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Yokote Kamakura Museum

Yokote Kamakura Museum

Justin Velgus

I’m talking of course about the Kamakura Festival.... Each February during the festival, dozens of large kamakura line the streets

Akita 1
Matsuyama Matsuri

Matsuyama Matsuri

Anonymous

Matsuyama Matsuri is a three-day dance festival that takes place in the hottest days of August. It’s a very entertaining spectacle.

Ehime
Jion-ji Temple - Kasukabe

Jion-ji Temple - Kasukabe

Justin Dart

Throughout the year a number of smaller festivals are held in the local... community, with the April 8th 'hana-matsuri' (flower festival)

Saitama 1
Echizen Asakura Mantoya Lightup 2025

Echizen Asakura Mantoya Lightup 2025

Aug 23rd - Aug 24th

Along with the 'Mantoya' light-up, a 'Sengoku Festival'... The ruins, (i.e. the festival venue) were once the castle town of the Asakura

Fukui 8 Free Entry
Cosquerade at Fushigi-ichi 2026

Cosquerade at Fushigi-ichi 2026

Mid May

The Fushigi-ichi matsuri held in front of Yokogawa station every April includes many festival-goers in elaborate cosplay costumes.

Hiroshima 2 Free Entry
Yoichi Matsuri 2025

Yoichi Matsuri 2025

Early Aug

August Festival in Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture honoring the local hero Nasu No Yoichi

Tochigi Free Entry