Tokyo Auto Salon 2026
Makuhari Messe 2−1 Nakase, Mihama, ChibaThe Tokyo Auto Salon is one of the biggest events in the car modification and tune-up world. Held…
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Daikoku Matsuri 2026
Kanda Myojin 2-16-2 Sotokanda, Chiyoda, TokyoThe association of Kanda Myojin with wealth and good fortune (it is after all home to two of…
New Year Tokyo Sumo Tournament 2026
Ryogoku Kokugikan 1 Chome-3-28 Yokoami, Sumida, TokyoSix major sumo tournaments (called honbasho) are held during the year—one on each odd month, each taking place…
January Setagaya Boroichi Market 2026
Setagaya Boroichi-dori 1 Chrome 17-4, Setagaya, TokyoThis market in the suburbs of Setagaya has its origins over 400 years ago when people began exchanging…
Dosojin Nozawa Onsen Fire Festival 2026
Nozawa Onsen Village Shimotakai District, NaganoThe Nozawa Onsen Fire Festival (野沢温泉道祖神火祭り, Nozawa Onsen Dōsojin Hi-matsuri) is held on 15 January every year and…
Sapporo Snow Festival 2026
Odori Park, Sapporo 大通公園, 7-chrome Odorinishi, Chuo, Sapporo, HokkaidoWhat started off in 1950 as community event to display six snow statues made by local high school…
Nagasaki Lantern Festival 2026
Nagasaki Chinatown Nagasaki Chinatown, 10-13 Shinchimachi, Nagasaki, NagasakiStarted by the Chinese community in Nagasaki to celebrate the Chinese New Year, this festival of lights has…
Otaru Snow Light Path Festival 2026
Otaru, Hokkaido Otaru Station, 2 Chome-22 Inaho, Otaru, HokkaidoThe Otaru Snow Light Path Festival (小樽雪あかりの路, Otaru Yuki Akari no Michi) began in 1999 with the hope…
Yokote Kamakura Snow Festival 2026
Yokote, Akita 横手市民会館, 13-1 Minamimachi, Yokote, AkitaThe ritual of hollowing out a mound of snow and building a small hut like an igloo is…
Saidaiji Eyo (“Naked Festival”) 2026
Saidaiji Kannon-in 別格本山 金陵山西大寺観音院, 3 Chome-8-8 Saidaijinaka, Higashi Ward, Okayama, OkayamaThe Saidaiji Eyō (西大寺会陽), more commonly known as the Hadaka Matsuri (“Naked Festival”), gets more international media attention…
Some no Komichi 2026
Nakai 西武新宿線 中井駅, 1-19-1 Nakaochiai, Shinjuku, TokyoUntil the 1950s, many dying factories could be found along the river near Nakai Station in Shinjuku Ward…
CP+ Camera & Photo Imaging Show 2026
Pacifico Yokohama Pacifico Yokohama, 1-1-1 Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, KanagawaThe CP+ Camera & Photo Imaging Show is Japan’s biggest photography event where the likes of Nikon, Canon,…
Kyoto Higashiyama Hanatoro 2026
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…
March Osaka Sumo Tournament 2026
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 2026
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…
Bunkyo Azalea Festival 2026
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 2026
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…
Hana Matsuri at Sensoji 2026
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…
Fuji Shibazakura Festival 2026
Fuji Motosuko Resort 富士芝桜まつり, 212 Motosu, Fujikawaguchiko-machi, Minamitsuru, YamanashiFrom mid April through to the end of May 800,000 shibazakura flowers (pink moss or phlox moss) come…
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, TokyoOiran (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, TochigiThe Yayoi Festival (弥生祭, Yayoi Matsuri) is held on the 13 to 17 of April each year at…
Hitsujiyama Park Shibazakura Hill 2026
Hitsujiyama Park Hitsuyama Park, 6360 Omiya, Chichibu, SaitamaFrom mid-April until early May each year Shibazakura Hill in Hitsujiyama Park in Chichibu turns a sea of…
Kurayami Matsuri (Darkness Festival) 2026
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 2026
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…