Japan

Events & Gatherings

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October 2026 1 events

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 2 events

Izushi Pottery Festival

Izushi castle town, Toyooka, Hyogo

It is simply white. That is Izushi ware. In Izushi, part of Toyooka in Hyogo, a small castle town called the little Kyot

Echizen Crab Season Opening

Roadside Station Echizen, 71-335-1 Kuriya, Echizen, Nyu District, Fukui

November 6th. The date does not move, and in this part of Fukui it functions as a second new year. It is the day the Ec

Year-round

Jinya-mae Morning Market

岐阜県高山市八軒町1-5

Every morning, farmers come down from the mountain villages and set up their stalls in front of a government house that

Market Shikoku K

Kochi Sunday Market

Otesujii, Kochi City, Kochi

Every Sunday morning, the boulevard leading to Kochi Castle becomes a different kind of road. Both lanes are closed to

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 Hokkaido H

Hakodate Morning Market

9-19 Wakamatsu-cho, Hakodate, Hokkaido

One minute on foot from Hakodate Station, and the city changes register entirely. About 250 stalls spread across roughl

50 Kami-Omichocho, Kanazawa, Ishikawa

Locals call it Omicho. The market opened in 1721, during the era of the Kaga domain, when a fire destroyed several mark

Market Okinawa M

Makishi Public Market

2-10-1 Matsuo, Naha, Okinawa

In Okinawa, a market is called a machigwaa. Step inside, and the fish on the counters are colors you won't find on the

Daily (closed Wed)

Nishikikoji-dori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto

It has long been called Kyoto's kitchen. Nishiki Market runs about three hundred and ninety meters under its arcade, lin

Heian Flea Market

Okazaki Park, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto

Once a month, someone's past gathers in a plaza. At Okazaki Park in Kyoto, the Heian Flea Market sets up on the second S

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

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

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

Nipponbashi 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka

People call it Osaka's kitchen. Kuromon Market stretches about five hundred and eighty meters, lined with some hundred a

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

Market Chugoku K

Kurashiki Tenryo Morning Market

Around the Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter, Honmachi, Kurashiki, Okayama

In a town of white walls, a morning market sets up. Kurashiki in Okayama prospered in the Edo period as a tenryo, a terr

Market Chugoku D

毎朝（通年）

Dogo Onsen Morning Market

Dogo Yunomachi, Matsuyama, Ehime

Dogo Onsen is one of the oldest hot springs in Japan — old enough to appear in the Man'yoshu poetry anthology, old enoug

Market Kyushu Y

月〜土 8:00〜17:00頃（日曜・祝日定休）

Yanagibashi Market: Where Hakata's Chefs Begin Their Day

1 Haruyoshi, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka City

Before the restaurants open, the chefs of Hakata come here. Yanagibashi Rengo-ichiba has been supplying Fukuoka's food i

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

Market Chugoku M

4月〜11月の毎週日曜（早朝）

Matsue Morning Market: Mist on the Canal

Along Fukuro River, Matsue City, Shimane

The mist from Lake Shinji moves through Matsue before the city wakes. Matsue is built on water — canals, the Ōhashi Rive

Market Tohoku M

毎週土曜 15:00〜20:00（5月〜11月）

Morioka Zaimokucho Evening Market: The City's Living Room

Zaimokucho, Morioka City, Iwate

On Saturday afternoons from May through November, the Zaimokucho district of Morioka becomes something between a market

Market Tohoku S

毎週土曜（早朝〜午前中）

Sendai Wholesale Market: Open to Everyone on Saturdays

Oroshimachi, Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

The Sendai wholesale market operates six days a week supplying the city's restaurants and hotels. On Saturday mornings,

Market Tohoku N

週末・祝日（4月〜11月）

Nasu Kogen Farmers Market: The New Countryside

Nasu Town, Nasu-gun, Tochigi

The farmers at the Nasu Kogen market did not all grow up farming. A significant portion moved here from Tokyo — people w

Market Okinawa I

毎日（通年）

Ishigaki Euglena Mall: The Kitchen of the Yaeyamas

Near Ishigaki Public Market, Okawa, Ishigaki City, Okinawa

Before the ferry to Taketomi or Iriomote or any of the outer Yaeyama islands, stop at the market. The covered arcade nea

毎月第1日曜（早朝〜午前中）

Kasugai Mitake Onsen Morning Market: First Sunday of Every Month

Mitake Onsen grounds, Uchinai, Kasugai City, Aichi

Once a month, on the first Sunday, the grounds of Mitake Onsen in Kasugai become a morning market. Farmers from the surr

Market Kyushu A

週末・祝日（通年）

Aoshima Morning Market

Aoshima, Miyazaki City, Miyazaki

Miyazaki grows mangoes that the rest of Japan considers luxury items. At the morning market near Aoshima Shrine, they ar

Market Chugoku K

毎月第1日曜

Kurashiki Bikan Quarter Craft Market

Honmachi, Kurashiki City, Okayama

Kurashiki's Bikan district is one of Japan's most photographed historic streetscapes — white-walled warehouses reflected

不定期（月1〜2回）

Kobe Kitano Antique Market

Kitanocho, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo

Kobe's Kitano district was built for the foreign traders who arrived after the port opened in the 1860s. Their houses —

Market Hokkaido H

通年（夏〜秋に屋外マルシェ開催）

Hakodate Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse Marché

14-12 Suehirocho, Hakodate City, Hokkaido

The Kanemori warehouses were built for trade when Hakodate was Japan's first major port to open to the West. They are re

Market Hokkaido A

通年（早朝〜午前中）

Asahikawa Asappa Farm Direct Market

Kagura, Asahikawa City, Hokkaido

The Tokachi plain to the south and the Kamikawa basin that surrounds Asahikawa are among Japan's most productive agricul

Market Chugoku H

不定期（月1〜2回）

Hiroshima Asagiri Bridge Flea Market

Along Motoyasu River, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City

The market runs along the Motoyasu River, within sight of the Atomic Bomb Dome. This proximity is not ironic; it is simp

Market Okinawa T

通年（各工房が常設営業）

Tsuboya Yachimun Street: Okinawa's Living Pottery District

Tsuboya, Naha City, Okinawa

Yachimun is the Okinawan word for pottery, and Tsuboya is where it has been made for three hundred years. The district s

Market Kyushu N

不定期（月1〜2回）

Nagasaki Megane-bashi Bridge Flea Market

Along Nakashima River near Megane-bashi, Nagasaki City

The Megane-bashi — the Spectacles Bridge, named for the double arch reflected in the water — was built in 1634 by Chines

Market Tohoku H

4月〜11月（定期開催）

Hirosaki Dote no Ichi: The Market That Outlasted the Feudal Doma

Dotecho shopping district, Hirosaki City, Aomori

Hirosaki is the center of Japan's apple-growing region, and the market at Dotecho brings this fact into the city with a

Market Tohoku Y

9月第1日曜（山形市の大鍋）、9月全般は各地で芋煮会

Yamagata Imoni-kai: River Bank Stew as Community Ritual

Mamigasaki River bank, Yamagata City, Yamagata

Each September, the riverbanks of Yamagata fill with smoke. Groups of friends, colleagues, and families set up gas burne

Market Tohoku A

毎週日曜（通年）

Aizu Nanukamaichi Morning Market: Two Hundred Years on the Same Street

Nanukamaichi, Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima

The Nanukamaichi morning market has been running every Sunday for more than two hundred years, which means it has contin

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

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

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

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

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