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All Festival 85 Market 41 Gathering 23 Residency 27 Workshop 22 Community 2
All regions Hokkaido 9 Tohoku 37 Kanto 22 Chubu 33 Kinki 30 Chugoku 21 Shikoku 6 Kyushu 26 Okinawa 9 Other 7
August 2026 2 events
08/07–08/09
Festival Kanto
Numata Festival
Around Numata Station, Numata, Gunma
A Tengu walks through the town. In Numata, Gunma, the summer festival sends a procession bearing great Tengu masks throu
08/26–08/27
Festival Kanto
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
December 2026 1 events
12/02–12/03
Festival Kanto
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
May 2026 1 events
05/15–05/17
Festival Kanto
Sanja Matsuri
2-3-1 Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo (Asakusa Shrine)
Asakusa fills with portable shrines. In May, the old downtown district of Tokyo holds the Sanja Matsuri, said to draw 1.
Year-round
毎年4月13〜17日
Festival Kanto
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
毎年7月（本祭）・10月（秋祭）
Festival Kanto
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
毎年5月3日
Festival Kanto
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