Shinjuku Eisa Festival 2025
Shinjuku Shinjuku Station, 1-1-3 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku, TokyoEisa Matsuri is a Bon folk dance that originated in Okinawa to honor the spirit of ancestors, typically…
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World Cosplay Summit 2025
Aichi Arts Center 1 Chome-13-2 Higashisakura, Higashi Ward, Nagoya, AichiThe first World Cosplay Summit began in 2003 to “create a new sense of international friendship with cosplayers…
Akita Kanto Matsuri 2025
Akita 秋田駅, 7-1-2 Nakadori, Akita, AkitaThe Akita Kanto Matsuri (秋田竿燈まつり) is an annual festival to pray for a good harvest known for the…
Asagaya Tanabata Matsuri 2025
Asagaya Station Asagaya Station, 3-58 Asagayaminami, Suginami, TokyoEvery year at the beginning of August this shopping center in Suginami ward sees visitors come from all…
Aomori Nebuta Matsuri 2025
Aomori 青森駅, 1-1 Yanakawa, Aomori, AomoriA summer event that is one part of the wider Tanabata celebrations, Nebuta festivals are held throughout Japan,…
Sumidagawa Paper Lantern Floating 2025
Asakusa Asakusa Station, 2-20 Kaminarimon, Taito, TokyoSumidagawa 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, GunmaHeld 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, YamgataThe 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, MiyagiTanabata 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, TokushimaThere 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, SaitamaThe 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, NagasakiBon Festival celebrations welcoming back ancestors from the spirit world
Gozan no Okuribi 2025
Kyoto City Kyoto, Kyoto, KyotoDaimonji 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, TokyoAzabu-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, TokyoThe 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, TokyoAwa 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, TokyoThis 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, TokyoHeld 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, TokyoOwing 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, TokyoPopular 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, TokyoWell-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, IshikawaJazz 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, TokyoSix 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, ChibaThe Ohara Hadaka Matsuri (大原はだか祭り, “Ohara Naked Festival”) is a 2-day annual festival held in Isumi City, Chiba.…