Festivals Shinshu Matsumoto Soba Festival 2026 Mid Oct The Shinshu Matsumoto Soba Festival is an annual event which has been running for almost 20 years now, and it brings soba restaurants..
Music Shinjo Matsuri 2026 Aug 24th - Aug 26th Shinjo, in Yamagata, hosts this annual festival in which giant floats are paraded through the city.
Festivals Enma Market 2026 Jun 14th - Jun 16th Held from June 14th to 16th, the historic Enma Market in Niigata's Kashiwazaki area draws more than 200,000 visitors each year...
Festivals Laos Festival 2026 May 23rd - May 24th The Laos Festival in Yoyogi Park brings food, drinks, music and culture to Tokyo. Don't forget to try the laap!
Festivals Setsubun Bean Throwing Train 2027 Early Feb A special event hosted by Chichibu Railway takes the bean-throwing fun of Setsubun onto their train network, starting from Kumagaya..
Festivals Hatsumode in Asakusa 2027 Jan 1st - Jan 7th The first visit to the shrine in the new year is called Hatsumode, and it attracts quite some crowds every year, and I think it..
Festivals Plum Blossom at Jonan-gu in Kyoto 2027 Mid Feb - Late Mar Jonangu in Fushimi, Kyoto is a Heian era Shinto shrine with a camellia and plum blossom festival in February and March
Arts & Crafts Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative... Early - Late Feb Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions: festival for still images and moving pictures.