Events in Tokyo

Over 20,000 square meters of fields and 6 million cosmos flowers come into bloom at Showa Kinen Park.

This lively celebration of the famous German beer festival takes place at the historic Akarenga Brick Warehouses in Yokohama. Held annually since 2003, the even...

Thousands of kochia (summer cypress) turn Mirahashi Hill in Hitachi Seaside Park a crimson red.

The Miare Matsuri is held annually on October 1 in Munakata City, Fukuoka Prefecture. It serves as the spectacular opening ritual for the Munakata Taisha Autumn...

The vendors of Tsukiji’s outer market gather in an area specially reserved for the festival to put on workshops and cookery displays for visitors. More a commun...

The Tamagawa Fireworks Festival is a mid-sized event featuring approximately 6,000 fireworks held along the banks of the Tama River near Futakotamagawa Station....

Towards the end of the Japanese Clover Festival, the Mukojima-Hyakkaen garden extends its opening hours until 9:00 PM for the annual autumn “moon viewing” event...

Nagasaki’s oldest festival is registered as an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.

The Autumn Takayama Festival, or Hachiman Matsuri, is held annually on October 9 and 10 in the city of Takayama, Gifu Prefecture. This event serves as the annua...

The Narita Hanabi is a fireworks event organised by community volunteers and firework makers that takes place above the freshly cut rice fields around Narita. U...

Ceremony commemorating the passing of the saint Nichiren, a 13th century Japanese Buddhist whose teaching provides the basis for Nichiren Buddhism.

Also known as the “Meguro Sun Festival,” Meguro’s annual Kumin Matsuri is actually four events rolled into one. The most famous of these is the “Meguro Sanma Ma...