Nightlife Bentenjima Fireworks Festival 2024 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 2024 Early Jul Tarai-bune, also known as "tub boats," are traditional Japanese wooden boats which were traditionally used for fishing. The Matsukawa..
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..