Suwa Onbashira Festival
Japan's most dangerous festival — several participants don't make it back home...
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Konomiya Naked Festival
9,000 men, freezing water, and one God-man. Japan’s wildest naked festival is not for the faint-hearted.
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Nagasaki Lantern Festival 2027
Head to Nagasaki Lantern Festival to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
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Shigisan Tiger Festival
Attend a parade that features a portable shrine topped with a tiger and traditional Japanese instruments.
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Saidai-ji Eyo Hadaka Festival
Another one of Japan's renowned "naked" festivals (sort of).
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Ichiya Kanjo (One Night) Festival
A smaller, but unique festival in Osaka for fans of traditional Japanese culture
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Tadami Snow Festival
Tadami has an abundance of snow, from which participants carve giant monuments and statues.
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Yokote Kamakura Snow Festival
Magical, candle-lit hollowed out snow mounds, rice wine, and daifuku (rice cakes). What's not to love?
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Hirosaki Castle Snow Lantern Festival
A quaint snow festival complete with snow sculptures and entertainment.
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Kasedori Festival
This unique festival gets its name from the straw coats worn by the participants.
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Mihara Daruma Festival
Festival food and daruma dolls aplenty. For a daruma market of historic proportions, there's none quite like Mihara City's annual Daruma Festival.
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Dojima Yakushido Setsubun Omizukumi Festival
Instead of bean-throwing, you toss joss sticks into a fire at this traditional Setsubun Festival.
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Demon Festival on Mount Yoshino in Nara
Fancy a dance with a demon? Nara's Kinpusenji Temple offers a unique Setsubun experience with its annual Demon Festival.
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Kayabuki no Sato Snow (Miyama Village) Lantern Festival
An amazing chance to see a remote, snow-covered thatched village illuminated with hundreds of lanterns.
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People-Throwing and Ash-Smearing Festival
Watch men get tossed into snow and behold the messy ash-smearing chaos.
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Dontosai Festival
Put some heat into your winter and New Year with this steamy (in more ways than one!) festival.
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Osaka Toka Ebisu Festival
Join the festive atmosphere of Osaka’s Toka Ebisu Festival at Imamiya Ebisu Shrine, where locals gather to pray for wealth and success while enjoying street food and lively parades.
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Maebashi Hatsuichi Daruma Festival
Daruma dolls are set alight in a traditional Japanese festival.
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Kasuga Wakamiya On-Matsuri
A traditional Japanese festival with roots tracing back to the 12th Century.
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