Official进行中© Douggers · Public DomainA 1,300-year-old torchlit tradition: Gifu's Imperial cormorant masters work leashed birds on the Nagara River nightly, May 11-October 15, 2026.
至 2026年10月15日周四 20:30 JST Across JapanShared sightseeing boat (2026 rates): ¥4,200 adults / ¥2,100 children on regular days; ¥5,100 adults / ¥2,600 children on peak dates. Watching for free from the riverbank is also possible.
Official进行中© 663highland · CC BY 2.5Matsue's castle and canals glow with lanterns every weekend from Sept 26-Oct 18, 2026, 18:00-21:00 -- a quiet, romantic alternative to Japan's big-city illuminations.
至 2026年10月18日周日 21:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official本周末© Nihonmatsuri · CC BY 4.0Seven 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年10月3日周六 18:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© 663highland · CC BY-SA 3.0Marimo Festival 2026 runs 8–10 October at Lake Akan, Hokkaido. Every ceremony is free to watch: Ainu elders open with kamuinomi prayers, a torchlit parade winds along the lake on the second night, and on the final morning the marimo are carried by dugout canoe back into the water — a rite held every year since 1950 to protect a Special Natural Monument.
2026年10月8日周四 10:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© katorisi · CC BY 3.0Fourteen giant wooden floats, each topped by a towering doll of a legendary hero, are hauled through the canal-side 'Little Edo' streets of Sawara to lilting Sawara-bayashi music every autumn - October 9-11 in 2026 - in one of the Kanto region's three great float festivals, just a day-trip from Tokyo.
2026年10月9日周五 10:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© Kanchi1979 · CC BY-SA 4.0Konpira-san's biggest festival (Oct 9-11, 2026): once a year the mountain deity 'comes down' -- a ~600-strong procession carries the mikoshi 2km through Kotohira by torchlight.
2026年10月9日周五 16:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© Internet Archive Book Images · No restrictionsSome 33,000 round kochia bushes turn Miharashi Hill a blazing crimson each October, a fluffy red carpet rolling toward the Pacific Ocean.
2026年10月10日周六 09:30 JST Across JapanAdults (high-school+) from ¥450; price rises during peak kochia season
Official即将举行© photo: Qurren (talk) Taken with Canon PowerShot G9 X · CC BY-SA 3.0One of the world's most respected boutique raves — a Funktion-One sound system in the Gunma mountains, lineup kept secret.
2026年10月10日周六 12:00 JST Across Japan~¥23,000 (Under-28) to ¥29,000; includes camping
Official即将举行© Midori (Wikimedia user) · CC BY-SA 3.0Three portable shrines are violently crashed together as seven ornate floats clash in Japan's most famous 'fighting festival.'
2026年10月14日周三 10:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© Midori (Wikimedia user) · CC BY-SA 3.0Fifty-four golden, 5.5-metre taiko-dai floats are hoisted by 150-strong crews in one of Shikoku's three great festivals.
2026年10月16日周五 08:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© Subramaniam K V · CC BY 3.0Walk ancient moss-covered pilgrimage paths through the forested Kii Mountains to sacred Kumano shrines, a UNESCO World Heritage route.
2026年10月17日周六 08:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© Midori (Wikimedia user) · CC BY-SA 3.0One 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年10月24日周六 10:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© Cobalt Fox · Public DomainOne of the Kanto region's largest illuminations blankets a hillside German-themed park in millions of lights, best seen from its observation wheel.
2026年10月31日周六 16:00 JST Across JapanPaid: adults ¥1,500, children (age 4–elementary) ¥800; parking from ¥1,000.
Official即将举行© Jorge Láscar from Australia · CC BY 2.0Japan's largest illumination floods a European-style canal town with millions of lights every night of the year across this Nagasaki resort.
2026年11月1日周日 17:00 JST Across JapanPark admission ticket required (varies by plan)
Official即将举行© Sanjo · CC BY-SA 4.0The original Kagoshima Ohara Matsuri (Nov 2–3, 2026) fills Tenmonkan with 16,500+ dancers — not to be confused with Tokyo's May Shibuya version.
2026年11月2日周一 18:50 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© Cobalt Fox · Public DomainOne 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年11月7日周六 17:30 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© C2revenge · CC BY-SA 4.0Every 10 November, Otonashi Shrine in Ito (Shizuoka) hosts a famously odd festival: a 'bottom sumo' contest where contestants bump hips to festival music. 2026: Tue 10 Nov, 18:30–21:00.
2026年11月10日周二 18:30 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© senngokujidai4434 · CC BY 2.0Izumo Taisha's Kamiari-sai 2026 runs from the Kamimukae welcoming rite at 19:00 on Wednesday, November 18 to the Karasade send-off rite at 16:00 on Wednesday, November 25.
2026年11月18日周三 19:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© inunami · CC BY 2.0The Capybara Outdoor Bath at Izu Shaboten Zoo (Ito, Shizuoka) runs from 21 November 2026 to 4 April 2027. Bath time is 13:30-14:30 on weekdays, and 10:30-11:30 plus 13:30-14:30 at weekends, on public holidays and in set periods (official site, checked 2026-09-23). No yuzu-bath dates yet.
2026年11月21日周六 10:30 JST Across JapanAdmission is 2,800 yen for adults (junior-high age and over), 1,400 yen for elementary-school children and 700 yen for children aged 4 and over on weekdays; 3,000 / 1,500 / 800 yen at weekends, on public holidays and during school breaks (official site, checked 2026-09-23). The official pages do not say whether the bath is included in admission or charged separately.
Official即将举行© David Stanley · CC BY 2.0From nightly hour-long showings at Takachiho Shrine to the free two-day, all-33-dance Yokagura Matsuri and month-long hamlet sessions each winter, Takachiho Yokagura is one of Kyushu's most accessible sacred night rituals -- a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property since 1978.
2026年11月22日周日 18:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© Daisuke tashiro from Japan · CC BY-SA 2.0Wild 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年12月1日周二 08:30 JST Across JapanPark admission around ¥800; the 'Snow Monkey Pass' (~¥3,500) bundles transport and entry.
Official即将举行© Suicasmo · CC BY-SA 4.0At 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年12月1日周二 09:30 JST Across JapanAdults ¥700, elementary children ¥350
Official即将举行© Wikimedia Commons · Public domainSix 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年12月3日周四 18:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© 663highland · CC BY-SA 4.0静冈县伊东市的冬季烟花。2026年12月19日（周六）20:30–21:00在伊东海岸・渚公园施放，同日还有冬季YOSAKOI「Sozura祭」的舞蹈和「ITO MARCHE」市集。JR伊东站步行10分钟。繁體：伊東溫泉 冬季煙火大會。
2026年12月19日周六 16:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY 2.0Wind, 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年12月26日周六 17:00 JST Across JapanFree outdoors; Zao Ropeway round-trip fare (several thousand yen) to reach the summit juhyo.
Official即将举行© Ogata Kōrin · Public domainFamous 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年1月9日周六 09:00 JST Across JapanModest garden admission during the festival (recent years a few hundred yen).
Official即将举行© Midori (Wikimedia user) · CC BY-SA 3.0One 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年1月15日周五 19:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© 663highland · CC BY-SA 4.0A flat seaside fun-run in Ito, Shizuoka: Sun 17 Jan 2027, starting and finishing at Ito Orange Beach with 2 km, 5 km and 10 km courses plus a family category. About 2,500 runners; 15 min walk from JR Ito Station.
2027年1月17日周日 08:00 JST Across JapanEntry fees vary by distance; 2027 fees and the entry window were not yet posted when checked (see Ito City's official page). Free to watch.
Official即将举行© Midori (Wikimedia user) · CC BY-SA 3.0The 52nd Sounkyo Onsen Ice Waterfall Festival runs 23 January to 7 March 2027 (official). In a Daisetsuzan gorge, ice domes and towers fill a riverside field, lit nightly in shifting colors with weekend fireworks over the snow.
2027年1月23日周六 Across JapanThe cooperation fee for 2027 (52nd edition) has not been announced as of 2026-09-18. For the 51st edition in 2026 it was ¥1,000, with the site open 17:00–21:30 on weekdays and 11:00–21:30 at weekends and on holidays (last entry 21:15).
Official即将举行© 663highland · CC BY-SA 4.0Ito's once-a-year bargain market: Sat 23 Jan 2027 9:00–16:00 and Sun 24 Jan 9:00–15:00 at Matsukawa Fuji-no-Hiroba, selling Izu seafood, dried fish and farm produce at 'ridiculous' prices. 10 min walk from JR Ito Station.
2027年1月23日周六 09:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© Yoyogimura · CC BY-SA 4.0神户光之雕刻（Kobe Luminarie）2027 将于 2027 年 1 月 29 日（周五）至 2 月 7 日（周日）举行 — 这是第 32 届。你可以从周边街道免费观赏光之拱廊；美利坚公园（Meriken Park）的特别收费区则需购票（预售平日 ¥500 / 周末 ¥750，截至 2026 年 7 月）。三处会场均可从三宫站步行前往。
2027年1月29日周五 18:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© Midori (Wikimedia user) · CC BY-SA 3.0Sumo 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年2月3日周三 11:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© Cobalt Fox · Public Domain**长崎灯会将于2027年2月5日(周五)至2月21日(周日)举行，为期17天，免费观赏**。届时**约15,000盏红色中国灯笼**与巨型生肖灯组将点亮长崎市中心。灯笼**每晚17:00–22:00**亮起，每天都有舞龙和游行。
2027年2月5日周五 17:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© Kirin7739 · CC0Dates for the Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival 2027 had not been announced as of September 18, 2026. The 2026 edition (the 36th) ran February 7 to March 8, a 3-minute walk from Kawazu Station in Izu.
2027年2月6日周六 09:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© Rarisan · CC0Hundreds 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年2月12日周五 Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© Midori (Wikimedia user) · CC BY-SA 3.0Demon-masked 'namahage' brandishing torches stampede down a snowy mountainside at Shinzan Shrine in a fierce, firelit Oga winter spectacle.
2027年2月12日周五 18:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© Etwas Neues · CC BY-SA 3.0Roughly 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年2月13日周六 08:00 JST Across JapanInner garden ~¥300 for non-residents; festival grounds largely free.
Official即将举行© Immanuelle · CC BY 4.0把静冈县伊东市・伊豆高原的大室山（海拔580m）整座烧掉的早春活动。2027年预定2月14日（周日），正午烟花为号，约40分钟全山燃起。雨天或强风则顺延至下周。繁體：大室山燒山。
2027年2月14日周日 12:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 3.0Every February 17-20, dozens of Enburi troupes dance through Hachinohe in tall black eboshi hats to summon an early spring and good harvest - a roughly 800-year-old rite tracing to the Kamakura era, now a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
2027年2月17日周三 07:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© 663highland · CC BY-SA 4.0Ito's annual All-Japan Pillow Fight Championship at the Ito Municipal Gymnasium. The tourist association's calendar lists Sat 20 – Sun 21 Feb 2027, but the 15th edition's official guidelines are not yet published (as of 2026-09-13). From the 14th edition's official rulebook: eight per team (general, libero, three attackers, three support), three 2-minute sets, yukata compulsory, entry fee 5,000 yen per team.
2027年2月20日周六 09:00 JST Across JapanEntry for the open division was 5,000 yen per team including accident insurance (14th edition guidelines). The fee for the 15th edition has not been announced. The defending champions enter free.
Official即将举行© Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domainThousands 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年2月20日周六 22:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© 掬茶 · CC BY-SA 3.0On 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年3月3日周三 Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© Midori (Wikimedia user) · CC BY-SA 3.0Japan'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年4月1日周四 11:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© 江戸村のとくぞう (Edomura no Tokuzo) · CC BY-SA 4.0The 53rd Shingen-ko Festival is expected in Kofu in April 2027, but the exact dates are still unannounced as of September 2026. Casting is set: actor Maki Miya as Takeda Shingen — only the third woman in the role — and opera singer Kohei Yamamoto as Yamamoto Kansuke.
2027年4月2日周五 12:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© teru · Public domainOn the night of April 19, hundreds of near-naked men carry a giant drum on a tall wooden tower through Hida-Furukawa while rival neighborhood teams charge in to plant their small drums against it - the wild Okoshi-daiko, heart of a UNESCO-listed festival that also parades nine ornate floats on the 20th.
2027年4月19日周一 09:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© 掬茶 · CC BY-SA 4.0Around 2,600 cherry trees encircle Hirosaki Castle's moats, famous for petal-carpeted 'flower rafts' and dazzling nighttime illuminations.
2027年4月23日周五 09:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© 要塞騎士 · CC0A beloved open-air house & techno festival held over Golden Week on a hilltop in Higashi-Izu (next edition dates TBA).
2027年5月1日周六 10:00 JST Across JapanMulti-tier passes plus camping/parking (see official site)
Official即将举行© Midori (Wikimedia user) · CC BY-SA 3.0Giant kites duel over the Nakatajima dunes by day; by night, illuminated palace-style floats and brass bands fill downtown Hamamatsu.
2027年5月3日周一 10:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© Hajime NAKANO · CC BY 2.0Hundreds 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年5月29日周六 09:00 JST 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.
Official即将举行© 663highland · CC BY-SA 4.0Held on the Matsukawa in Ito, Shizuoka since 1956: competitors sit in a one-metre washtub and paddle 400 m from Ideyu Bridge to Fuji-no-Hiroba with a paddle shaped like a rice scoop. The 2026 race was on Sunday 5 July; the 2027 date is not yet announced (as of 2026-09-13).
2027年7月4日周日 09:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© 8-Forest · CC BY-SA 4.0For five days every July 31-August 4, 27 towering, gold-leafed floats and three shrines' mikoshi processions fill Hachinohe's streets - a 300-year-old harvest-thanksgiving festival and UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage that draws over a million visitors.
2027年7月31日周六 18:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official即将举行© 663highland · CC BY-SA 4.0静冈县伊东市最大的祭典。纪念三浦按针（威廉・亚当斯），惯例8月8日松川放河灯、9日太鼓合战、10日以海上烟花大会收尾。2027年（第81届）日程未公布，公布后即更新。繁體：按針祭。
2027年8月8日周日 19:30 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© おにく · CC BY-SA 3.0Japan's largest illumination: millions of LEDs transform a flower park near Nagoya into glowing tunnels and light shows.
2026年1月15日周四 17:00 JST Across JapanAdmission around 2,500 yen (includes a park voucher)
Official已结束© kimubert · CC BY 2.0Glowing arches of hundreds of thousands of lights fill Kobe each winter, a moving memorial turned beloved festival.
2026年1月23日周五 18:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© 雷太 · CC BY 2.0A UNESCO World Heritage village of steep thatched gassho-zukuri farmhouses, nestled in a mountain valley that turns magical under snow.
2026年2月15日周日 09:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© Brett Fagan · CC0Kobe's waterfront glitters after dark — the red Port Tower, illuminated promenade and bay views make for a relaxed romantic evening.
2026年6月28日周日 17:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© Cesar I. Martins · CC BY 2.0Mt Fuji 2026: Yoshida & Subashiri open July 1, Fujinomiya & Gotemba July 10 (all close Sept 10). ¥4,000 fee, reservation, and gate rules — every trail.
2026年7月1日周三 Across JapanA trail-entry fee applies (around 2,000-4,000 yen); mountain-hut stays extra
Official已结束© Midori (Wikimedia user) · CC BY-SA 3.0One of the Kanto region's largest Tanabata festivals, where central Hiratsuka disappears beneath giant, gaudy bamboo streamers up to ten metres tall.
2026年7月3日周五 10:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© Suicasmo · CC BY-SA 4.0A mountain hot-spring resort near Mt. Fuji, combining steaming onsen, a sculpture park, a pirate-ship lake cruise and ropeway views.
2026年7月4日周六 09:00 JST Across JapanOnsen and museum entries vary; a Hakone Free Pass saves on transport
Official已结束© 663highland · CC BY 2.5An island in the Seto Inland Sea reborn as living art, with Tadao Ando museums, a Yayoi Kusama pumpkin and outdoor installations.
2026年7月5日周日 10:00 JST Across JapanMuseum tickets vary; Chichu Art Museum needs advance booking
Official已结束© Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0World-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年7月7日周二 14:00 JST Across JapanAdults (junior-high+) ¥4,500; children (4+) ¥2,500; under 3 free. Spring/autumn shows at 14:00.
Official已结束© Nesnad · CC BY 4.0German beer festivals tour Japan's cities each year with imported brews, sausages and live oompah bands.
2026年7月8日周三 12:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© 663highland · CC BY 2.5A celebrated contemporary art festival scattered across the islands of the Seto Inland Sea, blending installations with fishing-village life.
2026年7月13日周一 09:00 JST Across JapanPassport tickets cover many sites; some works charge separately
Official已结束© Internet Archive Book Images · No restrictionsTwelve 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年7月14日周二 10:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© Σ64 · CC BY 3.0A four-day camping techno & house festival in the Fukushima highlands, running nonstop through the night since 2009.
2026年7月17日周五 13:00 JST Across Japan4-day full pass ~¥25,000; Under-25 ¥14,000; Tohoku-resident ¥15,000
Official已结束© skyseeker · CC BY 2.0A pristine alpine valley in the Northern Japan Alps, with the Kappa Bridge, clear Azusa River and jagged peaks rising all around.
2026年7月18日周六 06:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© さかおり (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0Around 600,000 sunflowers blaze across the Yatsugatake foothills, lit up after dark for a glowing field beneath the night sky.
2026年7月25日周六 09:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© Hasui Kawase · Public domainSado Island's 140th Kozan Matsuri (Jul 25-26) pairs a gold-mine shrine ritual with a town-wide Okesa dance through Aikawa and fireworks over the harbor.
2026年7月25日周六 10:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© Marho · CC BY-SA 4.0A Guinness-record wall of taiko drums thunders through Morioka as thousands of dancers chant 'Sakkora choiwayasse!'
2026年8月1日周六 18:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© Rosino · CC BY-SA 2.0Hirosaki's own summer lantern parade (Aug 1–7, 2026) — fan-shaped floats and a calmer chant that set it apart from nearby Aomori Nebuta.
2026年8月1日周六 19:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© Raita Futo · CC BY 2.0The Hakodate Port Festival 2026 is over - it ran 1-5 August 2026. The festival is held on the same calendar dates every year, so the 2027 edition falls on Sunday 1 - Thursday 5 August 2027. Free to attend, 5 minutes' walk from JR Hakodate Station.
2026年8月1日周六 19:45 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© MaedaAkihiko · CC BY-SA 4.021,000 fireworks over Lake Shinji across two nights (Aug 1-2, 2026) -- one of western Japan's biggest lake firework shows, with a drone show opening night one.
2026年8月1日周六 20:00 JST Across JapanPaid reserved seating in 3 lakeside areas (Kohoku, Shirakata, Konan) went on sale June 6, 2026; free public viewing spots are also available around the lake.
Official已结束© Fisherman · CC BY-SA 3.0Aomori 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年8月2日周日 19:00 JST Across JapanReserved viewing seat ¥4,000 (Aug 7 daytime + fireworks set ¥9,500); handling fee added
Official已结束© Fisherman · CC BY-SA 3.0Giant illuminated warrior floats are paraded through Aomori nightly as chanting dancers leap alongside in a blaze of color.
2026年8月2日周日 19:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© Cp9asngf · CC BY-SA 3.0Nagaoka's 2026 reserved seats sold out June 17 — the official resale opens July 6 (Japan residents only). Here's the resale route, the unauthorized-resale warning, and where you can still watch for free.
2026年8月2日周日 19:20 JST Across JapanReserved seats sold out; official resale only (Japan residents), approx. ¥1,000-¥48,000 face value by tier
Official已结束© Cp9asngf · CC BY-SA 3.0One of Japan's three great fireworks festivals, famed for the colossal 'Phoenix' shells fired across the Shinano River as a prayer for peace.
2026年8月2日周日 19:20 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© 掬茶 · CC BY-SA 4.0Akita's Kanto Matsuri lights up Kanto Odori with about 280 bamboo poles and 10,000 lanterns, balanced on foreheads, hips and palms like glowing rice sheaves.
2026年8月3日周一 18:45 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© hildgrim · CC BY-SA 2.0Performers balance towering bamboo poles strung with dozens of glowing lanterns on their palms, foreheads and shoulders.
2026年8月3日周一 18:50 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© No machine-readable author provided. Crown of Lenten rose assumed (based on copy · Public domainSome 10,000 dancers twirl flower-adorned straw hats to the rhythmic cry of 'Yassho, makasho!' in one of Tohoku's biggest parades.
2026年8月5日周三 18:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© 掬茶 · CC BY-SA 4.0Sendai 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年8月6日周四 10:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© Nesnad · CC BY 3.0Japan's grandest star festival drapes Sendai's arcades in thousands of giant, handmade paper streamers.
2026年8月6日周四 10:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© m-sasaki · CC BY 4.0Fukushima Waraji Matsuri 2026 (Aug 7–9) parades a 12m, 2-ton straw sandal past the station before offering it to Haguro Shrine.
2026年8月7日周五 18:30 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© DAI-nk · CC BY-SA 3.0Niigata Matsuri 2026 runs Aug 7–9: a 15,000-dancer folk parade on the 7th, then a Shinano River fireworks finale on the 9th.
2026年8月7日周五 19:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© Kounosu · CC BY-SA 3.0Yosakoi 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年8月9日周日 13:15 JST Across JapanPaid grandstand seats ¥1,000–¥3,000 per session (group/parasol tables ¥15,000–¥50,000)
Official已结束© Midori (Wikimedia user) · CC BY-SA 3.0The original yosakoi: 200+ teams and ~18,000 dancers with naruko clappers thunder through Kochi's streets across four August days.
2026年8月9日周日 17:00 JST Across JapanFree to watch on the streets; paid reserved (shaded) seats sold for the main venues.
Official已结束© Kounosu · CC BY-SA 3.0Awa 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年8月12日周三 18:00 JST Across JapanReserved grandstand ¥1,000 (C) – ¥3,000 (S); Minami-uchimachi SS ¥6,000 / Special ¥15,000
Official已结束© Rosino · CC BY-SA 2.0Japan's most famous dance festival: 100,000 dancers and a million spectators fill Tokushima with rhythm every August.
2026年8月12日周三 18:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© KASEI · CC BY-SA 3.0Tottori's Guinness-record umbrella dance returns Aug 13–14, 2026 for its 62nd edition — free to watch along the city-center parade route.
2026年8月13日周四 18:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© Cobalt Fox · Public DomainAround 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年8月15日周六 19:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© 掬茶 · CC BY-SA 4.0Masked dancers in black hikosa-zukin hoods and deep amigasa hats sway through torchlit streets at one of Japan's three great Bon Odori, 700+ years old.
2026年8月16日周日 19:30 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© MIKI Yoshihito from Sapporo City, Hokkaido, Japan · CC BY 2.0A thousand women dance through summer night with golden paper lanterns glowing on their heads — Kumamoto's most ethereal festival.
2026年8月16日周日 20:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© Marco Tambara · CC BY-SA 3.0World-famous taiko ensemble Kodo hosts a three-day island arts festival with thunderous harbour-side concerts under the stars.
2026年8月21日周五 17:00 JST Across JapanHarbour Concert tickets approx. ¥5,000–7,000 each; fringe events free
Official已结束© Akinori Takemoto · CC BY-SA 4.0Roughly 15,000 shells light up the Karasugawa River in under an hour -- the fast, dense fireworks night that opens Gunma's biggest annual festival.
2026年8月22日周六 19:30 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© Katsutoshi Misawa (克年 三沢) · CC BY 2.0Twenty towering yatai floats - hand-built from scratch every year and dressed as scenes from kabuki and legend - parade the streets of Shinjo each August 24-26. This 260-plus-year-old UNESCO-listed float festival reaches a milestone in 2026: its 270th staging.
2026年8月24日周一 15:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© Sakaori (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0To 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年8月26日周三 15:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© Prosperosity · CC BY-SA 3.0Noboribetsu's hot-spring Hell Festival returns Aug 29-30, 2026: a giant demon float, the 1-ton Oni Mikoshi, mass demon-dancing and fireworks -- free to attend.
2026年8月29日周六 10:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© Drivephotographer · CC0Japan's most prestigious pyrotechnic competition, where the nation's top fireworks artisans battle for the Prime Minister's Award.
2026年8月29日周六 17:10 JST Across JapanReserved seating required for prime spots (paid); riverbank viewing free
Official已结束© さかおり · CC BY-SA 4.0By lantern light, faceless dancers in straw hats move with hushed grace to mournful kokyu strings through old Yatsuo's stone lanes.
2026年9月1日周二 17:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© Licht Philharmonic Project · © Midori Komai Orchestra Project (official promotional photo, used with permission)日本女性指挥先驱駒井みどり（Midori Komai）将于2026年9月5日（周六）在长野 Kyowa Wing Hakuba Cultural Hall 举行告别音乐会——特别组建的 Hakuba Philharmonic Orchestra 将演奏贝多芬《第七交响曲》等欧洲名曲。开场14:00，演出15:00–17:00。前售票¥4,500（学生¥2,000；12岁以下免费）。
2026年9月5日周六 15:00 JST Across Japan前售票¥4,500／当日票¥5,000。长野县民票¥3,500；中学、高中生¥2,000；小学及以下免费（若使用座位需申请免费入场券）。teket 同时出售演出后的存档直播票（截至2026-07-21；购买前请确认最新信息）。
Official已结束© 掬茶 (Kikucha) · CC BY-SA 4.0Every September 7-9, the samurai town of Kakunodate fills with towering yama floats carrying warrior dolls by day; after dark comes the yamabuttsuke, when two floats that refuse to yield are rammed together in a thunderous, adrenaline-charged test of nerve.
2026年9月7日周一 09:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© Cobalt Fox · Public DomainThe birthplace of the giant 'sanshakudama', this Niigata shrine festival fires the world's largest fireworks shell — a four-shaku, 800kg behemoth.
2026年9月11日周五 19:30 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© Umako · Public domainSome 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年9月19日周六 10:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© ヒタチギ · CC BY-SA 4.0千叶县规模最大的街头祭典，每年吸引70万至80万人参加。受近年破纪录酷暑影响，2026年柏祭将从传统的7月末周末改期至9月19日至20日举行。
2026年9月19日周六 13:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© そらみみ · CC BY-SA 4.0Kumamoto's biggest autumn festival runs Sept 20-21, 2026: about 60 decorated parade horses and a twice-daily armored procession fill the streets, free to watch.
2026年9月20日周日 06:00 JST Across Japan免费
Official已结束© tenaciousme from Toronto, Canada · CC BY 2.0The beachside successor to TAICOCLUB — a genre-spanning electronic festival in front of Izu's Shirahama Beach.
2026年9月26日周六 11:00 JST Across JapanTickets ¥16,000–22,000; Under-23 ¥13,000 (accommodation separate)