Kanamara Matsuri (“Penis Festival”) Parade 2026
Kanayama Shrine Kanayama Shrine, 2-13-16 Daishi Ekimae, Kawasaki, KanagawaKanamara Matsuri (otherwise known as the "Penis Festival" or “Festival of the Steel Phallus”) is an annual festival…
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Hana Matsuri at Sensoji 2026
Sensoji Temple Senso-ji, 2-3-1 Asakusa, Taito, TokyoThis event at Sensoji Temple celebrates the Buddha’s birthday on 8 April and is more formally called Bussho-e…
Edo Yoshiwara Ichiyo Sakura Matsuri (Oiran Dochu) 2026
Ichiyo Sakura Komatsu Dori 一葉桜小松橋通り, 4-40-7 Asakusa, Taito, TokyoOiran (花魁) is a word used to refer to the high-class prostitutes that worked in the Yoshiwara red-light…
Nikko Yayoi Festival 2026
Nikko Futarasan Shrine 2307 Sannai, Nikko, TochigiThe Yayoi Festival (弥生祭, Yayoi Matsuri) is held on the 13 to 17 of April each year at…
Kurayami Matsuri (Darkness Festival) 2026
Okunitama Shrine Okunitama Shrine, 3-3-1 Miyamachi, Fuchu, TokyoKurayami Matsuri is one of Tokyo’s most popular festivals and one with a rich and long history with…
Kachiya Festival 2026
Kameidokatori Shrine Kameidokatori Shrine, 3-57-22 Kameido, Koto, TokyoOver 1,000 years ago the military leader Fujiwara no Hidesato came to the shrine to pray for victory…
Kanda Matsuri 2026
Kanda Myojin 2-16-2 Sotokanda, Chiyoda, TokyoKanda Matsuri is held in mid-May at Kanda Myojin Shrine on odd numbered years (so intense was the…
Kyoto Aoi Matsuri 2026
Kyoto City Kyoto, Kyoto, KyotoThe Aoi Matsuri (葵祭) or the “Hollyhock Festival” is one of Kyoto’s three major festivals (the others being…
Asakusa Yabusame Archery 2026
Sumida Park Sumida Park, 1-2-5 Mukojima, Sumida, TokyoYabusame (horseback archery) has its roots in the Kamakura period when samurai used the competition to improve their skills…
Sanno Matsuri 2026
Hie Shrine Hie Shrine, 2-10-5 Nagatacho, Chiyoda, TokyoThe Sanno Festival (山王祭) is the last of Tokyo’s major festivals and one of the three great festivals…
Akita Kanto Matsuri 2026
Akita 秋田駅, 7-1-2 Nakadori, Akita, AkitaThe Akita Kanto Matsuri (秋田竿燈まつり) is an annual festival to pray for a good harvest known for the…
Asagaya Tanabata Matsuri 2026
Asagaya Station Asagaya Station, 3-58 Asagayaminami, Suginami, TokyoEvery year at the beginning of August this shopping center in Suginami ward sees visitors come from all…
Sumidagawa Paper Lantern Floating 2026
Asakusa Asakusa Station, 2-20 Kaminarimon, Taito, TokyoSumidagawa paper lantern floating (灯篭流し, tōrō-nagashi) festival began in 1946 to pay respects and mourn those who lost…
Numata Tengu Festival 2026
Numata, Gunma 沼田市役所, 780 Nishikurauchimachi, Numata, GunmaHeld every year on 3-5 August, The Numata Tengu Festival (沼田まつり, Numata Matsuri) is a famous festival in…
Yamagata Hanagasa Matsuri 2026
Yamagata City Yamagata, YamgataThe Yamagata Hanagasa Festival was first held in 1963 and today is a major festival in Tohoku, attracting…
Sendai Tanabata Matsuri 2026
Sendai Sendai Station, 1 Chome-10-10 Chūō, Aoba-ku, Sendai, MiyagiTanabata Festivals (sometimes known as “Star Festivals”) are held throughout Japan during July and August, but none is…
Tokushima Awa Odori 2026
Tokushima 徳島駅, Tokushima, TokushimaThere are hundreds of Awa Odori festivals that take place over the summer in Japan, but the Tokushima…
Chichibu Ondo Dance Festival 2026
Minano Town Hall, Chichibu 皆野町役場, Minano, Chichibu, SaitamaThe Chichibu Ondo Dance Festival (秩父音頭まつり) is held on the 14 August every year and sees approximately 70…
Nagasaki Spirit Boat Procession 2026
Kenchozaka Dori, Nagasaki 県庁坂通り, Nagasaki, NagasakiBon Festival celebrations welcoming back ancestors from the spirit world
Gozan no Okuribi 2026
Kyoto City Kyoto, Kyoto, KyotoDaimonji Gozan no Okuribi (also known as the “Daimonji Festival”) is a bonfire festival held on 16 August…
Azabu-Juban Noryo Matsuri 2026
Azabu-Juban Azabu-juban Station, 1-4-6 Azabu-juban, Minato, TokyoAzabu-Juban's Noryo-Matsuri is one of Tokyo's more famous summer festivals. Held over one weekend at the end of…
Harajuku Super Yosakoi 2026
Harajuku Harajuku Station, 1-18 Jingumae, Shibuya, TokyoThe Harajuku Super Yosakoi—or the “Harajuku Omotesando Genki Matsuri Super Yosakoi Festival”, to give it its full name—is…
Koenji Awa Odori 2026
Koenji Station 高円寺駅, 4-48 Kōenjiminami, Suginami, TokyoAwa Odori in Koenji that has been held since 1957 and today attracts almost one million visitors over…
Daradara Matsuri 2026
Shiba Daijingu 芝大神宮, 1-12-7 Shibadaimon, Minato, TokyoOwing to the period of which it is held (11-days), as well as its timing in the middle…