback: Tohoku & Beyond's Great History Festivals
From thundering armoured horse races in Fukushima to lord's processions and onsen fire, here's how to build a trip around Japan's most stirring historical festivals — most of them far north of the usual tourist trail.
Japan's 'Three Great' Festival Trios: Fire, Floats & Where to See Them
Japan loves ranking its festivals in threes — the three great fire festivals, the three great float festivals, and more. Here's what each trio means and how to plan a trip around the very best.
First-Timer's Guide to Japanese Matsuri: What to Expect & the Best Ones
What a matsuri actually is, the main types (floats, dance, fire, lantern), how to read one — and a starter set of the very best to build a trip around.
Sapporo & Hokkaido: Snow, Beer & Summer Festivals
Hokkaido is a year-round festival island — ice sculptures in February, dancing in June, and beer gardens all summer.
Japan's Best Summer Matsuri
Time your trip around the giants — Gion in Kyoto, Tenjin in Osaka, Nebuta in Aomori, and Awa Odori in Tokushima.
Shonan 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 Across Japan무료
© KUNIYOSHI · GoogleMitama Matsuri (Yasukuni Shrine Lantern Festival)
Over 30,000 golden lanterns light the approach to Yasukuni Shrine across four summer nights, with Aomori nebuta floats and bon-odori dancing.
2026/07/13 09:00 Tokyo무료
© N K · GoogleNachi 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 Across Japan무료
© BWV324 · GoogleHakata Gion Yamakasa
Fukuoka's adrenaline-fueled finale: teams race one-ton festival floats through the dawn streets of Hakata.
2026/07/14 19:59 Fukuoka무료
© Nattarat Juntien · GoogleGion Matsuri 2026: Dates, Yoiyama & Float Parade Times (Complete Guide)
Gion Matsuri 2026 runs all July at Kyoto's Yasaka Shrine. Saki Matsuri yoiyama is July 14-16 and the float parade is July 17 at 9:00; Ato Matsuri yoiyama is July 21-23 and the parade is July 24 at 9:30. Verified dates, times and access.
2026/07/17무료Official
Gion Matsuri (Yamaboko Junko Float Procession)
Kyoto's grandest festival fills July with towering wooden floats, lantern-lit evening parties, and 1,100 years of tradition.
2026/07/17 Kyoto무료
© Salvador Fernández · GoogleYokohama Sparkling Twilight
A summer seaside festival at Yamashita Park with parades, a lit-up boat procession and fireworks over Yokohama Bay.
2026/07/18 07:00 Yokohama무료
© Kuro Manabu · GoogleOtaru Ushio Festival 2026
Otaru's biggest summer festival fills the port with the mass 'Shio Nerikomi' dance and a closing fireworks display.
2026/07/24 02:00 Sapporo무료
© ALFRED PHOTO FOUNDATION · GoogleTenjin Matsuri
Osaka's thousand-year river festival ends with a flotilla of lantern-lit boats and fireworks reflected on the Okawa River.
2026/07/25 06:00 Osaka무료
© R yu · GoogleOwari Tsushima Tenno Festival 2026
One of Japan's three great river festivals — lantern-laden 'makiwara' boats glide across the Tenno River by night.
2026/07/25 09:00 Nagoya무료
© おおゆき · GoogleTobata Gion Oyamagasa
By night, daytime banner floats transform into 'lantern pyramids' — 12 tiers of 309 glowing lanterns swaying as bearers race them through Kitakyushu.
2026/07/25 09:30 Fukuoka무료
© 酒吞童子WALKER · GoogleSumida River Fireworks Festival
Tokyo's most famous fireworks: 20,000 shells light up the sky over the Sumida River with Skytree as the backdrop.
2026/07/25 10:00 Tokyo무료
© Mark Williams · GoogleOsu Summer Festival
Nagoya's quirky downtown district throws a lively summer festival with cosplay, world dance and a wet 'kara-okuri' parade.
2026/08/01 01:00 Nagoya무료
© YICHENG LIN (Joe) · GoogleWasshoi Hyakuman Summer Festival 2026 (Kitakyushu)
Kitakyushu's biggest summer festival sends massive 'Wasshoi' dance parades and mikoshi through Kokura, capped by fireworks.
2026/08/01 06:00 Fukuoka무료
© 戴永聯 · 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 Across Japan무료
© 郭琨山 · GoogleHakodate Port Festival 2026: Fireworks, Squid Dance & Dates
Hakodate Port Festival 2026 (Aug 1–5): free Hokkaido summer festival with opening-night bay fireworks on Aug 1 and the famous Ika Odori squid dance Aug 2–3. Dates, times, access.
2026/08/01 10:45 Sapporo무료
© Kwan Lee · GoogleKuwana Ishidori Matsuri
Billed as Japan's noisiest festival: dozens of lantern-lit festival cars thunder through Kuwana to a relentless din of drums and gongs deep into the night.
2026/08/02 09:30 Nagoya무료
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Official개최 예정Aomori Nebuta 2026 Reserved Seats: Prices, Sale Dates & Access
Aomori Nebuta 2026 reserved viewing seats: ¥4,000 prices, the 2026 sale dates (lottery + Jun 27 first-come), how to buy, and access from Tokyo.
2026/08/02 10:00 Across JapanReserved viewing seat ¥4,000 (Aug 7 daytime + fireworks set ¥9,500); handling fee added
© Fisherman · CC BY-SA 3.0Official개최 예정Summer Matsuri Grandstand Tickets 2026: How to Buy Paid Seats
How to buy paid grandstand seats at Japan's summer matsuri in 2026: lottery vs first-come, prices, the on-sale calendar and the official links.
2026/08/02 10:00Paid grandstand seats from ¥1,000 (varies by festival and tier)
© MIKI Yoshihito · CC BY 2.0Official개최 예정Aomori 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 Across Japan무료
© Fisherman · CC BY-SA 3.0Akita 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 Across Japan무료
© 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 Across Japan무료
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Official개최 예정Sendai Tanabata Festival 2026: Dates, Access & Highlights
Sendai Tanabata Festival 2026 (Aug 6–8): the fixed dates, the giant paper streamers, the Aug 5 fireworks, 5-min access from Sendai Station, and what to see.
2026/08/06 01:00 Across Japan무료
© 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 Across Japan무료
© Alean CHANG · GoogleAsagaya Tanabata Festival 2026: Dates, the Papier-Mâché Arcade & Access
Asagaya Tanabata 2026 (Aug 7–11): Tokyo's free arcade tanabata, famous for giant handmade papier-mâché figures of the year's characters. Rain-or-shine. Dates, highlights, access.
2026/08/07 01:00 Tokyo무료
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Official개최 예정Yosakoi Festival 2026 Tickets: Otesuji Grandstand Seats & How to Buy
Yosakoi Festival 2026 (Aug 9–12, Kochi): Otesuji grandstand seat prices, the 2026 sale dates (general sale opens Jun 29), how to buy, and how to get there.
2026/08/09 04:15 Across JapanPaid grandstand seats ¥1,000–¥3,000 per session (group/parasol tables ¥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 Across JapanFree to watch on the streets; paid reserved (shaded) seats sold for the main venues.
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Official개최 예정Awa Odori 2026 Tickets: Dates, Grandstand Seats & How to Get There
Awa Odori 2026 (Aug 12–15, Tokushima): grandstand seat prices, the 2026 on-sale dates, how to buy via Ticket Pia, and how to get there.
2026/08/12 09:00 Across JapanReserved grandstand ¥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 Across Japan무료
© 坂口博紀（さかグルメっち） · GoogleGujo Odori 2026 All-Night Dance: How to Get There (First-Timer's Guide)
Gujo Odori 2026's all-night Tetsuya Odori runs over Obon, Aug 13-16, from 8 pm to 4-5 am. The stage is the old castle town of Gujo-Hachiman in Gifu, about a 20-min walk from Gujo-Hachiman Station. Verified dates, venue and access for first-timers.
2026/08/13 11:00무료Official
Fukagawa Hachiman Matsuri (Tomioka Hachimangu Grand Festival)
One of Edo's three great festivals returns to its full triennial form in 2026, with 50+ mikoshi paraded as spectators drench bearers in purifying water.
2026/08/15 22:30 Tokyo무료
© 千上 · GoogleArashiyama Toro Nagashi (Lantern Floating)
Thousands of memorial lanterns drift down the Oi River below Arashiyama as the 'Torii-gata' bonfire of the Gozan Okuribi blazes on the hillside above.
2026/08/16 10:00 Kyoto무료
© M L Wong · 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 Across Japan무료
© Ookami Nanaya · 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 Across Japan무료
© 쿰척 · GoogleNippon Domannaka Festival (Domatsuri)
Nagoya's huge late-summer dance festival fills the city center with hundreds of energetic teams in a riot of color and choreography.
2026/08/28 02:00 Nagoya무료
© SPCA663 Little B · GoogleOkinawa Zento Eisa Festival
Okinawa's biggest eisa festival, where drum troupes from across the islands perform thunderous traditional dance under summer skies.
2026/08/28 06:00 Okinawa무료
© MOTOJI YAMAMOTO · GoogleNara Basara Festival 2026
Nara's energetic summer counterpoint — vivid street-dance teams parade past Todaiji, Kasuga Taisha and Sanjo-dori.
2026/08/29 02:00 Nara무료
© Zach Holloway · GoogleAsakusa Samba Carnival
Tokyo's biggest samba parade fills Asakusa with feathered dancers and thundering bateria as competing teams vie for the championship along Umamichi Street.
2026/08/29 04:00 Tokyo무료
© ぴぴねこ · GoogleTokyo Koenji Awa Odori 2026
Tokyo's own Awa dance takes over Koenji's backstreets as 10,000-plus dancers in 'ren' troupes whirl through the summer night.
2026/08/29 08:00 Tokyo무료
© 加藤展康 · 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 Across Japan무료
© Naka Hiro · GoogleHojoya Festival at Hakozakigu Shrine
For seven nights, around 500 food and game stalls line Hakozakigu's approach as a million visitors mark autumn's arrival — Fukuoka's great harvest festival.
2026/09/12 01:00 Fukuoka무료
© 筑前國一之宮 筥崎宮 · GoogleKishiwada Danjiri Matsuri
Teams haul massive wooden festival floats at full sprint through Kishiwada's streets in one of Japan's most thrilling matsuri.
2026/09/18 21:00 Osaka무료
© アナム博士! · 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 Across Japan무료
© 黄少龙 · GoogleMunakata Taisha Autumn Festival — Miare-sai 2026
Around 100 fishing boats escort three deities' mikoshi across the sea at this World Heritage shrine's grand autumn festival.
2026/10/01 Fukuoka무료
© 村田誠一 · GoogleNihonmatsu 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 Across Japan무료
© Yuichi Otake · GoogleNagasaki Kunchi Festival
A 380-year-old shrine festival blending Japanese, Chinese and Dutch flair — spinning dragon dances, whirling umbrella floats and roaring 'Motte-koi' chants.
2026/10/06 22:00 Fukuoka무료
© M's Factory · GoogleTakayama Autumn Festival (Hachiman Matsuri)
Eleven gilded Edo-era floats parade through old Takayama by day, then glow with 100+ lanterns at dusk in one of Japan's three most beautiful festivals.
2026/10/09 Nagoya무료
© kari one · GoogleNagoya Festival (Three Heroes Parade)
Nagoya's biggest autumn party crowns Oda Nobunaga, Hideyoshi and Ieyasu in armor, leading a 600-strong procession from the station to Nagoya Castle.
2026/10/10 01:00 Nagoya무료
© SPCA663 Little B · GoogleNaha Great Tug-of-War Festival
Join thousands pulling the world's largest straw rope through Naha in this Guinness-record Okinawan autumn festival.
2026/10/11 02:00 Okinawa무료
© JCHuang · Google
Official개최 예정Naha Great Tug-of-War Festival
Tens of thousands grab a Guinness-record 200m rope and heave for 30 minutes in the middle of Naha's main road — Okinawa's most thunderous autumn spectacle.
2026/10/11 05:30 Okinawa무료
© Yuet Man Lee · CC BY-SA 4.0Nada 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 Across Japan무료
© 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 Across Japan무료
© 野本貴士 · GoogleKawagoe Matsuri
In Tokyo's 'Little Edo', towering tiered floats with revolving dolls roll past kurazukuri warehouses and clash in 'Hikkawase' flute-and-drum face-offs.
2026/10/17 01:00 Tokyo무료
© Dwi Apriany · GoogleJidai Matsuri (Festival of the Ages)
A 2-km parade of 2,000 people in meticulously accurate costumes marches through 1,000 years of Kyoto history, from Heian nobles to Meiji revolutionaries.
2026/10/22 03:00 Kyoto무료
© H ! O · GoogleKurama Fire Festival (Kurama no Hi Matsuri)
Men in loincloths haul flaming 80-kg torches through a mountain village after dark in one of Kyoto's wildest, most primal night festivals.
2026/10/22 09:00 Kyoto무료
© Nishimura T. · GoogleHakata Okunchi 2026: Dates, the Ox-Cart Parade & Access
Hakata Okunchi 2026 (Oct 23–24) is Kushida Shrine's free autumn festival in Fukuoka — a 1,200-year harvest rite, famous for the Oct 24 ox-cart procession. Dates, schedule, access.
2026/10/23 01:00 Fukuoka무료
© Nattarat Juntien · 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 Across Japan무료
© セントラルホテル伊万里 · GoogleOnomichi Betcha Festival 2026
Three costumed demons roam the streets of hillside Onomichi, tapping children with sticks to bring them good health.
2026/11/01 Hiroshima무료
© ドンキードンキー · GoogleIshigaki Island Festival 2026
The Yaeyama Islands' biggest festival fills central Ishigaki with a citizens' parade, island music and a closing fireworks display over the harbour town.
2026/11/01 02:00 Okinawa무료
© Ryu S. · GoogleKaratsu Kunchi Festival
Fourteen colossal lacquered floats — golden lions, samurai helmets and dragons up to 7 m tall — are dragged through town and onto a beach where they sink in sand.
2026/11/02 10:30 Fukuoka무료
© unison · GoogleTori-no-Ichi (Rooster Market)
On November's rooster days, Asakusa's Otori Shrine fills with stalls selling glittering 'kumade' rakes meant to scoop up luck and fortune for the year ahead.
2026/11/07 01:00 Tokyo무료
© Akihito Yoshida · GoogleChichibu Night Festival 2026: Dates, Fireworks & Access
Chichibu Night Festival 2026 (Dec 2–3): UNESCO floats hauled up Dangozaka and ~2 hours of winter fireworks — verified dates, venue and access.
2026/12/02 05:00 Tokyo무료
© 鈴木隆一 · 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 Across Japan무료
© 鈴木隆一 · GoogleKasuga Wakamiya On-Matsuri 2026
A 890-year-old festival whose daytime parade marches costumes from the Heian through Edo eras through central Nara.
2026/12/15 Nara무료
© 龍-Ryu- · GoogleSumiyoshi Taisha Hatsumode — 'Sumiyossan' New Year
Some two million Osakans cross the arched Sorihashi bridge to greet the year at 'Sumiyossan,' head shrine of Japan's 2,300 Sumiyoshi shrines.
2026/12/31 13:00 Osaka무료
© 佳央大北 · GoogleFushimi Inari Taisha Hatsumode — Thousand Vermilion Torii
Kyoto's head Inari shrine welcomes some 2.5 million New Year worshippers who pray for prosperity beneath endless tunnels of vermilion torii.
2026/12/31 14:00 Kyoto무료
© bobby Newcomb · GoogleMeiji Jingu Hatsumode — Japan's Most-Visited New Year Shrine
Roughly three million people stream through the towering torii to pray at Tokyo's grandest shrine in the first three days of the year.
2026/12/31 14:00 Tokyo무료
© Lawrence · 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 Across Japan무료
© 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 Across JapanCooperation fee around ¥500 (junior-high+); free for younger children.
© 藤川一志 · GoogleLake Shikotsu Ice Festival (Shikotsuko Hyoto Matsuri) 2027
Sculptors spray the clear blue waters of Lake Shikotsu onto frames to build towering turquoise ice domes and tunnels, glowing in jewel tones after dark.
2027/01/30 01:00 SapporoDonation around ¥500 (high-school age+); free for younger children.
© namsuk Kim · GoogleYoshida Shrine Setsubun Festival 2027
Kyoto's most famous Setsubun rite, where a masked exorcist drives off blue, red and yellow demons in an ancient court ceremony, ringed by 800 food stalls.
2027/02/02 09:00 Kyoto무료
© _sun sat_ · 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 Across Japan무료
© Yuki Nishijima · GoogleAsahikawa Winter Festival
Hokkaido's second-biggest snow fest pairs colossal stage-sized snow sculptures by the Ishikari River with an international ice-carving championship.
2027/02/05 Sapporo무료
© carl hong · 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 Across Japan무료
© michihiro kono · 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 Across Japan무료
© 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 Across Japan무료
© Kam Kam · 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 Across Japan무료
© Yoko Horita · GoogleInuyama Festival 2027
Thirteen three-tiered floats with karakuri puppets parade below Inuyama Castle, glowing with lanterns under the cherry blossoms.
2027/04/03 Nagoya무료
© 白蓮 · GoogleTakayama Spring Festival (Sanno Matsuri)
Twelve ornate Edo-era yatai floats with karakuri puppets parade through old Takayama, glowing with around 100 lanterns each at the night festival.
2027/04/14 Nagoya무료
© 日枝神社 · GoogleSeihakusai Dekayama Festival 2027 (Nanao)
Three 12-metre, 20-ton wooden floats — among Japan's largest — are hauled through Nanao's narrow streets.
2027/05/03 Kanazawa무료
© I& Nakamura · GoogleHamamatsu 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 Across Japan무료
© 里奈 · GoogleHakata Dontaku Port Festival
One of Japan's biggest festivals: around 2 million people watch 750-plus troupes parade with shamoji clappers, flower floats and stage shows over May 3–4.
2027/05/03 01:00 Fukuoka무료
© 약간tv · Google
Official개최 예정Kanda Matsuri 2027
One of Japan's three great festivals returns in full force: mikoshi processions fill Kanda, Nihonbashi and Akihabara in this 2027 honmatsuri year.
2027/05/14 23:00 Tokyo무료
© Jose Fernando from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY-SA 2.0Aoi Matsuri (Hollyhock Festival)
A 1,400-year-old imperial procession of 500 people in Heian-era robes winds 8km through Kyoto, oxen and ox-carts adorned with hollyhock leaves.
2027/05/15 01:30 Kyoto무료
© SK Y · GoogleMikuni Matsuri
One of Hokuriku's three great festivals: six towering 6-metre warrior floats crowned with giant musha-ningyo figures are hauled through old port-town streets.
2027/05/18 23:00 Kanazawa무료
© 吉岡宣幸 · Google
Official개최 예정Sanja Matsuri 2027
Asakusa's wildest weekend returns in 2027: roughly 100 mikoshi and two million visitors expected to pack the streets around Senso-ji and Asakusa Shrine.
2027/05/21 02:00 Tokyo무료
© Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France · CC BY 2.0Soma 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 Across JapanThe 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 · GoogleKanazawa Hyakumangoku Matsuri 2027
Kanazawa's grandest festival reenacts feudal lord Maeda Toshiie's triumphant entry into the castle, with a costumed warrior procession, tea ceremonies and lantern-lit dances.
2027/06/04 Kanazawa무료
© 山田真太郎 · GoogleSanno Matsuri (Hie Shrine) 2028
Held in full only in even-numbered years, Hie Shrine's grand procession sends a 500-strong parade of courtly costumes and portable shrines on a ten-hour route past the Imperial Palace and Ginza.
2028/06/07 22:30 Tokyo무료
© 旨すぎ太 · GoogleSapporo Snow Festival
Hokkaido's winter wonderland: giant snow and ice sculptures fill Odori Park, drawing over two million visitors each February.
2026/02/04 01:00 Sapporo무료
© Brandon Hung · GoogleOmizutori (Todaiji Nigatsudo Fire Ritual)
Monks brandish giant flaming torches along Todaiji's Nigatsudo balcony each March, showering sparks over the crowd in a 1,200-year-old rite.
2026/03/12 10:00 Nara무료
© ヒロナカダ · GoogleNaha Hari Dragon Boat Festival
Okinawa's Golden Week dragon-boat festival packs Naha's port with thundering paddle races, music stages and fireworks over the harbor.
2026/05/03 Okinawa무료
© くどかず · GoogleHiroshima Flower Festival
A vibrant Golden Week celebration along Peace Boulevard, with flower parades, yosakoi dancing, music stages and a giant flower tower.
2026/05/03 00:30 Hiroshima무료
© Alessandro Fossati · GoogleKanda Matsuri
One of Tokyo's three great festivals: hundreds of portable shrines parade through Akihabara and the old Edo districts.
2026/05/08 23:00 Tokyo무료
© Eduardo Silva · GoogleSanja Matsuri
Asakusa's wildest weekend: nearly 100 portable shrines and two million people flood the streets around Senso-ji Temple.
2026/05/15 02:00 Tokyo무료
© Guanchul Guanchunao · GoogleKanazawa Hyakumangoku Festival
A grand samurai procession reenacts a feudal lord's entry into Kanazawa, complete with armor, geisha and lantern-lit floats.
2026/06/05 05:00 Kanazawa무료
© MIYATA Tadaaki (AndeshM) · GoogleTokasan Yukata Festival
Hiroshima's beloved summer kickoff: locals don yukata and fill the downtown streets for three festive nights.
2026/06/05 07:00 Hiroshima무료
© 助さん、角さん · GoogleYosakoi Soran Festival
Sapporo erupts in color as thousands of dancers perform high-energy yosakoi routines through the streets each June.
2026/06/10 01:00 Sapporo무료
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