Culture Shitamachi Tanabata Matsuri 2025 Jul 5th - Jul 6th Stretching from Ueno to Asakusa, Shitamachi Tanabata features countless decorations, dancing, food and streets and live performances...
Culture Hiratsuka Tanabata 2025 Jul 4th - Jul 6th Celebrate the ancient legend of Tanabata in Kanagawa's coastal town Hiratsuka.
Activities Senshu Beach Lantern Festival 2025 Jul 5th - Jul 6th Lanterns have long been used in various cultures as a way of warding off evil spirits, for providing light, and for making wishes..
Culture Kamodai Bon Odori 2025 Early Jul The Kamodai Bon Odori is run by Taisho University and has taken place since 2011 to remember victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake...
Activities Light of Hope 2025 Sunday - Jul 6th Each month for two weeks Gyoda City has a floral water font (hanachozu) event. For one night during those two weeks they also have..
Activities Kitakami River Rubber Boat Race 2025 Sunday - Jul 6th An annual rubber race down the Kitakami River in Morioka. You can enter as a competitor or simply as a slow cruise down the river..
Culture Narita Gion Matsuri 2025 Jul 4th - Jul 6th Narita Gion Festival, celebrated for three days in July, features elaborate festival floats, omikoshi portable shrine processions,..
Culture Matsukawa Tarai Race 2025 Sunday - Jul 6th Tarai-bune, also known as "tub boats," are traditional Japanese wooden boats which were traditionally used for fishing. The Matsukawa..
