12 Festivals Spring at Hirano Shrine Cathy Cawood Photos of cherry blossom festival at Hirano Shrine, the oldest annual festival in Kyoto, begun in 985.
Historical Atago Shrine Tony Mariani The shrine hosts a new year’s festival (January 23-24), a cherry blossom... festival (April 1-15), Tanabata (Star) festival (July 7), Hozuki summer
15 Festivals Sanja Matsuri, Asakusa George Popescu During the festival the area around Asakusa's Sensoji Temple is filled with hundreds of people.
7 Temples & Shrines Todaiji Temple Light Up, Nara Manish Prabhune In Nara, the annual Tokae Festival gives you the rare chance to see a night-time illumination at Todaiji temple.
Music Shinjo Matsuri 2025 Aug 24th - Aug 26th Shinjo, in Yamagata, hosts this annual festival in which giant floats are paraded through the city.
10 Historical Omikoshi Soneri Anonymous On the first Sunday of May, a general exhibition of Ehime's various festivals is held in the grounds of Matsuyama Castle.
14 Temples & Shrines Hokkaido Jingu in Sapporo Valerie Kor Children celebrate the shichi-go-san festival with their families
6 Historical Yabusame at Kumamoto Castle Mandy Bartok A yabusame event involving Japanese archers on horseback is held every year on the grounds outside Kumamoto Castle as part of the castle's autumn festival
