Canceled The Yosakoi Oedo Soran Festival 2022
Kiba Park 木場公園, 4-6 Kiba, Koto, TokyoAnnual festival and dance competition in which about 45 teams of different sizes display their synchronised dance skills…
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Kichijoji Autumn Festival 2022
Musashino Hachimangu 武蔵野八幡宮, 1-23 Higashimachi, Kichijoji, Musashino, TokyoAnnual autumn festival held near Kichijoji Station. At 11am on the Saturday, a priest on horseback leads the…
Jiyugaoka Megami Matsuri 2022
Jiyugaoka 自由が丘駅, 1-31 Jiyūgaoka, Meguro, TokyoJiyugaoka Megami Festival is a food and culture festival that has been running since 1973 and today attracts…
White Heron Dance in Asakusa
Sensoji Temple Senso-ji, 2-3-1 Asakusa, Taito, TokyoThe White Heron Dance (白鷺の舞) has roots in a scroll which depicted scenes of a parade praying for…
Dream Yosacoy Festival 2023
Tokyo Tower Tokyo Tower, 4-2-8 Shibakoen, Minato, TokyoThe Yosakoi Festival originated in Kochi prefecture in 1954 as an event to reinvigorate the region because it…
Asakusa Tori no Ichi III
Chokokuji 長國寺, 3-19-6 Senzoku, Taito, TokyoOpen-air market held on the day of the tori (rooster) during November—a tradition that has continued since the…
Hanazono Tori no Ichi III
Hanazono Shrine 花園神社, 5-17-3 Shinjuku, Shinjuku, TokyoOpen-air market held on the day of the tori (rooster) during November—a tradition that has continued since the…
Imperial Family New Year Greeting 2023
Chowaden, Tokyo Imperial Palace 皇居宮殿長和殿, 1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda, TokyoThe traditional New Year greeting by the Imperial Family from the long balcony of the Chowaden Hall. Members…
Kameidoten Usokae Bullfinch Exchange 2023
Kameido Tenjin Shrine 3-6-1 Kameido, Koto, TokyoThis annual event held at Kameidoten-jinja in Koto Ward celebrates the passing of good fortune into the year…
Setsubun at Narita-san 2023
Naritasan Shinshoji Temple 成田山新勝寺, 1 Narita, Narita, TokyoWhile setsubun festivals are held at many temples across the country, the rituals at Asakusa’s Sensoji, Takao-san Yakuo-in…
Setsubun (Bean Tossing) at Sensoji 2023
Sensoji Temple Senso-ji, 2-3-1 Asakusa, Taito, TokyoTraditionally setsubun (節分) marks the day before the beginning of a new season, but in post-Edo times the…
Nara Setsubun Mantoro 2023
Kasuga Taisha Shrine 春日大社, 160 Kasuganocho, Nara, NaraMore than 3,000 lanterns are lit at Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Nara twice a year—in early February for…
Sapporo Snow Festival 2023
Odori Park, Sapporo 大通公園, 7-chrome Odorinishi, Chuo, Sapporo, HokkaidoWhat started off in 1950 as community event to display six snow statues made by local high school…
Kite Market at Oji Inari Shrine I
Oji Inari Shrine 王子稲荷神社, 1-12-26 Kishimachi, Kita, TokyoKite market (凧市) held on the Day of the Horse every February. The dates depending on the twelve…
Otaru Snow Light Path Festival 2023
Otaru, Hokkaido Otaru Station, 2 Chome-22 Inaho, Otaru, HokkaidoThe Otaru Snow Light Path Festival (小樽雪あかりの路, Otaru Yuki Akari no Michi) began in 1999 with the hope…
Yokote Kamakura Snow Festival 2023
Yokote, Akita 横手市民会館, 13-1 Minamimachi, Yokote, AkitaThe ritual of hollowing out a mound of snow and building a small hut like an igloo is…
Kite Market at Oji Inari Shrine II
Oji Inari Shrine 王子稲荷神社, 1-12-26 Kishimachi, Kita, TokyoKite market (凧市) held on the Day of the Horse every February. The dates depending on the twelve…
Saidaiji Eyo (“Naked Festival”) 2023
Saidaiji Kannon-in 別格本山 金陵山西大寺観音院, 3 Chome-8-8 Saidaijinaka, Higashi Ward, Okayama, OkayamaThe Saidaiji Eyō (西大寺会陽), more commonly known as the Hadaka Matsuri (“Naked Festival”), gets more international media attention…
Some no Komichi 2023
Nakai 西武新宿線 中井駅, 1-19-1 Nakaochiai, Shinjuku, TokyoUntil the 1950s, many dying factories could be found along the river near Nakai Station in Shinjuku Ward…
Jindaiji Temple Daruma Doll Market 2023
Jindaiji Temple Jindai-ji Temple, 5-15-1 Jindaiji Motomachi, Chofu, TokyoOne of the biggest Daruma Doll Markets in Japan, over 300 stalls selling the round dolls gather around…
Kyoto Higashiyama Hanatoro 2023
Higashiyama, Kyoto Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, KyotoHanatoro (花灯路, Hanatōro) is a 10-day long illumination that takes place in Kyoto’s Higashiyama in March and Arashiyama…
Mount Takao Fire Walking Festival 2023
Takaosan Car Park 2390 Takaomachi, Hachioji-shi, TokyoThe Fire Walking Festival (火渡りまつり, hiwatari matsuri) is held near Takaosanguchi Station on the second Sunday of March…
Asakusa’s Honzon Jigen-e 2023
Sensoji Temple Senso-ji, 2-3-1 Asakusa, Taito, TokyoAccording to legend, a statue is said to have been discovered on the 18 March 628 on the…
Golden Dragon Dance in Asakusa
Sensoji Temple Senso-ji, 2-3-1 Asakusa, Taito, TokyoThe Golden Dragon Dance celebrates the re-construction of the main hall of Sensoji in 1958 after it was…