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…
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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, 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…
Kachiya Festival 2026
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…
Kanda Matsuri 2026
Kanda Myojin 2-16-2 Sotokanda, Chiyoda, TokyoKanda 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, KyotoThe 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, TokyoYabusame (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, TokyoThe Sanno Festival (山王祭) is the last of Tokyo’s major festivals and one of the three great festivals…