Events This Week in Japan

Koinobori at Ōboke Gorge

View the iconic koi carp streamers hanging above Yoshino River at Ōboke Gorge.

Fuji Delicious Food Festival

Walk a mile in Japan and you’ll come across another regional food specialty you just have to try. Running concurrently with the Fuji Shibazakura Festival, and situated at the same location, the …

Hiroshima Toukasan Yukata Festival

Hiroshima Toukasan Matsuri is a yukata festival. Yukata are the light and often bright kimonos worn by both men and women in Japan during the warm summer months. The Toukasan Festival marks the …

Kanazawa Hyakumangoku Festival

One of Kanazawa's top annual festivals, held over three days.

Tohoku Jibiiru (Craft Beer) Festival

Taking place in Akita City, this beer festival features brewers from the northern part of Honshu. Brewers in attendance include North Island from Hokkaido, Iwate-kura, Tazawa-ko and the host …

Horikawa Festival

The two days of the Horikawa festival feature quite different but equally impressive processions. Schedule Day one features an after-dark procession with taiko drums accompanying a parade of …

Kashima Mud Gatalympics

If you’re a bit puzzled what a ‘Gatalympics’ might be then an easier way to think of this festival is ‘fun with mud’. The event takes place on the mudflats on the …