Gujo Odori 2023
Gujo Gujo, GifuThe Gujo Odori (郡上おどり) is one of the three most important Bon Festivals in Japan. The festival, which…
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Umi no Hi Lantern Festival in Odaiba 2023
Odaiba Seaside Park Odaiba Seaside Park, 1-4 Daiba, Minato, TokyoTo commemorate the public holiday Marine Day (Umi no Hi) over 50,000 paper lanterns are lit with candles…
Zojoji Temple Obon Matsuri 2023
Zojo-ji 4 Chome 4−7−35 Shibakoen,, Minato, TokyoAnnual o-bon dance festival at Zojoji Temple. Stalls selling festival food and drink line-up from around the Prince…
Hachioji Festival 2023
Hachioji Station Hachioji Station, 1-8 Asahicho, Hachioji, TokyoThe Hachioji Festival is a major event on the Tokyo calendar and attracts visitors from far outside the…
Fukagawa Hachiman Festival 2023
Tomioka Hachiman Shrine Tomioka Hachiman Shrine, 1-20-3 Tomioka, Koto, TokyoThe Fukagawa Hachiman Festival is one of three major festival of Edo (the other two being the Kanda…
Nara Chugen 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—on 3 February for…
Kitazawa Hachiman Festival 2023
Kitazawa Hachiman Shrine 北澤八幡神社, 3-25-3 Daizawa, Setagaya, Tokyo2-day festival held in early September that fills the streets south of Shimokitazawa Station. You can see the…
Edo Bakumatsu Hundred Member Gun Squad Ceremony 2023
Kaichu Inari Shrine 皆中稲荷神社, 1-11-16 Hyakuninchō, Shinjuku, TokyoThe Tokugawa shogunate’s 100 member gun squad are well-known in historical circles, and they are the reason that…
Okunitama Shrine Autumn Chestnut Festival 2023
Okunitama Shrine Okunitama Shrine, 3-3-1 Miyamachi, Fuchu, TokyoThis autumn festival has roots dating back to 1738 and, although temporarily cancelled, has survived the centuries in…
Oeshiki at Ikegami Honmonji 2023
Ikegami Honmonji 池上本門寺, 1-1-1 Ikegami, Ota, TokyoCeremony commemorating the passing of the saint Nichiren, a 13th century Japanese Buddhist whose teaching provides the basis for Nichiren Buddhism.
Koenji Festival 2023
Koenji Station 高円寺駅, 4-48 Kōenjiminami, Suginami, Tokyo2-day festival held around Koenji Station with participating restaurants and shops, a stamp rally, and other events.
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…
Asakusa Tori no Ichi I
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 I
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…
Asakusa Tori no Ichi II
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 II
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…
Kyoto Arashiyama Hanatoro 2023
Arashiyama, Kyoto Togetsu-kyō Bridge, Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, KyotoHanatoro (花灯路, Hanatōro) is a 10-day long illuminations that takes place in Kyoto’s Higashiyama District in March and…
Torigoe Shrine Dondo-Yaki 2024
Torigoe Shrine 2-Chome 4-1 Torigoe, Taito, TokyoDondo-yaki is the ritual from the Heian era typically held on the 15 January. New year ornaments, amulets, and…
Nara Setsubun Mantoro 2024
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…
Jindaiji Temple Daruma Doll Market 2024
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…
Nakameguro Sakura Matsuri 2024
Nakameguro 中目黒駅, 1-22 Kamimeguro, Meguro, TokyoNakameguro Cherry Blossom Festival (中目黒桜まつり) is held at the beginning of April and organized by the workers in…
Nakizumo Crying Baby Festival 2024
Sensoji Temple Senso-ji, 2-3-1 Asakusa, Taito, TokyoThe Crying Sumo Festival (泣き相撲) is undoubtedly one of Tokyo’s more unusual events—and one which has attracted the…
Fussa Tanabata Matsuri 2024
Fussa Station Fussa Station, Honcho, Fussa, TokyoThe Fussa Tanabata Matsuri has been held every year since 1951 and today sees about 100 food, drink…
Akasaka Hikawa Matsuri 2024
Akasaka Hikawa Shrine 赤坂氷川神社, 6-10-12 Akasaka, Minato, TokyoWell-known festival that sees mikoshi and floats move around the streets of Akasaka. During the Edo period is…