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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, 1 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 featuring Tsu's folk performing arts Tojin Odori and Shagouma, along with Anotsu Yosakoi dance performances. The venues are the areas around Oshiro Nishi Park and Phoenix-dori, and the 9th is the eve festival.
A festival that has continued in Iga for more than 400 years and is designated a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property. In the Shinkosai procession of the main festival, the mikoshi procession is followed by the oni demon procession and nine danjiri floats parading through the castle town.
A fireworks festival with about 300 years of history, set at Shichiri Mihama beach and Onigajo, known for fireworks set off on the sea surface and the grand Onigajo set piece. The 2026 festival has ended.