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 1 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

April 2026 1 events

Kasama Himatsuri Pottery Festival

Kasama Geijutsu no Mori Park, Kasama, Ibaraki

There are as many shapes of vessel as there are artists. Kasama in Ibaraki is one of the Kanto region's leading pottery

May 2026 2 events

Hagi Pottery Festival

Hagi Civic Gymnasium and around, Hagi, Yamaguchi

A vessel whose face changes the more you use it. Hagi in Yamaguchi is the home of Hagi ware, long loved by tea masters,

Craft Fair Matsumoto

Agata-no-Mori Park, Arigasaki, Matsumoto, Nagano

Making things, celebrated by a whole town. In Matsumoto, Nagano, at Agata-no-Mori Park, on the last weekend of May, Craf

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

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

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

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

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