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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
Kamakura's Hongaku-ji Temple 12

Kamakura's Hongaku-ji Temple

Larry Knipfing

Hongaku-ji Temple in Kamakura features an impressive old bell, lotus in pots in the summer, and a festival on New Year's Eve that includes eating and drinking

Kanagawa
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
Uchiko's Sasa Matsuri 2025

Uchiko's Sasa Matsuri 2025

Early Aug

Uchiko's Sasa Matsuri—or bamboo festival—is a major part of the town... involved today, it's the businesses of Uchiko that established the festival

Ehime 1 Free Entry