Culture Yuzawa Inukko Dog Festival 2026 Feb 14th - Feb 15th The Inukko dog festival is held on the second weekend in February in Yuzawa City in Akita
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 Yunishigawa Kamakura Festival 2026 Jan 30th - Mar 1st Each winter, the small onsen town of Yunishigawa, in Tochigi's Nikko area, transforms into a winter wonderland with hundreds..
Activities Tokyo Marathon Expo 2026 Sunday - Mar 1st Discover the latest innovations in running equipment, from running gears to apparels, during the largest running trade show of Japan...
Culture Some no Komichi Dyeing Festival 2026 Feb 20th - Feb 22nd Traditionally, dye producers used to hang their dyed fabric along the Myoshoji River in the Nakai/Ochiai neighbourhood.
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..