Activities Cosmos Season at the Kurohime Plateau 2025 Early Aug - Early Oct Nagano's Kurohime Plateau has been home to cosmos flowers for almost the last 50 years, and the area is a popular picnic spot..
Culture Miyako Grape Festival 2025 Early Oct If you're a grape aficionado, Kanagawa's Miyako Farm will be hosting a grape festival on two consecutive Saturdays this..
Activities Paantu Festival in Okinawa 2025 Early Oct Okinawa's Miyakojima island celebrates the Paantu festival – an ancient form of exorcism involving supernatural creatures,..
Dontsuku Festival 2025 Early Oct The fertility-focused Dontsuku Festival sees a giant wooden phallus placed on a mikoshi (portable shrine) and paraded around Inatori..
Culture Tsurugi Horai Festival 2025 Oct 4th - Oct 5th The Tsurugi Horai Matsuri is a festival held every October in Tsurugi, Hakusan. It has been running annually for over 800 years,..
Culture Rice Field Art in Gyoda 2025 Early Jul - Early Oct Guinness World Record holding rice field art closest to both Tokyo and a rugby world cup stadium.
Culture Tsubame Sanjo Factory Festival 2025 Early Oct Tsubame Sanjo is a region of Niigata Prefecture well known for its manufacturing industry, specifically for metalwork, blacksmithing..
