Activities Kanzanji Lanterns & Fireworks 2024 Late Aug A fireworks display in the Kanzanji area of Lake Hamana
Dontsuku Festival 2024 Late Sep The fertility-focused Dontsuku Festival sees a giant wooden phallus placed on a mikoshi (portable shrine) and paraded around Inatori..
Food Shizuoka Chagori 2024 Early Jul - Late Sep In Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan, over sixty cafes and tea retailers have come together to create gourmet tea inspired shaved..
Festivals Hamamatsu Cup Festa Samba 2024 Early Oct A samba contest with both local and professional samba teams taking part.
Culture Shimada Obi Festival 2024 Early - Mid Oct Shimada, Shizuoka is home to one of Japan's three most unusual festivals, the Obi Festival, which takes place only once every..
Activities Inatori Hosono Kogen Pampas Grass Festival 2024 Early - Late Oct Now running for over a decade, the Inatori Hosono Kogen Pampas Grass Festival celebrates this beautiful autumn plant with a variety..
Culture Atami Marine Fireworks Festival 2024 Feb 12th - Nov 4th The Atami Marine Fireworks Festival originally started in 1952 as a celebration of the area's reconstruction efforts after Typhoon..
Culture Daidogei World Cup 2024 Early Nov At the start of November, the annual Street Performance World Cup will be held in Shizuoka in central Japan. It's a hugely fun..