Hirosaki Neputa Festival
The Hirosaki Neputa Festival is a lower-key (but still spectacular) sibling of the much rowdier Nebuta Festival in Aomori City. While the Aomori floats are a lot more free-form, Neputa floats in …
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Shirahama Fireworks Rally 2023
This year, Kansai beach town Shirahama is doing something different with its summer fireworks program. Instead of one big show, it’s doing six small shows on different Sundays throughout …
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Hinokuni Festival
The Hinokuni Matsuri is a festival that takes place in early August predominantly in and around Sunroad Shinshigai (a covered arcade) in Kumamoto City. The festival will feature various dance …
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Sendai Tanabata
Tanabata – literally meaning the ‘7th evening’ is a festival celebrated on different dates throughout Japan. The Sendai version, touted as one of the three major summer …
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Goshogawara Tachi-Neputa Festival
The fireworks festival on August 3 2022 has been postponed till August 9 due to heavy rain. Goshogawara hosts the third of the famous Nebuta festivals in Aomori. The others being Aomori Nebuta in …
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Kameoka Hozugawa River Firework Display
Part of the annual peace festival, this display is as famous for its fireworks as it is the beautiful food stalls which are illuminated at night. The event takes place on the Hozu river banks and …
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Nara Tokae
Update: In 2022, some festivities may be canceled. Check their guide map for more details. A ten-day event taking place in Nara, the Tokae sees thousands of candles placed in varying displays and …
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Lake Suwa Fireworks Festival
Usually, an incredible 40,000 fireworks go up in smoke in a couple of hours at this mid summer fireworks festival. However, for 2022 the organizers are running a “special type” event …
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Hitoyoshi Fireworks Festival
Taking place at the riverside in Nakagawahara Park in Hitoyoshi City, this fireworks festival would usually attract roughly 55,000 people to attend to ooh and ah at 5,000 pyrotechnics. Unlike a …
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Daimonji Okuribi
For 2022 (as with 2021), the fireworks display which usually follows Daimonji ceremony has been canceled. Also, anyone not directly involved in the ceremony will be barred from attending and Nara …
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Tokushima Awa Odori Festival
For 2022, many of the events will be ticketed. Please check their website (Japanese) for further details. Tokushima Awa Odori is rated by many as Japan’s top summer festival. It takes place …
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Nagahama and Kita-Biwako Great Fireworks
This display takes place on the Northern side of the Lake Biwako at Nagahama Port. In normal years, there are 10,000 rockets launched above the water and the display is best viewed from the small …
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Miyazu Toro Nagashi Fireworks
Held on in the beautiful Amanohashidate area, this event features lantern floating and fireworks for a magical evening in Shimasaki Park. The floating of 10,000 Toro Nagashi lanterns takes place …
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Kyoto Gozan no Okuribi 2023
The locals call it Daimonji, the celebration during the height of the O-bon festival where Kyoto’s surrounding mountains are lit up with five bonfires. There are similar events throughout …
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Kumano Fireworks Festival
Although there is some solid competition in this prefecture, this is oficially the biggest fireworks display in Mie with over 10,000 rockets forming some breath-taking displays. The event takes …
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Sapporo Summer Festival
In 2022, the beer garden will reduce its seating to about half its usual capacity and the Hokkaido Bon Odori has been canceled. The Sapporo Summer Festival (Sapporo Natsu Matsuri) is an umbrella …
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Shakado River Fireworks Festival
Each year, 300,000 residents of Fukushima and beyond line the banks of the Shakado River in Sukagawa City for the prefectures’s largest fireworks festival. This won’t be happening for …
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Lake Biwa Great Fireworks Festival
Watch as over 10,000 fireworks are launched over Lake Biwa, along with crowds of over 350,000 on a normal year. The event features fireworks and water jets to a create unique display with …
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Summer Sonic Osaka 2023
Summer Sonic is back for 2023! Summer Sonic is known for featuring some of the biggest acts from around the world. The festival is held simultaneously in Chiba and Osaka, with acts switching days …
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Okinawa Zento Eisa Festival
Due to COVID-19, the 2022 festival has been postponed. Find yourself in Okinawa around O-bon time, when the spirits of the dead return to the world of the living? Check out the Okinawa Zento Eisa …
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