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JAPANESE FESTIVALS & SEASONAL EVENTS
Make Japan's festivals the reason for your trip.
Portable shrines, festival floats, dance and prayer. We introduce fireworks festivals and seasonal events, centred on the festivals that communities have handed down.About the 2027 and 2026 information
For 2027, we list as basic dates the festivals whose fixed annual dates can be confirmed on their official websites. Individual events, viewing seats and traffic restrictions may not have been announced yet, so be sure to check the official information. For 2026, we list event information that has been officially announced.
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2 festivals, 0 fireworks festivals · as of 2026-10-11 Japan time
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Japanese festivals
Rites and traditional events that carry on each area's history, faith and way of life.
A festival in the Yuwaku Onsen hot spring town of Kanazawa that sends the wishes written on wish tags hung from bonbori lanterns to the gods. The bonbori procession runs from 18:30 to 20:00, and an admission ticket is required to enter the hot spring town from the evening.
The lanterns, the Karasaki pine and the yukizuri snow ropes of Kenrokuen are lit up, and admission to the garden is free during the event hours. In November it is held on the 7th, 14th, 15th, 21st, 22nd, 28th and 29th, from 18:00 to 21:00.