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.
Culture Yunishigawa Kamakura Festival 2027 Late Jan - Early Mar Each winter, the small onsen town of Yunishigawa, in Tochigi's Nikko area, transforms into a winter wonderland with hundreds..
Activities Tokyo Marathon Expo 2027 Early Mar Discover the latest innovations in running equipment, from running gears to apparels, during the largest running trade show of Japan...