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Edo Yoshiwara Ichiyo Sakura Matsuri (Oiran Dochu) 2026

Ichiyo Sakura Komatsu Dori 一葉桜小松橋通り, 4-40-7 Asakusa, Taito, Tokyo

Oiran (花魁) is a word used to refer to the high-class prostitutes that worked in the Yoshiwara red-light…

Nikko Yayoi Festival 2026

Nikko Futarasan Shrine 2307 Sannai, Nikko, Tochigi

The Yayoi Festival (弥生祭, Yayoi Matsuri) is held on the 13 to 17 of April each year at…

Kurayami Matsuri (Darkness Festival) 2026

Okunitama Shrine Okunitama Shrine, 3-3-1 Miyamachi, Fuchu, Tokyo

Kurayami Matsuri is one of Tokyo’s most popular festivals and one with a rich and long history with…

Kachiya Festival 2026

Kameidokatori Shrine Kameidokatori Shrine, 3-57-22 Kameido, Koto, Tokyo

Over 1,000 years ago the military leader Fujiwara no Hidesato came to the shrine to pray for victory…

Kanda Matsuri 2026

Kanda Myojin 2-16-2 Sotokanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo

Kanda Matsuri is held in mid-May at Kanda Myojin Shrine on odd numbered years (so intense was the…

Kyoto Aoi Matsuri 2026

Kyoto City Kyoto, Kyoto, Kyoto

The Aoi Matsuri (葵祭) or the “Hollyhock Festival” is one of Kyoto’s three major festivals (the others being…

Asakusa Yabusame Archery 2026

Sumida Park Sumida Park, 1-2-5 Mukojima, Sumida, Tokyo

Yabusame (horseback archery) has its roots in the Kamakura period when samurai used the competition to improve their skills…

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…