Culture Hanagasa Matsuri 2026 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
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
Culture Uchiko's Sasa Matsuri 2026 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
Culture Traditional Ainu Dance 2026 Late Jun 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
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
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
Historical Asuka ni Imasu Shrine Matthew Eynon displayed on the shrine grounds, on the first Sunday of February every year a festival... The purpose of this festival is to ensure a bountiful crop in the upcoming