Culture Toronagashi in Sasebo 2024 Thursday - Aug 15th The souls of Sasebo's departed are guided back to their eternal rest by lanterns set afloat on the Sasebo River on the final..
Culture Hakata Temple Tour 2024 Early Nov Hakata has a fine collection of temples and shrines that make for a relaxing day's stroll. Once a year the city lights up the..
Activities Air Memorial in Kanoya 2025 Late Apr Celebrating the JMSDF's 60th anniversary, the 2014 Air Memorial in Kanoya features the exhibition flying of Blue Impulse, JASDF's..
Culture Kashima Gatalympics 2024 Sunday - Jun 2nd Japan's craziest sporting event held on the mudflats of Kashima.
Culture Kajiki Spider Fighting Festival 2024 Sunday - Jun 16th The townsfolk of Kajiki, a town in Aira City, Kagoshima, happily partake in a tradition which reaches back over four-hundred years:..
Culture Hakata Gion Yamakasa 2024 Jul 1st - Jul 15th Fukuoka's most exciting festival: it's 5 am, the streets are packed, and the men are running.
Culture The Kokura Gion Festival 2024 Mid Jul The Kokura Gion Festival is a frenzy of mid-summer community drumming in northern Kyushu. Get your taiko on!
Culture Kowakamai Dance in Miyama 2025 Late Jan Kowakamai, a 700 year old dance style, is still performed every year on Janaury 20th in southern Fukuoka prefecture.