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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
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
Furukawa Festival 2026

Furukawa Festival 2026

Apr 19th - Apr 20th

Highlights Mikoshi (portable shrine) processions Okoshi-Daiko (“rousing... drum”) night parade Yatai (festival floats) parades Mikoshi processions

Gifu Free Entry
Ohara Hadaka 'Naked Man' Festival 2025

Ohara Hadaka 'Naked Man' Festival 2025

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
Fukagawa Hachiman Matsuri 2025

Fukagawa Hachiman Matsuri 2025

Mid Aug

Nicknamed mizu-kake matsuri, literally water throwing festival, you will its meaning where people throw water on the mikoshi.

Tokyo 6 Free Entry
Hato Festival 2025

Hato Festival 2025

Late Jul

The normally quiet area around Kanzaki Shrine comes alive with excitement as a mikoshi (portable shrine) is paraded to Kiku Port.

Tottori Free Entry