Aizen Festival
The Aizen Festival is touted as the first major summer festival in Osaka of the year. Along with the Tenjin Festival and the Sumiyoshi Festival, it’s also known as one of the three big …
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Sake Spring Kyoto 2023
Approximately 50 sake brewers from around Japan will be serving 150 different varieties of nihonshu (Japanese alcohol) along with food from 20 popular Japanese restaurants. In addition to booze …
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Tonegawa Fireworks Festival 2023
For the first time in three years, the Tonegawa Fireworks Festival will be held at Sakai Riverside Park. While usually happening in mid-July, they postponed the event in 2022 to September due to …
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Hakata Gion Yamakasa
Hakata Gion Yamasaka is a festival with a 750 year history that features fundoshi– (that ever popular festival garment)clad men race elaborately decorated floats that weigh in at one ton. …
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Ise Shrine Dedication Fireworks Festival
Take a seat on the Miyakawa river in Ise for one of the three biggest fireworks festivals in Japan. What happens? Around 9,000 fireworks will be launched and pyrotechnicians from across the …
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Nagoya Port Fireworks Festival 2023
Compared to other festivals around the country, with only 3,000 fireworks, the Nagoya Port Fireworks Festival seems relatively small. Despite this, the scenic location for the event and its …
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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 year a Marine Festival is held. The festival is now a one-day event with …
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Tobata Gion Yamagasa Festival
Tobata is a ward of the city of Kitakyushu in Fukuoka prefecture and this festival dates back over 200 years to when Tobata was a village. Yamagasa are tall floats that are carried around. At …
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Hita Gion Festival
The historic town of Hita in Oita Prefecture is the venue for the Hita Gion Matsuri in late July. Gion festivals are held throughout Japan in July, but each brings a touch of local flavor with …
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Ono Hiyoshi Shrine Sanno Festival
A large traditional festival which welcomes summer, the festivities stretch over two days and contains some great unique performances. What happens? The first day is demon payment day, aka …
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Nagoya July Grand Sumo Tournament
Held every July, this is the fourth of Japan’s six annual Sumo Tournaments, known as honbasho. With sumo rankings released a few weeks before, it’s a chance to see the traditional …
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Minato Matsuri Fireworks Display
Watch as 3,000 rockets are launched into the sky against the city skyline in a festival originally created to pray for the port’s safety and to bring visitors to the area. If the weather is …
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Kiso Mikoshi Makuri Festival
Taking place in the picturesque Kiso township of Nagano Prefecture, the Mikoshi Matsuri is an annual event involving approximately 100 wooden mikoshi (portable, shoulder-borne shrines). The …
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Tenjin Festival
Although this is held throughout Japan, the festival that takes place around Osaka Tenmangu Shrine is the most famous. Touted as one of Japan’s Top 3 festivals, the Tenjin Matsuri has a …
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Yamaguchi Gion Matsuri
The Kyoto of the area, Yamaguchi was modelled after the beautiful city and it’s no surprise it has a similar festival. When the Yasaka shrine was brought from Kyoto and the spirit of the …
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Minato Maizuru Chatta Festival
An annual festival taking place on the final weekend of July, this event finishes with a display of fireworks launched from a ship in the bay. The nearby beach provides a great vantage point and …
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2023 Doshin/UHB Fireworks Festival
Also known as the Toyohira River Fireworks, this fireworks festival is regarded as Hokkaido’s most popular fireworks festival. Over the course of the evening, approximately 4,000 fireworks …
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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 Japan’s most picturesque harbors. The first night sees 7,000 fireworks …
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The Japan International Birdman Rally
From a jetty jutting into Lake Biwa from the scenic Matsubara Beach in Hikone City, “bird men”—mildly insane people in human powered flying machines—will attempt to fly as …
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Kuwana Suigo Fireworks Festival
A large display with over 10,000 rockets, this display takes place on the banks of the Ibi river and celebrates the completion of the Ise Bridge in 1934. They feature underwater fireworks as well …
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Sumiyoshi Matsuri
The Sumiyoshi Matsuri (festival) happens over three days in and around Osaka’s Sumiyoshi Taisha shrine. The highlight is the nagoshi harai shinji ritual which happens on the middle day. The …
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