Sendai Tanabata Matsuri 2022
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…
Tanabata Festivals (sometimes known as “Star Festivals”) are held throughout Japan during July and August, but none is…
Sumidagawa paper lantern floating (灯篭流し, tōrō-nagashi) festival began in 1946 to pay respects and mourn those who lost…
The Fukagawa Hachiman Festival is one of three major festival of Edo (the other two being the Kanda…
There are hundreds of Awa Odori festivals that take place over the summer in Japan, but the Tokushima…
The 10th year of the Minato Mirai Bon Odori. A slightly smaller scale event than some of the…
More than 3,000 lanterns are lit at Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Nara twice a year—on 3 February for…
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Bon Festival celebrations welcoming back ancestors from the spirit world
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The annual bon odori in the Roppongi Hills Arena. A yagura (wooden stage around which people dance) is set…
Annual Awa Odori in Shimokitazawa. Dancers parade through the Ichiban-gai Shotengai from 6:30pm until 8:00pm before stopping for…
Azabu-Juban's Noryo-Matsuri is one of Tokyo's more famous summer festivals. Held over one weekend at the end of…
The Harajuku Super Yosakoi—or the “Harajuku Omotesando Genki Matsuri Super Yosakoi Festival”, to give it its full name—is…
Awa Odori in Koenji that has been held since 1957 and today attracts almost one million visitors over…
2-day festival held in early September that fills the streets south of Shimokitazawa Station. You can see the…
Annual festival and dance competition in which about 45 teams of different sizes display their synchronised dance skills…
Owing to the period of which it is held (11-days), as well as its timing in the middle…
Annual autumn festival held near Kichijoji Station. At 11am on the Saturday, a priest on horseback leads the…
Well-known festival that sees mikoshi and floats move around the streets of Akasaka. During the Edo period is…
Popular annual festival at Nezu Shrine near Yanaka. The shrine’s spacious grounds will be filled with festival stalls…
The Ohara Hadaka Matsuri (大原はだか祭り, “Ohara Naked Festival”) is a 2-day annual festival held in Isumi City, Chiba.…
The Hatsudari Awa Odori Festival has been held in the commercial district of Hatsudai annual on 21/22 September…
This autumn festival has roots dating back to 1738 and, although temporarily cancelled, has survived the centuries in…
The Shibuya-Kagoshima Ohara Matsuri (おはら祭) is an annual event held in the center of Shibuya which has roots in Ohara-bushi…