Culture Umeda Tanabata Festival 2026 Early Jun - Early Aug The Umeda Tanabata Festival showcases a variety of decorations on loan from the well-known Sendai Tanabata Festival in Miyagi Prefecture.
Yamagata Imonikai Festival 2026 Mid Sep In 2018, the Yamagata Imonikai Festival earned a Guinness World Record... In 2023, the festival served 30,000 bowls of Yamagata’s soul food—imoni
Hachijojima Freesia Festival 2026 Mar 20th - Apr 5th Running from late March through until early April, the Hachijojima Freesia Festival has been an annual event since 1967 and includes an amazing 350,000
Culture Kahoen Hydrangea Festival 2026 Late Jun - Early Jul During peak hydrangea season, Kyoto's Kahoen garden is set to be filled with around 10,000 hydrangea bushes in bloom.
Culture Setagaya Bread Festival 2026 Early Nov The Setagaya Bread Festival has been running for over a decade, and the two-day carb extravaganza will feature delicious eats from around 100 bakeries.
Culture Shimonoseki Fugu Festival 2027 Mid Feb Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture is often regarded as Japan's fugu (pufferfish) capital, and an annual festival at the Nanfu Tomari Fishing Port celebrates
Activities Odate Rose Festival Kim Bergström The annual Odate Rose Festival takes place at the Ishida Rose Garden in Akita, and the event showcases around 500 different types of these beautiful flowers
Activities Fuefuki Spring Festival Kim Bergström The Fuefuki area of Yamanashi Prefecture is renowned for its springtime beauty. Though there are plenty of cherry blossom trees..