cultural-festivals in Japan

100% Doraemon & Friends in Tokyo

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

Sumida River Festival

The Sumida River Festival is an annual celebration held alon…

Gion Matsuri 2026

Gion Matsuri is one of Japan's most celebrated and ancient f…

Midsummer Monochrome Festival — Final Performance Parent-Child Show

The Midsummer Monochrome Festival Final Performance is a tra…

60th Katsushika Fireworks Festival

The Katsushika Fireworks Festival is one of Tokyo's most che…

67th Itabashi Fireworks Festival

The 67th Itabashi Fireworks Festival is one of Tokyo's most …

2026 Jingu Gaien Fireworks Festival

The Jingu Gaien Fireworks Festival is one of Tokyo's most be…

『campfire fes.』 camp project “山キャンプ編△”

is a recurring camping-themed event series held in Tokyo tha…

78th Suwa Lake Festival Fireworks Display

The Suwa Lake Festival Fireworks Display is one of Japan's m…

Summer Comiket 2026 C108 — World's Largest Manga and Doujinshi Festival

Comiket (Comic Market) is the world's largest self-publishin…

Saitama Stadium Fireworks — John Williams Fireworks 2026

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

Harukas 300 × Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Collaboration — High-Rise Adventure at 300 Meters

Harukas 300 — Japan's tallest skyscraper observation deck at…

Hydrangea Garden Opening and Illumination

Mimuroto-ji Temple in Uji, near Osaka, opens its celebrated …

Umeda Tanabata Festival

The Umeda Tanabata Festival is an urban celebration of Japan…

Musical Hetalia 10th Anniversary Museum

Ten years of the Hetalia musical series get the retrospectiv…

Kifune Shrine Tanabata Bamboo Decoration Illumination

One of Kyoto's most celebrated matchmaking shrines transform…

Hiroshima Kagura — Kansai Performance in Nishinomiya

Hiroshima Kagura is a traditional Japanese performing art co…

Tenjin Matsuri 2026 — Osaka Grand Summer Festival

Tenjin Matsuri is one of Japan's three greatest festivals, a…

Tenjin Matsuri 2026

Tenjin Matsuri is one of Japan's three greatest festivals al…

Kansai Collection 2026 Autumn & Winter

Kansai Collection is one of Japan's largest and most celebra…

SBI Maihana Fireworks in Osaka Sennan

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

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…

Gion Matsuri 2026

Gion Matsuri is Japan's most celebrated festival, held throu…

Tanabata Bamboo Decoration Illumination

Tanabata is one of Japan's most beloved traditional festival…

TANGO TEXTILE JOURNEY

Tango Textile Journey is a cultural event celebrating the tr…

Miki Taiun's Positivity Radio — 1st National Convention in Kyoto

Miki Taiun's Positivity Radio — 1st National Convention is a…

Kobe Port Weekend Fireworks

The Kobe Port Weekend Fireworks is a recurring free firework…

Suma Rikyu Park Iris and Hydrangea Viewing Festival

The Suma Rikyu Park Iris and Hydrangea Viewing Festival cele…

TOTTEI PARK Illuminate Summer — Kobe Marine Blue

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

Hydrangea Stroll at the Botanical Garden

Kobe City Forest Botanical Garden hosts its annual hydrangea…

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

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

Hokkaido Flea Market 2026

The Hokkaido Flea Market 2026 is the second edition of a pop…

KAWAII LAB. SESSION in SENDAI

is a recurring J-pop and idol culture festival that brings t…

Yokohama Night Flowers 2026

Yokohama Night Flowers is a fireworks display held at Yokoha…

Awa Odori Festival 2026

Awa Odori is Japan's largest bon dance festival, held annual…

Sannoji Wind Bell Festival

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

Hakata Gion Yamakasa

Hakata Gion Yamakasa is Fukuoka's most important festival, a…

Omuta Daijyayama (Large Snake Float) Festival

The Omuta Daijyayama Festival is a dramatic summer matsuri h…

Honkaku Shochu, Awamori & Food Festival 2026

The Honkaku Shochu, Awamori & Food Festival is an annual cel…

Nana Chronicle Group Shot Photo Session — 6th Single 'Forever and Ever' Release Commemoration

A commemorative fan photo session with idol group Nana Chron…

Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium Special Exhibition: Firefly Grove

Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium is hosting a special exhibition d…

Soma Nomaoi Wild Horse Festival 2026

Soma Nomaoi is a thousand-year-old samurai warrior festival …

Sendai Tanabata Festival

The Sendai Tanabata Festival is Japan's largest and most cel…

Kanazawa Lantern Festival

The Kanazawa Lantern Festival is a summer celebration rooted…

Nagasaki Kunchi Festival

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

Yamato Railway Festival 2026

The Yamato Railway Festival 2026 is a celebration of train a…

Ogionsaa — Gion Festival of Kagoshima

Ogionsaa is one of Kagoshima's most important traditional su…

Rokugatsu-dō — Summer Lantern Festival

Hundreds of handmade washi paper lanterns, mounted on wooden…

Soga-don Umbrella Burning Festival

Burning umbrellas instead of torches — that's the image at t…

Akita Kanto Festival 2026

The Akita Kantō Festival is one of the four great summer mat…

Aomori Nebuta Matsuri

The Aomori Nebuta Matsuri is one of Japan's most celebrated …

Sekinoe Beach Opening Ceremony

Every summer, Japanese beaches don't just open — they hold a…

38th Kamegawa Summer Festival

Held right on the waterfront at Kamegawa Fishing Port, this …

Yama no Suzushii Ondo Festival 2026

Held on the grounds of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force B…

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…

Teru Teru Bozu Exhibition 2026

The Teru Teru Bozu Exhibition is an annual celebration of Ja…

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…

Kamakura Fireworks

Kamakura Fireworks is an annual summer hanabi display held a…

Kamakura Fireworks Festival

The Kamakura Fireworks Festival is an annual summer hanabi e…

Tsurugaoka Hachimangū Grand Festival

The Tsurugaoka Hachimangū Grand Festival is the premier annu…

Koyasan Mandokuyoe

Mandokuyoe is a sacred Buddhist ceremony held annually on Au…

Hoshizora no Tsudoi Fireworks

Hoshizora no Tsudoi — meaning 'Gathering Under the Starry Sk…

Katsuragi Summer Festival

The Katsuragi Summer Festival is an annual Obon celebration …

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…

Nachi-no-Ogi Matsuri

The Nachi-no-Ogi Matsuri (Nachi Fire Festival) is one of Jap…

Kumano Kodo Kiyohime Festival

The Kumano Kodo Kiyohime Festival celebrates one of Japan's …

Oto Chikyu Genkimura Fireworks

Oto Chikyu Genkimura Fireworks is a summer fireworks display…

Nachikatsuura Fireworks Display

The Nachikatsuura Fireworks Display is an annual summer hana…

Kumano Jofuku Mantosai

The Kumano Jofuku Mantosai is an annual summer festival held…

Bonkuyo Fireworks Display

The Bonkuyo Fireworks Display is an annual summer hanabi fes…

Hida Takayama Illuminated in Summer

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

Tadononyu-jinja Summer Festival

Tadononyu-jinja Summer Festival is an annual celebration hel…

Nachi-no-Ogi Fire Festival 2026

The Nachi-no-Ogi Fire Festival (那智の扇祭り) is an annual fire ri…

Starlight Illusion

Starlight Illusion is a summer illumination event held at Po…

Nanki Shirahama Message Fireworks

Nanki Shirahama Message Fireworks is a summer pyrotechnic di…

Kanaya Noryo Osharuki Festival

The Kanaya Noryo Osharuki Festival is a traditional summer e…

Goryo-jinja Festival

The Goryo-jinja Festival is an annual summer matsuri held at…

Tenjin-sha Summer Festival & Fireworks Display

The Tenjin-sha Summer Festival is an annual matsuri held at …

Kumano Suigun Koza Kouchi Festival Evening Fireworks Display

The Kumano Suigun Koza Kouchi Festival Evening Fireworks Dis…

Minato Matsuri Fireworks Display

Minato Matsuri is Hinase's annual summer fireworks festival …

Shirahama Fireworks Festival

The Shirahama Fireworks Festival is an annual summer pyrotec…

Kashima-jinja Fireworks Display

The Kashima-jinja Fireworks Display is an annual summer hana…

Kinokawa Hashimoto Summer Ball 2026 — Fireworks Festival

Wakayama's Kinokawa Hashimoto Summer Ball lights up the nigh…

Kushimoto Festival Fireworks Display

The Kushimoto Festival Fireworks Display is a summer firewor…

Kibun Festival

The Kibun Festival is an annual summer celebration held in W…

Hidakagawa Summer Festival

The Hidakagawa Summer Festival is an annual matsuri held alo…

Kibitsu-jinja Summer Festival

Kibitsu-jinja Summer Festival is an annual Shinto celebratio…

Shirahama Fireworks Display

The Shirahama Fireworks Display is a major annual summer pyr…

Kimino Summer Festival

The Kimino Summer Festival is an annual local matsuri held i…

Susami Seireikuyo Fireworks Display

The Susami Seireikuyo Fireworks Display is an annual summer …

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…

Iwade Summer Festival

The Iwade Summer Festival is an annual community matsuri hel…

Gobo Fireworks Display

The Gobo Fireworks Display is an annual summer pyrotechnic e…

Yamagata Hanagasa Matsuri

The Yamagata Hanagasa Matsuri is one of the four great summe…