Kyoto Higashiyama Hanatoro 2025
Higashiyama, Kyoto Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, KyotoHanatoro (花灯路, Hanatōro) is a 10-day long illumination that takes place in Kyoto’s Higashiyama in March and Arashiyama…
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Art Fair Tokyo 2025
Tokyo International Forum 3 Chome-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda, TokyoART FAIR TOKYO is the largest art fair in Japan and the oldest in Asia, featuring a wide…
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March Osaka Sumo Tournament 2025
EDION Arena Osaka 3-4-36 Nanbanaka, Naniwa-ku, Osaka, OsakaSix major sumo tournaments (called honbasho) are held during the year—one on each odd month, each taking place…
Mount Takao Fire Walking Festival 2025
Takaosan Car Park 2390 Takaomachi, Hachioji-shi, TokyoThe Fire Walking Festival (火渡りまつり, hiwatari matsuri) is held near Takaosanguchi Station on the second Sunday of March…
Spring Love Harukaze Music Festival 2025
Yoyogi Park (Events Area) 代々木公園野外ステージ, 2-2-3 Jinnan, Shibuya, TokyoFree music event in Yoyogi Park. There are two stages and a huge host of stalls selling arts…
Hachijojima Freesia Festival 2025
Hachijojima Hachijo, TokyoHachijojima holds an annual Freesia Festival to celebrate the arrival of spring. The festival began over 40 years…
Asakusa’s Honzon Jigen-e 2025
Sensoji Temple Senso-ji, 2-3-1 Asakusa, Taito, TokyoAccording to legend, a statue is said to have been discovered on the 18 March 628 on the…
Chidorigafuchi Cherry Blossom Illuminations 2025
Chidorigafuchi 千鳥ヶ淵ボート場, Kitanomarukoen 1, Chiyoda, TokyoAnnual light-up of the cherry blossoms in Chidorigafuchi. One of the most famous night cherry blossom events (yozakura,…
Anime Japan 2025
Tokyo Big Sight Tokyo Big Sight, 3-11-1 Ariake, Koto, TokyoThe key expo for manga fans and those in the animation business—almost 150,000 visitors and 200 companies from…
Tokyo Motorcycle Show 2025
Tokyo Big Sight Tokyo Big Sight, 3-11-1 Ariake, Koto, TokyoThe Tokyo Motorcycle Show, also known as nirin-matsuri (二輪祭), is the two-wheeled world’s answer to the Tokyo Auto…
Bunkyo Azalea Festival 2025
Nezu Shrine Nezu Shrine, 1-28-9 Nezu, Bunkyo, TokyoOne of the five flower festivals of Bunkyo Ward, this time Nezu Shrine takes the spotlight. The Azalea…
Kanamara Matsuri (“Penis Festival”) Parade 2025
Kanayama Shrine Kanayama Shrine, 2-13-16 Daishi Ekimae, Kawasaki, KanagawaKanamara Matsuri (otherwise known as the "Penis Festival" or “Festival of the Steel Phallus”) is an annual festival…
Kameido Tenjin Wisteria “Fuji” Festival 2025
Kameido Tenjin Shrine 3-6-1 Kameido, Koto, TokyoThe wisteria at Kameido Tenjin Shrine (亀戸天神社) were planted during the Edo period and now the purple flowers…
Hana Matsuri at Sensoji 2025
Sensoji Temple Senso-ji, 2-3-1 Asakusa, Taito, TokyoThis event at Sensoji Temple celebrates the Buddha’s birthday on 8 April and is more formally called Bussho-e…
Edo Yoshiwara Ichiyo Sakura Matsuri (Oiran Dochu) 2025
Ichiyo Sakura Komatsu Dori 一葉桜小松橋通り, 4-40-7 Asakusa, Taito, TokyoOiran (花魁) is a word used to refer to the high-class prostitutes that worked in the Yoshiwara red-light…
Nikko Yayoi Festival 2025
Nikko Futarasan Shrine 2307 Sannai, Nikko, TochigiThe Yayoi Festival (弥生祭, Yayoi Matsuri) is held on the 13 to 17 of April each year at…
Teruhime Matsuri 2025
Shukujii Park 石神井公園, 1-26 Shakujiidai, Nerima, TokyoThis festival started in 1988 as a way to remind people of the prestigious past of this area…
Akabane Baka Matsuri (All Fools Festival) 2025
Akabane Station Akabane Station, 1-1 Akabane, Kita, TokyoThis oddly named festival was started in 1956 by the store owners in the commercial district around the…
Kurayami Matsuri (Darkness Festival) 2025
Okunitama Shrine Okunitama Shrine, 3-3-1 Miyamachi, Fuchu, TokyoKurayami Matsuri is one of Tokyo’s most popular festivals and one with a rich and long history with…
Omiya Bonsai Festival 2025
Omiya Bonsai Village 大宮盆栽村, Bonsaicho, Kita Ward, Saitama, SaitamaThe annual Omiya Bonsai Matsuri is held in the world famous Omiya Bonsai Village in Kita-ku, Saitama. The…
Ome Grand Festival 2025
Sumiyoshi Shrine 12 Sumiecho, Sumiyoshi Shrine, Ome, TokyoHeld on the 2nd and 3rd of May every year the Ome Grand Festival ("Ome Taisai") is—as its…
Osaka Comic Con 2025
INTEX Osaka 1 Chome-5-102 Nankokita, OsakaEven if you’re not a fan of comic books and manga, you’ll have heard of Comic Con. It…
Yokohama International Costume Parade 2025
Yamashita Park Yamashita Park, 279 Yamashitacho, Naka-ku, Yokohama, KanagawaAnnual parade with marching bands and dance teams that takes place during the Golden Week holidays. Check the…
Kachiya Festival 2025
Kameidokatori Shrine Kameidokatori Shrine, 3-57-22 Kameido, Koto, TokyoOver 1,000 years ago the military leader Fujiwara no Hidesato came to the shrine to pray for victory…