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Mino Festival 2026

Mino Festival 2026

Mid Apr

The Mino Festival is held every year on the second Saturday and Sunday of April, and the event is best known for several flower mikoshi (portable shrines

Gifu Free Entry
Dogo Onsen Festival 2026

Dogo Onsen Festival 2026

Mar 19th - Mar 21st

Activities include parades in historical costumes, geisha games, and omikoshi... distinctive is that many of the key players are women, including a female mikoshi

Ehime Free Entry
Yoshida Fire Festival 2026

Yoshida Fire Festival 2026

Aug 26th - Aug 27th

vibrant two-day ritual captivates thousands with its dramatic torches, mikoshi... The highlight is the two mikoshi: “Omyojin-san” and “Goei” (also referred

Yamanashi
Sakura Autumn Festival 2026

Sakura Autumn Festival 2026

Mid Oct

The city is filled with floats, sacred sake stands, and mikoshi (portable shrines) parading through the streets, creating a cherished seasonal celebration

Chiba Free Entry
Haneda-jinja Shrine

Haneda-jinja Shrine

Featured

weekend in July, the shrine holds a colorful festival where numerous mikoshi... Through a crowd of 30,000 people, the mikoshis are carried in a special

Tokyo
Awara Yukake Festival 2026

Awara Yukake Festival 2026

Early Aug

Yukake Festival is a two-day event where locals and visitors come together to give thanks for the blessings of the town's 74 hot springs, by drenching a mikoshi

Fukui Free Entry
Ohara Hadaka 'Naked Man' Festival 2026

Ohara Hadaka 'Naked Man' Festival 2026

Late Sep

Loincloth-clad men carry portable mikoshi shrines into the sea as part... During the Festival The festivities begin in the morning, where mikoshi

Chiba Free Entry