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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 2026-10-12 Japan time
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Japanese festivals
Rites and traditional events that carry on each area's history, faith and way of life.
Over two days, the grand festival of Kumano Hayatama Taisha includes the sacred horse procession, the portable shrine procession and the Mifune boat festival. It is designated a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
An event celebrating the harvest of Fuyu persimmons in Kudoyama, with direct sales of persimmons and other local farm produce, stage shows and a flea market. The venue is the lawn plaza of Michi-no-Eki Kaki-no-Sato Kudoyama, from 10:00 to 16:00 on the 14th and from 10:00 to 15:00 on the 15th.