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All Festival 241 Market 45 Gathering 61 Residency 27 Workshop 22 Community 2
All regions Hokkaido 14 Tohoku 67 Kanto 63 Chubu 77 Kinki 64 Chugoku 39 Shikoku 13 Kyushu 47 Okinawa 12 Other 12
August 2026 2 events
Gathering Kanto K
08/22–08/22
Kanazawa Festival Fireworks (Yokohama)
Yokohama is a city of famous fireworks, but only one display lets you watch them from an actual beach. At Umi-no-Koen, t
Festival Kanto Y
08/26–08/27
Yoshida Fire Festival
5558 Kamiyoshida, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi
On the evening of August 26, more than seventy torches — each three meters tall — are lit simultaneously along a two-kil
September 2026 3 events
Festival Kanto O
09/18–09/19
Omuro Sengen Shrine Yabusame
Omuro Sengen Shrine, Shimoyoshida, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi
Yabusame, in the usual telling, is archery from horseback: a rider at full gallop loosing arrows at wooden targets, and
Festival Kanto I
09/19–09/21
Ishioka Matsuri: One of the Kanto's Three Great Festivals
Hitachi-no-kuni Sosha Shrine and city center, Ishioka, Ibaraki
The lions move through the town. In Ishioka, in Ibaraki, a three-day festival rises each September, ending on Respect f
Festival Kanto O
09/23–09/24
Ohara Hadaka Matsuri
Ohara Beach and central Ohara, Isumi, Chiba
Early in the afternoon of September 23rd, on a stretch of grey sand on the Pacific side of the Boso Peninsula, portable
October 2026 2 events
Festival Kanto K
10/17–10/18
Kawagoe Festival
The floats move through a town of storehouses. Kawagoe is sometimes called little Edo, and the name is earned: black-wa
Market Kanto M
10/31–11/03
Mashiko Pottery Fair
Jonaizaka and Sayado areas, Mashiko, Tochigi
Twice a year, a small pottery town in the Kanto hills receives more visitors than it can comfortably hold — and the visi
November 2026 1 events
Festival Kanto T
11/07–11/07
Tsuchiura National Fireworks Competition
Sakuragawa Riverside, Tsuchiura, Ibaraki
This is where the makers come to be judged. Since 1925, the finest pyrotechnicians in Japan have gathered on the banks o
December 2026 1 events
Festival Kanto C
12/02–12/03
Chichibu Night Festival
1-3 Banba-cho, Chichibu, Saitama (Chichibu Shrine)
In December, when most festivals have long ended, Chichibu lights its winter sky. This is one of Japan's three great flo
Year-round
Market Kanto K
Daily (closed Wed)
Katsuura Morning Market
Shimohoncho and Nakahoncho streets, Katsuura, Chiba
In the fishing town of Katsuura on the Boso Peninsula, a morning market has been held almost every day since 1591. It w
Market Kanto F
Every Sat & Sun
Farmer's Market at the United Nations University
United Nations University plaza, 5-53-70 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
In the middle of the city, you can talk to the people who grew it. In Aoyama, Tokyo, on the plaza before the United Nati
Market Kanto T
Daily
Tokyo Flea Market
Keiokaku, 4-31-1 Tamagawa, Chofu, Tokyo
Old things alone draw this many people. In Chofu, Tokyo, twice a year, in spring and autumn, the Tokyo Flea Market is he
Market Kanto T
Daily (closed Sun)
Tsukiji Outer Market
Tsukiji 4-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
The market moved, but the town remained. In Tsukiji, Tokyo, there once stood one of the world's largest fish markets. In
Market Kanto D
Daily
Design Festa
Tokyo Big Sight, 3-11-1 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo
Whether it is good or not is beside the point. The only question is whether you made it. At Tokyo Big Sight, twice a yea
Gathering Kanto K
Daily
KENPOKU ART (Ibaraki North Art Festival)
Northern Ibaraki, including Hitachi, Hitachiota, and Daigo
Sea and mountains: two faces in a single festival. Northern Ibaraki has a coastal area facing the Pacific and a mountain
Workshop Kanto M
Daily
Mashiko Pottery Experience
Mashiko, Haga District, Tochigi
Beauty in the vessels of everyday use. Mashiko in Tochigi is a leading pottery town of the Kanto region, with many studi
Festival Kanto N
毎年4月13〜17日
Nikko Yayoi Festival: Spring Floats of the Sacred Mountain
Futarasan Shrine, Nikko, Tochigi
Nikko is usually encountered through its excess. The Toshogu shrine — built to enshrine the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu — is
Festival Kanto S
毎年7月（本祭）・10月（秋祭）
Sawara Grand Festival: Floats on the Waterway
Suwa Shrine / Yasaka Shrine, Sawara, Katori City, Chiba
The floats barely fit through the streets. This is the defining experience of the Sawara Grand Festival: watching a stru
Market Kanto S
不定期（月1〜2回）
Shimokitazawa Vintage Market: The Neighborhood as Archive
Around Shimokitazawa Station, Setagaya, Tokyo
Shimokitazawa is the neighborhood that Tokyo's musicians, actors, and writers moved to before they were successful, and
Workshop Kanto E
通年（各工房により異なる）
Edo Kiriko: Cutting Glass the Way Tokyo Once Did
Sumida-ku / Koto-ku, Tokyo
The grinding wheel turns, and you press the glass against it. The glass resists, then yields — a shallow cut forming, ca
Workshop Kanto Y
通年（要予約）
Yuki Tsumugi: Threading the Oldest Silk Loom in Japan
Yuki City, Ibaraki
Yuki tsumugi begins with the cocoon. The silk is drawn by hand from the cocoons, spun by hand into thread, and woven on
Festival Kanto O
毎年5月3日
Odawara Hojo Godai Matsuri: Five Generations of Outsider Power
Odawara City, Kanagawa
The Later Hojo clan governed the Kanto region from Odawara for five generations, from the early sixteenth century until
Market Kanto O
毎月第1・第3土曜（不定期あり）
Omiya Hikawa Shrine Antique Market: Sacred Ground, Old Things
Musashi Ichinomiya Hikawa Shrine, Omiya-ku, Saitama City, Saitama
The approach to Hikawa Shrine extends for more than two kilometers through Omiya — a zelkova-lined path that is one of t
Market Kanto Y
季節ごとに開催（春・秋が中心）
Yokohama Yamashita Park Marché: Port City Produce by the Sea
Yamashita Park, Naka-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa
Yamashita Park runs along the Yokohama waterfront, with the passenger ship terminal visible to the north and the bay ope
Festival Kanto S
2026年7月25日（土）19:00〜20:30
Sumida River Fireworks Festival
Sumida River, Sumida/Taito, Tokyo
The river remembers. Long before the towers rose along its banks, before the trains and the neon, the Sumida carried boa
Festival Kanto E
2026年8月1日（土）19:15〜20:30
Edogawa Fireworks Festival
Edogawa Riverbank, Edogawa, Tokyo
It begins before you are ready. In the first five seconds, a thousand shells erupt at once—an opening so audacious that
Festival Kanto A
2026年4月〜12月の指定日（年間複数回開催）
Atami Sea Fireworks Festival
Atami Bay, Atami, Shizuoka
The fireworks thunder at the bottom of a bowl. Atami is a hot-spring town wedged between mountains and sea, and its bay
Festival Kanto O
2026年7月下旬〜8月（例年夏季）
Oarai Sea Fireworks Festival
Oarai Sun Beach, Oarai, Ibaraki
Fireworks stand up against the Pacific. Oarai is a seaside town on the Ibaraki coast, and what opens before it is the gr
Festival Kanto T
2026年7月中旬（例年7月）
Tonegawa Grand Fireworks Festival
Tone River, Sakai, Ibaraki
This is the grand stage of Bando Taro. That was the old name for the Tone River—"Bando Taro," the eldest son of the east
Festival Kanto K
2026年10月上旬（例年10月）
Konosu Fireworks Festival
Arakawa Riverbank, Konosu, Saitama
The largest shell in the world rises here. Konosu, on the wide gravel banks of the Arakawa River in Saitama, ends its di
craft Kanto N
通年（要予約・工房により異なる）
Nikko-bori Wood Carving Experience
Nikko City, Tochigi
You become heir to the hands that carved Toshogu. The Nikko Toshogu shrine, with its dazzling sculptures—the sleeping ca
Gathering Kanto S
小田原・厚木など神奈川県西部で、保存会により定期公演・神社祭礼で上演されます。日程は年により異なります。
Sagami Puppet Theatre
Puppet theatre, three to a figure. Sagami Ningyo is the puppet drama of western Kanagawa, around Odawara and Atsugi—the
Festival Kanto S
例年7月、七夕の時期に開催。豪華な竹飾りが商店街を埋めます。日程は年により異なります。
Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival
The sky disappears. At the Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata, the shopping streets are buried under enormous bamboo decorations
Festival Kanto K
例年8月上旬に開催。八木節の踊りと演奏で町が沸きます。日程は年により異なります。
Kiryu Yagibushi Festival
They beat on barrels. At the Kiryu Yagibushi Festival in August, the whole town rings with yagibushi—empty barrels stru
Festival Kanto N
例年7月上旬の金土日に開催。山車・屋台の総引きなど。日程は年により異なります。
Narita Gion Festival
Floats race up the temple approach. At the Narita Gion Festival in July, ten floats and stalls parade before Naritasan
Festival Kanto A
毎年12月第3日曜
Akutai Matsuri (Festival of Abuse)
102 Izumi, Kasama, Ibaraki
Once a year, on the third Sunday of December, it is not merely permitted but correct to hurl insults at a religious proc
Market Kanto S
12月・1月の15日・16日
Setagaya Boroichi Market
Boroichi-dori, Setagaya 1-chome, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
Tokyo's oldest market is not in Tsukiji or Ueno but on a narrow street in residential Setagaya, and it happens on four f
Festival Kanto K
2月下旬〜3月3日
Katsuura Big Hina Festival
Tomisaki Shrine and central Katsuura, Chiba
Every morning during the festival, volunteers in Katsuura carry some 1,800 hina dolls up the sixty stone steps of Tomisa
Market Kanto S
毎年1月6日・7日
Shorinzan Daruma Market
Shorinzan Darumaji Temple, Takasaki, Gunma
The high point of this fair arrives at two o'clock in the morning. Shorinzan Darumaji, a Zen temple in the hills west of
Festival Kanto I
5月下旬〜6月下旬
Itako Iris Festival
Suigo Itako Ayame Park, Itako, Ibaraki
The bride is real. That is the first thing to understand about Itako's iris festival, held from late May to late June in
Gathering Kanto A
10月中旬〜2月中旬
Ashikaga Flower Park Illumination
Ashikaga Flower Park, Ashikaga, Tochigi
Ashikaga Flower Park is famous for one tree: a 160-year-old wisteria whose canopy, each spring, draws visitors from arou
Festival Kanto S
毎年3月9日
Saitosai Festival at Kashima Jingu
Kashima Jingu, Kashima, Ibaraki
The sound is the thing you remember: twenty squads of fifteen men in brilliant costume, singing an ancient refrain — iya
Market Kanto J
毎年3月3日・4日
Jindaiji Daruma Market
Jindaiji Temple, Chofu, Tokyo
Look closely at a daruma from Jindaiji and you will find that its left eye is not a black dot but a written character: t
Festival Kanto M
3月第2日曜
Mt. Takao Fire-Walking Festival
Yakuoin prayer grounds, Mt. Takao, Hachioji, Tokyo
Most festivals ask you to watch. This one, at the foot of Mt. Takao on the second Sunday of March, ends by inviting you
Festival Kanto O
毎年大晦日夜〜元旦
Oji Fox Parade
Shozoku Inari to Oji Inari Shrine, Kita-ku, Tokyo
There is an old Edo story that on New Year's Eve, foxes from all over the Kanto plain would gather beneath a great hackb
Festival Kanto K
毎年9月13日
Kazusa Junisha Festival (Hadaka Beach Matsuri)
Tamasaki Shrine & Tsurigasaki Beach, Ichinomiya, Chiba
Once a year, a family of gods holds its reunion on a beach. On September 13, at the climax of the Kazusa Junisha Matsuri
Gathering Kanto S
例年11月中旬〜4月上旬
Sagamiko Illumillion
1634 Wakayanagi, Midori-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa
An hour west of Tokyo, the lights of the city thin out, the hills darken, and then — abruptly, extravagantly — six milli
Festival Kanto C
例年1月15日
Chakkirako
Kainan Shrine and central Misaki, Miura, Kanagawa
On the fifteenth of January, in the tuna port of Misaki at the tip of the Miura Peninsula, one of the smallest festivals