Sasebo Seaside Festival, Nagasaki
Postponed
Nagasaki becomes Kyushu’s party capital in early August, with the Sasebo Seaside Festival. The Festival’s …
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Shoro Nagashi Lantern Floating Ceremony
CancelledFor 2020, the ceremony will take place, but it is closed to sightseers. Only participants who have lost relatives since …
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Nagasaki Kyoryuchi Festival
Kyoryuchi is the shortened name for the Nagasaki Foreign Settlement in Oura – an area that dates from the late …
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Huisten Bosch Kyushu Ichi Fireworks Festival
As the “ichi” in the name suggests, this fireworks festival is touted as the best in the whole of Kyushu. …
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Nagasaki Kunchi Festival
CancelledThis vibrant celebration of Nagasaki’s multicultural history is the event in the area’s autumn calendar. …
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Nagasaki Tall Ship Festival
RescheduledThe Nagasaki Tall Ship Festival takes place in April each year (resceduled to November for 2020) in the spectacular …
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Nagasaki Christmas
Christmas really does come early in Nagasaki—and, even if only 2% of Japanese are Christians, they do the season …
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Nagasaki Lantern Festival 2021
Featuring more than 15,000 lanterns, the festival originally started as a more simple Chinese New Year celebration. In …
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Glover Garden Night Illumination
Nagasaki is a city so soaked in the history of Japan and the West that you can hardly turn a corner without stepping …
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Kujuku Islands Oyster Eating Festival
As a preventative measure against the spread of COVID-19, this event has ended early on February 28, 2020 (instead of …
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Marine Festa in Kuchinotsu
As a port, Kuchinotsu began to flourish upon the arrival of the European traders. The town owes much to the sea so each …
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Nagasaki Port Festival
A summer festival with a variety of entertainment as well as fireworks on successive nights – all next to one of …
