cultural-festivals in Japan

100% Doraemon & Friends in Tokyo

100% Doraemon & Friends is Japan's largest-ever exhibition d…

HIBIYA MID SUMMER 2026

Hibiya Park transforms into an outdoor summer festival hub e…

Sanrio Puroland Neo Natsu Matsuri — Summer Festival

Sanrio Puroland transforms its entirely indoor theme park in…

Tanabata Festival in Fussa 2026

Fussa's Tanabata Festival transforms the streets of this wes…

Uyusakina Uyusakina Departure Go ☆

A summer matsuri-flavored night event at one of Tokyo's most…

Tokyo Koenji Awa Odori 2026

Over 10,000 dancers flood the streets around Koenji Station …

Saitama Stadium Fireworks — John Williams Fireworks 2026

The John Williams Fireworks 2026 is a large-scale pyrotechni…

Kamen Rider Zetts Final Stage

Stage shows for tokusatsu franchises rarely get a proper sen…

Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival 2026 — Japan's Largest Anime Cosplay Event

The Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival is Japan's largest …

Shichi-Go-San Festival

Shichi-Go-San (七五三, 'seven-five-three') is a traditional Jap…

Tokyo Comic Con 2026

Tokyo Comic Con is Japan's largest pop culture convention, h…

Expo '70 Park Summer Festival 2026

Held on the same grounds as the legendary 1970 World Expo, t…

Summer Festa Minoh Park 2026

After dark, Minoh Park's famous waterfall trail gets bathed …

70,000 Sunflowers

Seventy thousand sunflowers packed into 6,000 square metres …

Konami Style Pop-Up Store

Konami's official shop is going physical for the first time …

Kūniwa Yokai Festival

Lantern-lit corridors, roaming performers, mystery-solving a…

Harvest Hill Summer Festival

Seventy thousand sunflowers in bloom set the backdrop for th…

SBI Maihana Fireworks in Osaka Sennan

SBI Maihana Fireworks is a large-scale summer fireworks disp…

Minami-Mido Bon Odori — Traditional Summer Dance Festival

Held on the grounds of Minami-Mido temple in Osaka, this Bon…

Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri

The Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri is one of Japan's most thrilli…

Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri 2026 — Japan's Most Thrilling Festival

The Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri is one of Japan's most celebra…

38th Naniwa Yodogawa Fireworks Festival — Premium Seating

One of Osaka's largest annual fireworks displays, launched f…

Takuro Expo

Held at the historic Expo '70 Park in Osaka, this outdoor co…

Expo 2025 Fireworks Project: The 5th Night When the Sky Becomes Art 2026

Part of an ongoing series treating fireworks not as a backdr…

Kyo-to, Let's Go! Presents: Blue Lotus Summer Lights at Shorenin Temple

Shorenin Temple — a 1,200-year-old Tendai Buddhist complex i…

Kobe Port Weekend Fireworks

The Kobe Port Weekend Fireworks is a recurring free firework…

TOTTEI PARK Illuminate Summer — Kobe Marine Blue

TOTTEI PARK Illuminate Summer — Kobe Marine Blue is an immer…

Character Stamps Collection & Summer Holiday Special Event — Stamp Culture Museum

Tucked inside Kobe's Stamp Culture Museum, this summer speci…

Tarumi Quiz Rally 2026 — Discover Tarumi's Hidden Gems

Three very different Kobe institutions — a library, an ancie…

KOBE PORT TOWER × Dick Bruna TABLE in KOBE Waterfront — Night Time

Miffy takes over Kobe's waterfront in this summer collaborat…

Kobe Airport 20th Anniversary Mystery Puzzle Event — The Abandoned Suitcase

Kobe Airport is turning 20 and marking the occasion with a f…

KOBE AUTUMN FESTIVAL 2026 — Moving Forward into the Future

Spread across Kobe's revitalized downtown core and waterfron…

61st Hakodate Yunokawa Onsen Fireworks Festival

Held against the backdrop of the Tsugaru Strait, this annual…

Yokohama Night Flowers 2026

Yokohama Night Flowers is a fireworks display held at Yokoha…

Yokohama Green Expo Support Minato Mirai Festival

Fireworks over Yokohama's iconic waterfront is the centrepie…

Sannoji Wind Bell Festival

The Sannoji Wind Bell Festival (風鈴まつり) is a traditional Japa…

Ohori Park Japanese Garden "SEKAI"

Ohori Park's Japanese Garden transforms after dark for 'SEKA…

Hakushu Festival and Parade on Water

The Hakushu Festival and Parade on Water is a traditional ma…

SKE48 Mimifeuille Live Tour 2026 — Summer with Mimi-chan

Mimifeuille is a sub-unit within SKE48 — the Nagoya-based id…

Meitetsu MUSIC DAYS [DAY2] IDOL

An outdoor idol music festival staged across a summer day at…

Yuki Daikoku Birthday Festival 2026 — Motivation! Energy! Purple! Yuki One!

A fan-organised birthday celebration for Yuki Daikoku, held …

Uruma City Eisa Festival

The Uruma City Eisa Festival is a large-scale celebration of…

Sendai Umino Mori Aquarium Summer Night Aquarium 'Dolphin Carnival'

After dark, the dolphins take centre stage — Sendai Umino Mo…

Nagasaki Kunchi Festival

Nagasaki Kunchi (長崎くんち) is one of Japan's most celebrated au…

Cosmos at the Fujiwara Palace Ruins 2026

The Fujiwara Palace Ruins in Nara prefecture are the remains…

Oyumi Hajime Festival 2027

Oyumi Hajime is a traditional New Year ceremonial archery ri…

Gujo Odori — UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Traditional Dance Festival

Gujo Odori is one of Japan's most celebrated traditional fol…

24th Kagoshima Kinko Bay Summer Night Fireworks Festival

The Kagoshima Kinko Bay Summer Night Fireworks Festival is o…

Shibushi Minato Matsuri — Shibushi Port Festival

Ten thousand fireworks — including rare 2-shaku shells and m…

Ohara Festival

The Ohara Festival is Southern Kyushu's largest autumn festi…

Okayama Momotaro Festival

The Okayama Momotaro Festival is the city's signature summer…

Kawai Shrine Summer Festival — Dashi Straw Effigy Parade

The Kawai Shrine Summer Festival is a traditional Shinto com…

Beppu & Yufuin Hot Spring Resort Digital Stamp Rally — Summer Cool Edition

A free digital scavenger hunt across six scenic spots in Bep…

Cool Beppu Summer Festival

Beppu flips its famous hot-spring identity on its head for a…

JAPAN100 × Beppu Eight Hot Springs Digital Stamp Rally

Beppu's famous eight hot spring districts — each with its ow…

C.C.Terrace × Street Park — Urban Culture & Sports Exchange Event

Spread across three connected outdoor spaces — Beppu City Ha…

Beppu Hamawaki Yakushi Festival

Rooted in Buddhist tradition, this neighbourhood matsuri cen…

Beppu City Social Welfare Council 50th Anniversary Commemorative Ceremony

Half a century of community welfare work gets marked with a …

Switch On Minato Town Festival

A free neighbourhood street festival in Beppu's Minato Town …

Tokyo Disney Resort® Special Parade Comes to Beppu

A free promotional display by Tokyo Disney Resort featuring …

Hatsune Miku Magical Mirai 2026

Over half a million fans have attended across 13 years, and …

Himeji Castle Wooden Boat Cruises

Himeji Castle Wooden Boat Cruises offer visitors a rare chan…

Himeji Castle Hapinyan Walking Trail Rally

The Himeji Castle Hapinyan Walking Trail Rally is an interac…

12th Masahiko Fujiwara Essay Contest

The Masahiko Fujiwara Essay Contest is an annual writing com…

Himeji Castle Sightseeing Coupon Campaign

Buy a ticket to Himeji Castle during this limited-time campa…

Himeji Minato Festival Fireworks 2026 — Quantity and Quality, We Love It All

The Himeji Minato Festival Fireworks is an annual summer fir…

Himeji Otemae Street & Himeji Castle Illumination

Half a million LED lights stretch 2.

Sohei Festival 2026

The Sohei Festival is an annual autumn matsuri held at Yunoy…

Tsurugaoka Hachimangū Grand Festival

The Tsurugaoka Hachimangū Grand Festival is the premier annu…

Hasedera Temple Night Table

Hasedera Temple in Kamakura opens after dark for a special i…

Kamakura Hase Market

Kamakura Hase Market is a local artisan and craft market hel…

Kamakura Hasedera Temple Autumn Illuminations

Hasedera Temple in Kamakura hosts special evening illuminati…

Kamakura Festival

The Kamakura Festival is a traditional celebration rooted in…

Yabusame

Yabusame is a traditional Japanese horseback archery ritual …

Kamakura Gosho Shrine Annual Festival

One of Kamakura's many shrine festivals rooted in the city's…

Kamakura Fireworks Festival

Launched over Sagami Bay with the ancient hills of Kamakura …

Memorial Service for the Victims of the Great Kanto Earthquake

The Memorial Service for the Victims of the Great Kanto Eart…

Kinokawa Hashimoto Summer Ball

The Kinokawa Hashimoto Summer Ball is a regional community f…

Tanabe Fireworks Display

The Tanabe Fireworks Display is an annual autumn pyrotechnic…

Mifune-matsuri Festival

Mifune-matsuri Festival is a traditional boat festival held …

Takayama Autumn Festival (Hachiman Matsuri) 2026

The Takayama Autumn Festival, locally known as Hachiman Mats…

Chichibu Night Festival

The Chichibu Night Festival (秩父夜祭, Chichibu Yomatsuri) is on…

Toi Summer Festival — Fireworks Display

Launched over Suruga Bay from Toi Matsubara Park, this coast…

BON BON BON 2026 — Obon Festival & Bonpa

Obon tradition gets a modern remix at this two-day summer fe…

Hida Takayama Illuminated in Summer

Each summer evening, Takayama's iconic red Naka-bashi bridge…

Wind Bell Festival

Around 2,000 wind bells suspended above a traditional Shinto…

Hatsukanoban Eshiki Fireworks Display

The Hatsukanoban Eshiki Fireworks Display is a traditional s…

Kinokawa City Festival

The Kinokawa City Festival is an annual summer celebration h…

Gobo Fireworks Display

The Gobo Fireworks Display is an annual summer pyrotechnic e…

Iwade Summer Festival

The Iwade Summer Festival is an annual community matsuri hel…

Shirarahama Illumination White Sand Promenade

Shirarahama Illumination 'White Sand Promenade' transforms o…

Oto Matsuri 2027

A winter matsuri held in Wakayama, Oto Matsuri is one of Jap…