Kurama Fire Festival 2025
Kurama Kurama Station, 191 Kuramahonmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, KyotoFire-festival held on 22 October each year famous for its procession of men bearing huge flaming torches, some…
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Kyoto: Jidai Matsuri 2025
Kyoto City Kyoto, Kyoto, KyotoJidai Matsuri (時代祭, "Festival of the Ages") celebrates the foundation of Kyoto and is held on the 22…
Nihombashi-Kyobashi Matsuri 2025
Nihombashi 日本橋, 1-Chome Nihonbashimuromachi, Chuo, TokyoIf you know a little about the history of Japan then you’ll have heard of the “Five Routes”…
Mount Takao Autumn Leaves Festival 2025
Kiyotaki Station 清滝駅, Takaomachi, Hachioji, TokyoThe Mount Takao Autumn Leaves Festival (“Mount Takao Momiji Matsuri”) is held throughout the month of November every…
Dream Yosacoy Festival 2025
Odaiba Daiba Station, 2 Chome-6 Daiba, Minato, TokyoThe Yosakoi Festival originated in Kochi prefecture in 1954 as an event to reinvigorate the region because it…
Nagasaki Tall Ships Festival 2025
Nagasaki Seaside Park Nagasaki Seaside Park, 22-17 Tokiwamachi, Nagasaki, NagasakiThe Nagasaki Tall Ships Festival (長崎帆船まつり, Nagasaki Hansen Matsuri) is one of a kind in Japan. It was…
November Fukuoka Sumo Tournament 2025
Fukuoka Kokusai Center 2-2 Chikkōhonmachi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, FukuokaSix major sumo tournaments (called honbasho) are held during the year—one on each odd month, each taking place…
Chichibu Yomatsuri 2025
Chichibu Shrine 秩父神社, 1-3 Banbamachi, Chichibu, SaitamaOne of Japan’s greatest hikiyama (float) festivals, the Chichibu Yomatsuri is held 2-3 December every year and attracts…
Philippine Festival 2025
Yoyogi Park (Events Area) 代々木公園野外ステージ, 2-2-3 Jinnan, Shibuya, TokyoA celebration of Philippine culture in Tokyo. There are over 30,000 Filipinos living and working in Tokyo, and…
Sengakuji’s Ako Gishi Sai 2025
Sengakuji Sengaku-ji, 2-11-1 Takanawa, Minato, TokyoThe story of the 47 ronin is one of Japan’s most celebrated and famous. While in English it…
December Setagaya Boroichi Market 2025
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…
Hakone Ekiden 2026
Yomiuri Shimbun HQ 読売新聞 東京本社, 1-7-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda, TokyoEkiden (駅伝) is the term for road relay in Japanese, the two kanji meaning “station” and “transmission” in…
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…
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,…