Culture Enshu Hamakita Flying Dragon Festival 2025 Saturday - May 31st A festival held in honor of the dragon god of the Tenryu River, in Hamakita in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture. The culmination..
Culture Firefly Viewing at Okawa Onsen Takegasawa Park 2025 May 30th - Jun 8th Fireflies are a beloved symbol of early summer in Japan, and their incredible bioluminescent glow has captured the imagination of..
Nightlife Bentenjima Fireworks Festival 2025 Early Jul Bentenjima is a large island in Lake Hama. It holds one of the bigger, free, firework festivals in the area, usually on the first..
Culture Matsukawa Tarai Race 2025 Early Jul Tarai-bune, also known as "tub boats," are traditional Japanese wooden boats which were traditionally used for fishing. The Matsukawa..
Culture Summer Potato Festival 2025 Late Jul The Summer Potato Festival in Shizuoka is a celebration of all things sweet potato related, and the two-day event this July is expected..
Activities Kanzanji Lanterns & Fireworks 2025 Late Aug A fireworks display in the Kanzanji area of Lake Hamana
Food Shizuoka Chagori 2025 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..
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..
