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Asagaya Tanabata Matsuri 2025

Asagaya Station Asagaya Station, 3-58 Asagayaminami, Suginami, Tokyo

Every year at the beginning of August this shopping center in Suginami ward sees visitors come from all…

Sumidagawa Paper Lantern Floating 2025

Asakusa Asakusa Station, 2-20 Kaminarimon, Taito, Tokyo

Sumidagawa paper lantern floating (灯篭流し, tōrō-nagashi) festival began in 1946 to pay respects and mourn those who lost…

Numata Tengu Festival 2025

Numata, Gunma 沼田市役所, 780 Nishikurauchimachi, Numata, Gunma

Held 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 2025

Yamagata City Yamagata, Yamgata

The Yamagata Hanagasa Festival was first held in 1963 and today is a major festival in Tohoku, attracting…

Sendai Tanabata Matsuri 2025

Sendai Sendai Station, 1 Chome-10-10 Chūō, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Tanabata Festivals (sometimes known as “Star Festivals”) are held throughout Japan during July and August, but none is…

Tokushima Awa Odori 2025

Tokushima 徳島駅, Tokushima, Tokushima

There are hundreds of Awa Odori festivals that take place over the summer in Japan, but the Tokushima…

Chichibu Ondo Dance Festival 2025

Minano Town Hall, Chichibu 皆野町役場, Minano, Chichibu, Saitama

The 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 2025

Kenchozaka Dori, Nagasaki 県庁坂通り, Nagasaki, Nagasaki

Bon Festival celebrations welcoming back ancestors from the spirit world

Gozan no Okuribi 2025

Kyoto City Kyoto, Kyoto, Kyoto

Daimonji Gozan no Okuribi (also known as the “Daimonji Festival”) is a bonfire festival held on 16 August…

Azabu-Juban Noryo Matsuri 2025

Azabu-Juban Azabu-juban Station, 1-4-6 Azabu-juban, Minato, Tokyo

Azabu-Juban's Noryo-Matsuri is one of Tokyo's more famous summer festivals. Held over one weekend at the end of…

Harajuku Super Yosakoi 2025

Harajuku Harajuku Station, 1-18 Jingumae, Shibuya, Tokyo

The Harajuku Super Yosakoi—or the “Harajuku Omotesando Genki Matsuri Super Yosakoi Festival”, to give it its full name—is…

Koenji Awa Odori 2025

Koenji Station 高円寺駅, 4-48 Kōenjiminami, Suginami, Tokyo

Awa Odori in Koenji that has been held since 1957 and today attracts almost one million visitors over…

Daradara Matsuri 2025

Shiba Daijingu 芝大神宮, 1-12-7 Shibadaimon, Minato, Tokyo

Owing to the period of which it is held (11-days), as well as its timing in the middle…

Nezu Shrine Annual Grand Festival 2025

Nezu Shrine Nezu Shrine, 1-28-9 Nezu, Bunkyo, Tokyo

Popular annual festival at Nezu Shrine near Yanaka. The shrine’s spacious grounds will be filled with festival stalls…

Akasaka Hikawa Matsuri 2025

Akasaka Hikawa Shrine 赤坂氷川神社, 6-10-12 Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo

Well-known festival that sees mikoshi and floats move around the streets of Akasaka. During the Edo period is…

Ohara Hadaka Matsuri 2025

Ohara Station 大原駅, Ohara, Isumi, Chiba

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.…

Kawagoe Festival 2025

Kawagoe Kurazukuri District 川越市蔵造り資料館, 7-9 Saiwaichō, Kawagoe, Saitama

The Kawagoe Matsuri is held over 2-days every year on the 3rd Saturday and Sunday of October. What…

Nihombashi Ebisuko Bettara Ichi 2025

Takarada Ebisu Shrine Takarada Ebisu Shrine, 4-10 Nihonbashihoncho, Chuo, Tokyo

This traditional autumn festival has roots dating back to the beginning of the Edo period and is held…

Kurama Fire Festival 2025

Kurama Kurama Station, 191 Kuramahonmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto

Fire-festival held on 22 October each year famous for its procession of men bearing huge flaming torches, some…

Kyoto: Jidai Matsuri 2025

Kyoto City Kyoto, Kyoto, Kyoto

Jidai Matsuri (時代祭, "Festival of the Ages") celebrates the foundation of Kyoto and is held on the 22…

Nihombashi-Kyobashi Matsuri 2025

Nihombashi 日本橋, 1-Chome Nihonbashimuromachi, Chuo, Tokyo

If you know a little about the history of Japan then you’ll have heard of the “Five Routes”…

Mount Takao Autumn Leaves Festival 2025

Kiyotaki Station 清滝駅, Takaomachi, Hachioji, Tokyo

The Mount Takao Autumn Leaves Festival (“Mount Takao Momiji Matsuri”) is held throughout the month of November every…

Dream Yosacoy Festival 2025

Odaiba Daiba Station, 2 Chome-6 Daiba, Minato, Tokyo

The Yosakoi Festival originated in Kochi prefecture in 1954 as an event to reinvigorate the region because it…