Tightrope Lion Dance
One of Japan’s more unusual festivals, here you can watch brave performers balance on a tightrope strung across a 10m-wide valley while wearing a heavy headdress. Held in the grounds of …
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Kobe Festival
PostponedThis year’s Kobe Festival isn’t postponed exactly. It won’t be held in 2022, but a substitute event will instead, at Meriken Park. There will be performances and a market of …
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Nada no Kenka Festival
The Nada no Kenka Matsuri is a fighting festival held at Matubara Hachiman Shrine in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture in October. The first day of celebrations sees seven yatai floats from seven …
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2023 Kobe Port Fireworks Festival
In 2022, there will be a small-scale firework event with a 10-minute firework show every day for 5 consecutive days. Officially the “Kobe Port Marine Fireworks Festival”, this event …
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Himeji Castle Light-up
Himeji Castle has several illumination events throughout the year. For 2022, the winter illumination event will have the title “Castle History” as 2023 will be the 30th anniversary of …
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Kobe Luminarie 2023
Update: For 2022, the illuminations will once again be postponed, but an alternative event will take place. See below for details. Kobe Luminarie is an annual winter light-up held in memory of …
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Nankinmachi Lantern Fair
The already beautiful and bustling streets of Kobe’s China Town will be decorated with hundreds of red lanterns until January 9. The magical surroundings are perfect for an evening stroll …
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Osaka Illuminage
Illuminage will happen at five venues this year throughout Osaka and Kobe (and even one in Fukuoka) — that’s a lot of lights. For more of Osaka’s best winter illuminations, …
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