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Sumidagawa Paper Lantern Floating 2025

Asakusa Asakusa Station, 2-20 Kaminarimon, Taito, Tokyo

Sumidagawa paper lantern floating (灯篭流し, tōrō-nagashi) festival began in 1946 to pay respects and mourn those who lost…

Numata Tengu Festival 2025

Numata, Gunma 沼田市役所, 780 Nishikurauchimachi, Numata, Gunma

Held every year on 3-5 August, The Numata Tengu Festival (沼田まつり, Numata Matsuri) is a famous festival in…

Yamagata Hanagasa Matsuri 2025

Yamagata City Yamagata, Yamgata

The Yamagata Hanagasa Festival was first held in 1963 and today is a major festival in Tohoku, attracting…

Sendai Tanabata Matsuri 2025

Sendai Sendai Station, 1 Chome-10-10 Chūō, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

Tanabata Festivals (sometimes known as “Star Festivals”) are held throughout Japan during July and August, but none is…

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…

Tokyo International Toy Show 2025

Tokyo Big Sight Tokyo Big Sight, 3-11-1 Ariake, Koto, Tokyo

This event has been going since 1962 and today sees about 200 vendors (from both within Japan and…

Asakusa Samba Carnival 2025

Asakusa Asakusa Station, 2-20 Kaminarimon, Taito, Tokyo

Held annually since 1981, the Asakusa Samba Carnival is one of the biggest events on the Tokyo calendar,…

Daradara Matsuri 2025

Shiba Daijingu 芝大神宮, 1-12-7 Shibadaimon, Minato, Tokyo

Owing to the period of which it is held (11-days), as well as its timing in the middle…

Nezu Shrine Annual Grand Festival 2025

Nezu Shrine Nezu Shrine, 1-28-9 Nezu, Bunkyo, Tokyo

Popular annual festival at Nezu Shrine near Yanaka. The shrine’s spacious grounds will be filled with festival stalls…

Akasaka Hikawa Matsuri 2025

Akasaka Hikawa Shrine 赤坂氷川神社, 6-10-12 Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo

Well-known festival that sees mikoshi and floats move around the streets of Akasaka. During the Edo period is…

Kanazawa Jazz Street 2025

Kanazawa Kanazawa Station, 1-1 Kinoshinbomachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa

Jazz artists from Japan and overseas congregate in Kanazawa for this annual music event. There are over 200…

September Tokyo Sumo Tournament 2025

Ryogoku Kokugikan 1 Chome-3-28 Yokoami, Sumida, Tokyo

Six major sumo tournaments (called honbasho) are held during the year—one on each odd month, each taking place…

Ohara Hadaka Matsuri 2025

Ohara Station 大原駅, Ohara, Isumi, Chiba

The Ohara Hadaka Matsuri (大原はだか祭り, “Ohara Naked Festival”) is a 2-day annual festival held in Isumi City, Chiba.…

Nagasaki Kunchi Festival 2025

Suwa Shrine, Nagasaki Suwa Shrine, 18-15 Kaminishiyamamachi, Nagasaki, Nagasaki

Nagasaki's oldest festival is registered as an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.

CEATEC JAPAN 2025

Makuhari Messe 2−1 Nakase, Mihama, Chiba

CEATEC ("Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies") Japan is a trade show focused on how data will shape our…

Kawagoe Festival 2025

Kawagoe Kurazukuri District 川越市蔵造り資料館, 7-9 Saiwaichō, Kawagoe, Saitama

The Kawagoe Matsuri is held over 2-days every year on the 3rd Saturday and Sunday of October. What…

Nihombashi Ebisuko Bettara Ichi 2025

Takarada Ebisu Shrine Takarada Ebisu Shrine, 4-10 Nihonbashihoncho, Chuo, Tokyo

This traditional autumn festival has roots dating back to the beginning of the Edo period and is held…