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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…

Sanno Matsuri 2026

Hie Shrine Hie Shrine, 2-10-5 Nagatacho, Chiyoda, Tokyo

The Sanno Festival (山王祭) is the last of Tokyo’s major festivals and one of the three great festivals…