Culture Abare Matsuri 2025 Jul 4th - Jul 5th One of Japan’s most violent and fiery festivals, the Abare Matsuri is a 2-day event that ends with a Mikoshi shrine being ceremoniously destroyed and burnt
Recommended Culture Sanja Matsuri 2026 Mid May Sanja Matsuri is one of Tokyo's biggest festivals and features over 100 mikoshi floats paraded through the grounds of Senso-ji temple.
Culture Haneda Matsuri 2025 Late Jul At this lively traditional summer festival, the mikoshi, or the portable... As Haneda used to be a fishermen’s town, the mikoshi is carried in a unique
Culture Tsurugi Horai Festival 2025 Oct 4th - Oct 5th Shrine, where the God of the Shrine is carried around town in a 'mikoshi... A group of 40-year-old men from Tsurugi carries the mikoshi around town
Culture Yono Summer Festival 2025 Jul 19th - Jul 20th The event includes a variety of ornate mikoshi (portable shrines) from local neighborhoods being paraded around the streets.
Culture Tokushima Yokai Festival 2025 Mid Nov Miyoshi City in Tokushima Prefecture on Japan's Shikoku island holds an annual yokai ghost festival in November.
Culture Hachinohe Sansha Taisai 2025 Jul 31st - Aug 4th The festival has a few different elements, including a mikoshi (portable
Historical Nada no Kenka Matsuri - Day 2 José Manuel Zardain However, only one district has the honor to carry the mikoshi (portable... There are three mikoshi.
