Culture Yabusame Shinji 2026 Sunday - May 3rd Every year in early May. witness the Yabusame Shinji at Shimogamo shrine, where Japanese mounted archers fire arrows at enemy targets...
Culture Niigata Fireworks Festival 2026 Mid Aug As with many summer festivals, the highlight of the Niigata Festival is the fireworks in the evening over the river. On Friday..
Culture Shimada Obi Festival 2026 Mid Oct Shimada, Shizuoka is home to one of Japan's three most unusual festivals, the Obi Festival, which takes place only once every..
Culture Paper Balloon Festival in Semboku 2027 Wednesday - Feb 10th The Paper Balloon festival is a very colourful festival in the middle of the Akita winter
Culture Namahage Sedo Festival 2027 Mid Feb The Namahage Festival is held each year on the second Friday, Saturday and Sunday of February, around the time of the old or lunar..
Culture Yuzawa Inukko Dog Festival 2027 Mid Feb The Inukko dog festival is held on the second weekend in February in Yuzawa City in Akita
Culture Yabusame Horse Archery Tsuwano 2026 Sunday - Apr 5th Yabusame is a horse archery festival in Tsuwano, held on the second Sunday of April every year. The horse archery ground in Tsuwano..
Culture Some no Komichi Dyeing Festival 2027 Late Feb Traditionally, dye producers used to hang their dyed fabric along the Myoshoji River in the Nakai/Ochiai neighbourhood.