10月102026
Beppu Art Month 2026 (17th)
ベップ・アート・マンス2026
Beppu's open-platform cultural festival run by BEPPU PROJECT in which citizens and artists stage exhibitions, performances and workshops across the hot-spring city each autumn.
類別
日本的藝術活動
共 42 項,依日期排列。
10月262026
Tokyo International Film Festival 2026 (39th TIFF)
第39回東京国際映画祭
Japan's largest international film festival screens 204 films over 10 days in central Tokyo.
10月282026
Shojo Manga Infinity: Moto Hagio x Ryoko Yamagishi x Waki Yamato (National Art Center Tokyo)
少女漫画・インフィニティ 萩尾望都×山岸凉子×大和和紀 三人展
Landmark three-artist exhibition of shojo manga legends Hagio, Yamagishi and Yamato, part of the Art Week Tokyo 2026 institutional programme.
10月302026
DESIGNART TOKYO 2026
デザイナート・トウキョウ2026
Tokyo's design and art festival fills around 70 venues across the city for 10 days.
10月312026
Mariko Mori: All That Shines (Mori Art Museum)
森万里子：燦燦
Major retrospective of Mariko Mori, including the walk-in Wave UFO, at the Mori Art Museum ahead of its temporary closure from 2027-09-24 for renovation.
10月312026
Roppongi Art Night 2026
六本木アートナイト2026
Tokyo's all-night art festival returns, running from 5pm on 31 October to 6am on 1 November 2026.
11月12026
Kabuki at Kabuki-za: November 2026 Programme
歌舞伎座 十一月公演
Kabuki-za's November programme runs 1 to 25 November 2026 with matinee and evening performances.
11月12026
Naoshima New Museum of Art and Benesse Art Site Naoshima (ongoing programme)
直島新美術館（ベネッセアートサイト直島）
The tenth Tadao Ando building on Naoshima and the first focused on Asian contemporary art (Murakami, Cai Guo-Qiang, Do Ho Suh), anchoring the Benesse Art Site islands between Triennale years.
11月42026
Art Week Tokyo 2026
アートウィーク東京 2026
Art Basel-partnered citywide week linking 42 galleries and 13 institutional shows via free shuttle buses, with ten AWT Focus curator-led spaces. Tokyo's key annual contemporary-art moment.
11月72026
Art Collaboration Kyoto 2026
Art Collaboration Kyoto 2026
Japan's leading collaborative contemporary art fair, pairing Japanese galleries with international partners (Hauser & Wirth, Jeffrey Deitch and others in 2026) inside Otani Sachio's brutalist conference hall, backed by Kyoto Prefecture.
11月142026
Design Festa vol.64
デザインフェスタ vol.64
Asia's largest freestyle art event: about 6,500 booths of independent artists, illustrators, craft makers and performers over one weekend, held each May and November.
11月222026
Takachiho Yokagura Festival (Shinwa no Takachiho Yokagura Matsuri)
神話の高千穂夜神楽まつり
Opening showcase of Takachiho's yokagura season: all 33 dances of the UNESCO-inscribed (2024) Takachiho night kagura, including Tajikarao hauling open the rock cave, performed over two days at the shrine.
12月22026
Kabuki at Kabuki-za: December Grand Kabuki 2026
十二月大歌舞伎
The December Grand Kabuki runs 2 to 25 December 2026 in three parts a day.
12月122026
Takarazuka Revue: Tenku no Artemis and Belle Epoque (Moon Troupe)
天穹のアルテミス／Belle Époque
The Moon Troupe's musical Tenku no Artemis and revue Belle Epoque run at Takarazuka Grand Theatre from 12 December 2026 to 24 January 2027.
12月262026
Countdown Japan 26/27
カウントダウン・ジャパン
Japan's year-end indoor rock festival at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, closing with the New Year countdown.
1月22027
Kabuki at Kabuki-za: January 2027 New Year Programme
歌舞伎座 壽初春大歌舞伎
Kabuki-za's January New Year programme is expected to open on 2 January 2027; the programme was not yet announced at verification.
1月162027
Sapporo International Art Festival 2027 (SIAF2027)
札幌国際芸術祭2027
Sapporo's international art festival takes over the snow-covered city from 16 January to 21 February 2027.
1月192027
Special Exhibition: The Tale of Genji, Splendour of the Heian Court (Tokyo National Museum)
特別展「源氏物語 王朝のかがやき」
Major winter special exhibition at the Tokyo National Museum devoted to the Tale of Genji and Heian court culture, with national-treasure scrolls and screens.
1月212027
Tokyo Art Book Fair 2026 (16th edition)
トウキョーアートブックフェア2026
The 16th Tokyo Art Book Fair runs at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo over two blocks in January 2027.
2月172027
Hachinohe Enburi
八戸えんぶり
A 800-year-old rice-planting prayer dance where groups in horse-head headdresses sweep the ground to wake the earth; some 30 troupes parade on the first morning and perform across the city for four days.
3月112027
Art Fair Tokyo 2027 (21st edition)
アートフェア東京21
Japan's largest art fair holds its 21st edition at Tokyo International Forum, 11 to 14 March 2027.
3月242027
DIVA (National Art Center Tokyo x V&A)
ディーヴァ展 私を動かす、その歌声
The V&A's blockbuster DIVA exhibition comes to Tokyo, tracing 100 singers and performers from opera to pop, co-organised with Sony Music Entertainment in NACT's 20th-anniversary year.
4月102027
KYOTOGRAPHIE International Photography Festival 2027
KYOTOGRAPHIE 京都国際写真祭 2027
Kyoto's spring photography festival since 2013, staging international exhibitions in historic buildings normally closed to the public, with the KG+ open-call programme spread over 100+ small venues.
4月232027
9th Yokohama Triennale
第9回横浜トリエンナーレ
Japan's longest-running international contemporary art triennale, 124 days under artistic directors Cosmin Costinaș and Inti Guerrero, centred on the Yokohama Museum of Art.
4月242027
ARABAKI ROCK FEST.27
ARABAKI ROCK FEST.27
Tohoku's largest rock festival, around 50,000 fans over two days in a national park setting at the foot of Mt Zao, mixing major Japanese rock acts with regional artists.
7月12027
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2027
大地の芸術祭 越後妻有アートトリエンナーレ
The 10th Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale is expected across the Niigata countryside from July to November 2027.
7月102027
Gujo Odori (incl. Tetsuya all-night dances)
郡上おどり（徹夜おどり）
UNESCO-listed (Furyu-odori) bon dance season of some 30 nights, culminating in four all-night dances from 20:00 to 05:00 over Obon when 250,000 visitors dance in geta through the water-town streets.
7月232027
Fuji Rock Festival
フジロックフェスティバル
Three-day outdoor rock festival at Naeba Ski Resort in Yuzawa, Niigata, organised by SMASH Corporation.
7月302027
TOKYO IDOL FESTIVAL
TOKYO IDOL FESTIVAL
Three-day idol music festival across stages in Tokyo's Odaiba and Aomi waterfront area.
7月302027
World Cosplay Summit
世界コスプレサミット
International cosplay festival across central Nagoya, centred on Oasis 21 and the Aichi Arts Center.
8月132027
Rising Sun Rock Festival in EZO
ライジングサン・ロックフェスティバル
Hokkaido's outdoor rock festival, held on a special stage at Ishikari Bay New Port near Sapporo.
8月132027
Summer Sonic Osaka
サマーソニック
Osaka edition of Summer Sonic, held at the Expo '70 Commemorative Park in Suita, Osaka.
8月132027
Summer Sonic Tokyo
サマーソニック
Tokyo edition of Creativeman's Summer Sonic festival, at ZOZO Marine Stadium and Makuhari Messe in Chiba City.
8月202027
WILD BUNCH FEST. 2027
WILD BUNCH FEST. 2027
The Chugoku region's biggest outdoor rock festival, a three-day beach-park event with Japan's top rock and pop acts and a closing fireworks each night.
8月272027
Animelo Summer Live
アニメロサマーライブ
The world's largest anime song festival, expected to return to Saitama Super Arena in 2027.
8月272027
Sweet Love Shower
スウィート・ラブ・シャワー
Three-day outdoor festival by Lake Yamanaka in Yamanashi, organised by Space Shower TV.
9月112027
Jozenji Streetjazz Festival
定禅寺ストリートジャズフェスティバル
Some 700 amateur and professional bands play free on dozens of open-air stages under the zelkova trees of central Sendai over one September weekend.
9月112027
Rock in Japan Festival
ロック・イン・ジャパン・フェスティバル
Large outdoor rock festival at Soga Sports Park in Chiba City, organised by rockin'on.
9月182027
Ultra Japan
ウルトラ・ジャパン
Japanese edition of the Ultra Music Festival electronic dance music event, at Tokyo Odaiba Ultra Park in Koto City, Tokyo.
10月72027
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2027 (YIDFF)
山形国際ドキュメンタリー映画祭2027
Asia's leading documentary film festival returns to Yamagata City from 7 to 14 October 2027.
10月252027
Tokyo International Film Festival 2027 (40th TIFF)
第40回東京国際映画祭
The 40th, anniversary edition of TIFF is expected in late October 2027; dates not yet announced.
10月302027
Roppongi Art Night 2027
六本木アートナイト2027
The 2027 edition of Tokyo's all-night art festival is expected on the last weekend of October 2027.