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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 bamboo lantern event that has continued in Murakami and holds its final edition this fiscal year, its 25th anniversary. It is held from 16:30 to 20:30 on both October 10 and 11.
Niigata Prefecture's chrysanthemum exhibition held on the grounds of Yahiko Shrine, where the entered chrysanthemums are also judged. It features a large landscape flower bed made of 30,000 small chrysanthemums and runs until November 24.
These are the 2026 dates listed in the official information of the Nagaoka Fireworks Foundation. Do not apply them to the following year's dates or ticket sales; check the new information.