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Festivals

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

Arts & Culture

Kanazawa Crafts & Higashi Chaya

Explore Kanazawa's gold-leaf workshops, colorful Kutani porcelain and the preserved Higashi Chaya geisha district.

2026/07/03 01:00 Kanazawa무료

Food & Drink

Yanaka Ginza Shopping Street

Retro Shitamachi shopping street near Ueno lined with food stalls, wagashi sweets, croquettes and old-Tokyo charm.

2026/07/03 02:00 Tokyo무료

Arts & Culture

Earth Garden Summer 2026 (Yoru-ichi Night Market)

The summer edition of Earth Garden turns Yoyogi Park into a festive evening night-market — lanterns, world music, beer and global street food after dark.

2026/07/03 06:00 Tokyo무료

Food & Drink

Shinjuku Omoide Yokocho

Atmospheric postwar alley by Shinjuku's west exit packed with ~60 yakitori, motsu-yaki and gyoza eateries.

2026/07/04 09:00 Tokyo무료

Food & Drink

Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum

Historic sake museum in Kyoto's Fushimi brewing district with exhibits, brewery tours and a tasting corner.

2026/07/05 00:30 KyotoPaid admission including a tasting; open 9:30-16:30 (last entry 16:00). Cashless from July 2026.

Food & Drink

Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum

Free sake museum in Kobe's Nada Gogo district inside a Taisho-era brewhouse, with life-size displays and tastings.

2026/07/06 00:30 Osaka무료

Food & Drink

Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse Events

Yokohama's historic waterfront warehouses host seasonal festivals — Oktoberfest, flower garden, ice rink and food fairs.

2026/07/06 02:00 Yokohama무료

Food & Drink

Oktoberfest in Japan

German beer festivals tour Japan's cities each year with imported brews, sausages and live oompah bands.

2026/07/08 03:00 Across Japan무료

Food & Drink

Kawabata Shopping Arcade

Hakata's oldest 400 m covered arcade with 130+ shops, eateries and the famous Kawabata zenzai red-bean sweet.

2026/07/09 02:00 Fukuoka무료

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Outdoor

KIOG Summer Outdoor & International Gathering

Kansai International Outdoor Gathering's summer series of hikes and day trips—July 11 brings veggie-harvesting and pizza-making just north of Osaka.

2026/07/11 Osaka¥3,190 (includes lunch)

International Exchange

Nepal Festival 2026

Three seaside days of Nepal in Tokyo's Odaiba — momo and dal bhat, Himalayan crafts, folk dance and music against the bay, free to all.

2026/07/18 01:00 Tokyo무료

International Exchange

Festival Brasil Tokyo 2026: Dates, Venue & Access

Festival Brasil Tokyo 2026 (Jul 18–19, Yoyogi Park): samba, churrasco and live Latin music, free entry — verified dates, venue and access.

2026/07/18 02:00 Tokyo무료

Anime & Pop

Osu Shopping District

Nagoya's most eclectic arcade — 1,200 shops mixing a 400-year temple town with vintage clothing, street food and otaku culture.

2026/07/18 02:00 Nagoya무료

Food & Drink

Toji Temple Kobo-ichi Market

On the 21st of every month, nearly 1,000 stalls fill the grounds of UNESCO-listed Toji Temple with street food, antiques, pickles and crafts beneath its great pagoda.

2026/07/20 23:00 Kyoto무료

Food & Drink

Sapporo Odori Beer Garden

Japan's largest outdoor beer garden takes over Odori Park each summer, with rival breweries pouring ice-cold draft under the open sky.

2026/07/21 03:00 Sapporo무료

Nightlife

Fuji Rock Festival 2026

Japan's biggest outdoor music festival unfolds across a misty mountain ski resort, with global headliners on eleven forest stages.

2026/07/24 Tokyo3-day pass approx. ¥60,000 / 1-day approx. ¥24,000

Food & Drink

Yanagibashi Rengo Market

Dubbed 'Hakata's Kitchen,' this century-old covered alley packs 40-plus stalls of glistening Genkai-sea fish, fugu, and pickles that pro chefs swear by.

2026/07/31 23:00 Fukuoka무료

Food & Drink

Omicho Market

Kanazawa's 300-year-old kitchen: ~170 stalls of Sea of Japan crab, sweet shrimp and just-sliced sashimi rice bowls under one covered arcade.

2026/08/01 Kanazawa무료

Food & Drink

Harushika Sake Brewery Tasting

In a Naramachi machiya once home to a Kofukuji monk, taste five Harushika sakes and keep the souvenir glass — sake from the very birthplace of Japanese sake.

2026/08/01 01:00 NaraFive-sake tasting approx. ¥500 with souvenir glass

Food & Drink

Nakatanidou High-Speed Mochi Pounding

Nara's famous mochi shop where two artisans pound steaming mugwort rice at blinding speed, then hand you a warm, soft yomogi mochi filled with red bean.

2026/08/01 01:00 Nara무료

Experiences

Hakuichi Gold Leaf Experience

The shop that invented Kanazawa's gold-leaf soft serve, where a shimmering sheet of edible gold is laid on your cone and you can try gold-leaf crafts.

2026/08/01 01:00 KanazawaGold-leaf soft serve approx. ¥891; craft experiences vary

Food & Drink

Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum

The world's first ramen theme park: slurp regional ramen styles in a recreated 1958 Tokyo backstreet, with gluten-free and vegetarian bowls too.

2026/08/01 02:00 YokohamaAdmission: adults ¥450, children ¥100, under 6 free (ramen extra)

Long colourful washi-paper streamer decorations hanging from bamboo poles along a covered shopping arcade at the Sendai Tanabata Festival

Festivals

Sendai 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

Festivals

Asagaya 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

Food & Drink

Daiichi Makishi Public Market

Naha's vibrant 'kitchen': vivid Okinawan reef fish, pork and produce downstairs, then a 'mochiagari' service cooks your picks at the upstairs eateries.

2026/08/14 23:00 Okinawa무료

Food & Drink

Meguro Sanma Festival 2026

A quirky Tokyo street festival born from a comic rakugo tale, where charcoal-grilled Pacific saury is served with sudachi citrus to long, happy queues.

2026/09/06 01:00 Tokyo무료

Food & Drink

Sapporo Autumn Fest

A three-week harvest food festival in Odori Park celebrating Hokkaido's bounty — fresh seafood, ramen, sweets, wine and local produce.

2026/09/11 01:00 Sapporo무료

Food & Drink

Oktoberfest 2026 in Shiba Park (Autumn)

Japan's Munich-recognised Oktoberfest brings genuine German breweries, Bavarian food and oompah bands to Shiba Park beneath Tokyo Tower.

2026/09/11 02:00 TokyoPaid: entry plus a refundable glass deposit; food and beer charged on site.

International Exchange

Vietnam Festa Kanagawa 2026: Dates, Venue & Access

Vietnam Festa in Kanagawa 2026 (Sep 12–13, Yokohama): pho, ao dai shows and water puppets on the bayfront, free — verified dates, venue and access.

2026/09/12 01:00 Yokohama무료

Festivals

Hojoya 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

International Exchange

Namaste India 2026

Japan's largest Indian festival fills Yoyogi Park with curry stalls, chai, sari shops, Bollywood dance and classical music — a two-day plunge into India in the heart of Tokyo.

2026/09/26 01:00 Tokyo무료

International Exchange

Caribbean Latin America Street Ueno 2026

The Ueno Park edition of the free Caribbean-Latin street fair — Latin food, mojitos, salsa and reggae beside the fountain plaza in one of Tokyo's most famous parks.

2026/10/03 01:00 Tokyo무료

Food & Drink

Belgian Beer Weekend Kyoto 2026

UNESCO-listed Belgian beer culture lands in front of Kyoto's Higashi-Honganji temple — dozens of imported brews, frites, waffles and live music in an open-air city festival.

2026/10/08 03:00 Kyoto무료

Food & Drink

Saijo Sake Festival 2026

One of Japan's three great sake towns throws open its breweries, with a tasting plaza pouring 1,000-plus sakes from across the country.

2026/10/10 01:00 HiroshimaFestival free to attend; the 'Sake Hiroba' tasting plaza is a paid ticket.

International Exchange

World Festa Yokohama

A free international food-and-culture fair at seaside Yamashita Park: 50+ stalls of global cuisine and world music and dance performances on stage.

2026/10/10 01:00 Yokohama무료

Food & Drink

Saijo Sake Festival

Japan's biggest sake celebration: sample brews from across the country in Saijo, one of the nation's top sake towns.

2026/10/10 01:00 HiroshimaFestival free to enter; the 'Sake Plaza' tasting pass is paid

International Exchange

Caribbean Latin America Street Yoyogi 2026

Tacos, jerk chicken and mojitos meet salsa and reggae rhythms — a free, sun-soaked open-air fair celebrating Caribbean and Latin American culture along Yoyogi Park's avenue.

2026/10/17 01:00 Tokyo무료

Food & Drink

Tokyo Ramen Show

Japan's largest ramen festival gathers 36 famous shops from Hokkaido to Kyushu under one open-air roof in Komazawa Park — one steaming bowl at a time.

2026/10/22 01:00 Tokyo무료

Festivals

Hakata 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

Arts & Culture

Earth Garden Autumn 2026

A laid-back eco-minded community fair in Yoyogi Park — organic food, world music, crafts and a mellow forest atmosphere that draws Tokyo's international and creative crowd.

2026/10/24 01:00 Tokyo무료

Food & Drink

Hiroshima Food Festival

Hiroshima's biggest autumn food fair fills the grounds of Hiroshima Castle with okonomiyaki, oysters, lemons and gourmet stalls from every corner of the prefecture.

2026/10/24 01:00 Hiroshima무료

Food & Drink

Kanda Curry Grand Prix 2026

Tokyo's curry capital crowns its champion as twenty finalist shops face off and visitors vote for the best plate in Kanda.

2026/11/07 01:00 Tokyo무료

International Exchange

Fiesta de España 2026

Japan's biggest Spanish festival brings giant paella pans, flamenco, sevillanas contests and Iberian wine to Yoyogi Park for two passionate autumn days.

2026/11/14 01:00 Tokyo무료

Seasonal

Tokyo Christmas Market 2026: Dates, Venue & Tickets

Tokyo Christmas Market in Jingu Gaien 2026 (Nov 21–Dec 25): a giant Christmas pyramid, glühwein and ~150 chalets — dates, venue and tickets.

2026/11/21 02:00 TokyoPaid entry (2025: ¥1,000 weekday / ¥1,500 weekend, higher in the final week); pre-schoolers free.

Food & Drink

Ramen Expo Osaka 2026: Dates, Shops & How It Works

Ramen Expo 2026 at Expo '70 Park, Osaka — Western Japan's biggest ramen festival, ~60 shops over rotating acts (~¥900/bowl). What's confirmed, the late-Nov–Dec pattern, and how to do it.

2026/11/22 01:00 OsakaPark admission plus ramen tickets (typically around ¥900 per bowl).

Food & Drink

Belgian Beer Weekend Shinjuku 2026

An indoor winter edition of Belgian Beer Weekend in Shinjuku's airy Sankaku Hiroba — 60-plus Belgian beers, cheese-and-chocolate pairings and embassy chef dinners, warm and comfortable.

2026/12/02 07:00 Tokyo무료

Seasonal

Nagoya Christmas Market 2026

A giant live fir tree and German cuisine light up Hisaya-odori Park in central Sakae for Nagoya's signature European winter market.

2026/12/04 07:00 Nagoya무료

International Exchange

One World Festival

Western Japan's biggest international cooperation festival: NGO booths, world food stalls and global music fill the Umeda Sky Building, free to all.

2027/02/06 01:00 Osaka무료

Festivals

Beppu 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

Food & Drink

Craft Sake Week at Roppongi Hills 2027

Founded by footballer Hidetoshi Nakata, this open-air festival pours around 130 regional breweries' sake in the heart of Roppongi each spring.

2027/04/16 02:00 TokyoPaid: a starter set buys a glass plus tasting tokens; extra tokens sold on site.

International Exchange

Earth Day Tokyo 2027

Tokyo's biggest environmental festival fills Yoyogi Park with eco-food stalls, live music and 300+ booths — zero-waste, English-friendly and free to wander.

2027/04/17 01:00 Tokyo무료

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Outdoor

iiyon!! Run × ØL Tokyo Vol.4 (PM)

Run 5K then refuel with craft beer at ØL by Oslo Brewing — Tokyo's run-and-pint social.

2026/06/21 03:00 Tokyo¥1,500

Anime & Pop

Akihabara Anime & Gaming Exploration

Dive into otaku heaven: multi-floor anime stores, retro arcades, maid cafes and gachapon as far as the eye can see.

2026/06/24 03:00 Tokyo무료

Food & Drink

Tsukiji Outer Market & Toyosu Food Walk

Tokyo's food paradise: graze on fresh sushi, tamagoyaki and seafood at the historic Tsukiji Outer Market.

2026/06/24 23:00 Tokyo무료

Food & Drink

Yokohama Chinatown Street Food

Wander Japan's largest Chinatown for steaming nikuman, xiaolongbao and panda sweets among ornate gates and red lanterns.

2026/06/25 02:00 Yokohama무료

Anime & Pop

Nakano Broadway

A retro shopping complex packed with vintage manga, rare figures, idol goods and Tokyo's famous towering soft-serve ice cream.

2026/06/27 03:00 Tokyo무료

Food & Drink

Shinsekai Kushikatsu Food Crawl

Dive into retro Shinsekai beneath Tsutenkaku Tower for Osaka's famous deep-fried kushikatsu skewers and neon old-Osaka charm.

2026/06/27 08:00 OsakaSkewers from around 130 yen each

Nightlife

Fukuoka Yatai Food Stalls (Nakasu)

Fukuoka's riverside yatai stalls serve tonkotsu ramen, oden and yakitori under lantern light — the heart of Kyushu nightlife.

2026/06/27 10:00 FukuokaPay per dish; a bowl of ramen and a beer around 1,500 yen

Experiences

Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum & Tasting, Fushimi

Tour a historic 1909 sake brewery in Kyoto's Fushimi district, see the old tools of the trade, taste the pure underground water, and finish with a sake tasting — all for ¥600.

2026/06/28 01:00 Kyoto¥600 admission (age 20+, includes sake tasting); ¥100 ages 13-19, free under 12

Experiences

Sushi-Making Class in Asakusa

Roll and shape your own nigiri and maki under a professional English-speaking instructor, then sit down and eat everything you made — a hands-on intro to sushi steps from Senso-ji.

2026/06/28 01:00 Tokyo¥13,000 per person (ingredients, equipment, instruction and the sushi you make all included)

Food & Drink

Fushimi Sake District Brewery Walk

Stroll Kyoto's historic Fushimi sake quarter, where soft spring water and centuries-old breweries make some of Japan's finest sake.

2026/06/28 02:00 KyotoTastings and museum entry from a few hundred yen

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Food & Drink

iiyon!! Half-Year BBQ Beer Garden Party

A rooftop BBQ and beer-garden party under Tokyo Tower — grill, drinks and skyline views.

2026/06/28 07:00 Tokyo¥7,500

Experiences

Osaka Cooking Class: Okonomiyaki, Ramen & Street Food

Cook Osaka's soul food — okonomiyaki, takoyaki and ramen — with an English-speaking chef in 'Japan's kitchen', then sit down and feast on what you made.

2026/06/29 02:00 OsakaVaries by menu and group; reserve via the official site

Experiences

Wagashi Sweets-Making & Tea Ceremony in Asakusa

Sculpt your own seasonal nerikiri wagashi by hand, then enjoy it with freshly whisked matcha in a kimono — a gentle, English-guided sweets-and-tea workshop near Senso-ji.

2026/06/29 05:00 TokyoAbout ¥12,000 per person (kimono rental, ingredients and utensils included)

Nightlife

Osaka Namba Izakaya & Bar Crawl

Dive into Osaka's neon nightlife around Dotonbori and Namba — street food, standing bars and dazzling river lights.

2026/06/29 10:00 OsakaPay-as-you-go; standing bars from a few hundred yen per drink

Food & Drink

Nagoya Meshi Food Tour

Taste Nagoya's bold local specialties — miso katsu, hitsumabushi eel, tebasaki wings and curry udon — across the city center.

2026/06/30 08:00 NagoyaPay per dish; meals from around 800 yen

Food & Drink

Nijo Market

Sapporo's 125-year-old fish market in the heart of downtown: crab legs, sea-urchin, salmon roe and steaming kaisen-don bowls from morning to early evening.

2026/06/30 23:00 Sapporo무료