Culture 1,000 Samurai Procession in Nikko 2026 Monday - May 18th The wider here is the Nikko Toshogu Shrine Spring Grand Festival (Nikko... This Togyosai festival procession takes on the second day (May 18th), where
Culture Hanagasa Matsuri 2025 Aug 5th - Aug 7th Hanagasa Matsuri is a dance festival which originiated in Obanazawa but is now celebrated across Yamagata every summer.
11 Gardens & Parks Lotus Heaven in Fukui Larry Knipfing Minami Echizen's summer lotus festival is a real treat
Culture Traditional Ainu Dance 2025 Saturday - Jun 21st The Daisetsuzan Mountain Festival in Asahidake Onsen takes place every year around the middle of June and is meant to be the official start of the hiking
Museums Kyoto Machiya and Textiles Museum Bonson Lam As the custodian of the festival, his house here reflects the spirit and... tatami rooms and a display of a three hundred-year-old Hina Matsuri (doll festival
8 Gardens & Parks Nishiyama Park, Sabae Larry Knipfing There are also a number of festivals held in the park year round. The park also includes a green lawn zone (most parks in Japan don't have grass!)
6 Festivals Hifuri Shinji at Aso Shrine Mandy Bartok Blazing torches light up the night at the annual Fire Swinging Festival near Kumamoto's volcanic Mt Aso
Festivals Plum Blossom at Jonan-gu in Kyoto 2026 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
