11月22026
Kagoshima Ohara Matsuri
おはら祭
Mass dance festival in Tenmonkan, Kagoshima City, with more than 20,000 dancers performing to the Ohara-bushi folk song.
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共 87 項,依日期排列。
11月22026
Karatsu Kunchi
唐津くんち
Autumn festival of Karatsu Shrine in which 14 hikiyama floats are pulled through Karatsu City.
11月22026
Ohara Matsuri (75th)
第75回おはら祭
Southern Kyushu's largest festival: some 20,000 dancers in yukata perform the Ohara-bushi and Hanya-bushi along the tram tracks of Tenmonkan.
11月32026
Hikone Castle Festival Parade
小江戸彦根の城まつりパレード
A period-costume parade of nearly 1,000 people through the castle town of Hikone, held every 3 November.
11月72026
Ishigaki Matsuri
石垣島まつり
The 62nd Ishigaki Island Festival, Ishigaki's largest civic festival, held at Shin'ei Park.
11月82026
Arashiyama Momiji Matsuri
嵐山もみじ祭
Heian-style boats perform court music and dance on the Oi River under the autumn maples of Arashiyama.
11月152026
Hagi Jidai Matsuri
萩時代まつり
Autumn festival recreating the Hagi Daimyo Procession, with costumed warriors parading through the castle town to Kanaya Shrine.
11月152026
Sakamoto Ryoma Festival
龍馬まつり
Kochi celebrates Sakamoto Ryoma's birthday at Katsurahama on the Sunday closest to 15 November.
12月22026
Chichibu Night Festival
秩父夜祭
Annual festival of Chichibu Shrine with six decorated floats paraded through central Chichibu and winter fireworks on the main day.
1月12027
Takasaki Daruma Market
高崎だるま市
New Year market in front of Takasaki Station selling the city's famous red daruma wishing dolls (Takasaki makes 80% of Japan's daruma), with food stalls, stage events and a daruma burning ceremony.
1月142027
Dontosai Festival (Osaki Hachimangu)
どんと祭（大崎八幡宮松焚祭）
New Year decorations are burned in a giant sacred bonfire while groups of 'hadaka-mairi' pilgrims in loincloths walk silently through the winter night to the shrine; unique to Miyagi.
1月152027
Nozawa Onsen Dosojin Fire Festival
野沢温泉道祖神祭り
Villagers attack a seven-metre wooden shrine with burning torches in one of Japan's three great fire festivals.
1月232027
Wakakusa Yamayaki
若草山焼き
The dry grass of Mt Wakakusa above Nara Park is burned in a single line of fire, preceded by fireworks.
2月52027
Nagasaki Lantern Festival
長崎ランタンフェスティバル
Winter lantern festival in central Nagasaki City, begun as a Chinese New Year celebration, with over 15,000 lanterns.
2月122027
Namahage Sedo Festival
なまはげ柴灯まつり
Namahage demons descend by torchlight from the snowy mountain to Shinzan Shrine for sacred dances and drumming, one of the Michinoku 'five great snow festivals'.
2月202027
Katsuyama Sagicho Festival
勝山左義長まつり
A 300-year-old late-winter fire festival of tower stages, comic drumming and a mass bonfire on the Kuzuryu River.
3月132027
Omihachiman Sagicho Matsuri
近江八幡 左義長まつり
Nationally designated folk festival from Oda Nobunaga's Azuchi: huge sagicho torches decorated with sculptures made of dried foods are paraded, crashed together in 'kenka' bouts and burned at 20:00 on the second day.
3月192027
Dogo Onsen Festival
道後温泉まつり
Spring festival at Dogo Onsen in Matsuyama heralding the arrival of spring and giving thanks for the hot spring.
4月12027
Beppu Hatto Onsen Festival
別府八湯温泉まつり
Beppu's spring festival of thanks to the hot springs, with the Ogiyama fire burning and the Yu-bukkake water parade.
4月32027
Inuyama Matsuri
犬山祭
Thirteen three-tiered floats with mechanical puppets parade the castle town under the cherry blossom.
4月112027
Kamakura Festival
鎌倉まつり
Kamakura's spring festival at the great Hachimangu shrine, opening with the Shizuka dance and closing with galloping yabusame archers on the shrine approach.
4月132027
Nagahama Hikiyama Matsuri (children's kabuki floats)
長浜曳山まつり
UNESCO-listed festival where boys aged 5-12 perform kabuki on 400-year-old gilded floats; traced to Hideyoshi's gift celebrating the birth of his son. Coincides with Nagahama's cherry blossom.
4月142027
Takayama Spring Festival (Sanno Matsuri)
春の高山祭（山王祭）
Twelve ornate yatai floats, some with mechanical puppets, parade Takayama's old town for the Hie Shrine festival.
4月172027
Hana Haru Festa
はな・はる・フェスタ
Tokushima's spring festival of Awa Odori performances, local food and crafts at Aibahama Park.
5月22027
Shimonoseki Kaikyo Festival
しものせき海峡まつり
Golden Week festival of Genpei history on the Kanmon Straits, with the Senteisai rite for Emperor Antoku at Akama Shrine.
5月32027
Hakata Dontaku Port Festival
博多どんたく港まつり
Golden Week port festival in Fukuoka City, with parades along Meiji-dori and performances on stages across the city.
5月32027
Hamamatsu Matsuri
浜松まつり
Giant kites battle over the Nakatajima dunes by day and palace floats parade the city centre by night.
5月32027
Hiroshima Flower Festival
ひろしまフラワーフェスティバル
Hiroshima's largest street festival, with a flower parade, stages and booths along Peace Boulevard and in Peace Memorial Park.
5月32027
Marugame Castle Festival
丸亀お城まつり
Marugame City's largest festival, held every 3 and 4 May around its original castle keep and great stone walls.
5月32027
Naha Haari
那覇ハーリー
Traditional dragon boat races held over three days of Golden Week at Naha New Port Wharf.
5月32027
Naha Hari (53rd) dragon-boat festival
第53回那覇ハーリー
Okinawa's largest harii dragon-boat festival: 130+ teams race traditional sabani-style boats in Naha harbour over Golden Week, with ceremonial Ugan Bari races on the final day.
5月132027
Kanda Matsuri (main festival year)
神田祭（本祭）
One of Japan's three great festivals, held in full only in odd-numbered years: a 30 km day-long procession of priests on horseback, floats and mikoshi through the business districts of central Tokyo, followed by 100 neighbourhood mikoshi entering the shrine.
5月142027
Sanja Matsuri
三社祭
Tokyo's wildest festival: around 100 neighbourhood mikoshi and the three great shrine mikoshi are carried through Asakusa by tens of thousands of bearers, drawing nearly two million spectators over three days.
5月152027
Aoi Matsuri
葵祭
Imperial procession in Heian-period court dress from the Kyoto Imperial Palace to the Kamo shrines, held on 15 May.
5月152027
Sendai Aoba Festival
仙台・青葉まつり
Sendai's spring festival honouring Date Masamune, with sparrow dancing on the Saturday and a samurai procession and yamaboko floats on the Sunday.
5月192027
Mikuni Festival
三国祭
One of the Hokuriku region's three great festivals, with 6.5-metre warrior floats paraded through the port town of Mikuni.
5月212027
Shimoda Black Ship Festival
下田黒船祭
Shimoda's festival of Japan-US friendship, marking Perry's arrival with naval parades, memorial rites and fireworks.
5月292027
Soma Nomaoi
相馬野馬追
A thousand-year-old cavalry festival of armoured horsemen racing and scrambling for sacred flags in the Soma plain.
6月42027
Kanazawa Hyakumangoku Matsuri
金沢百万石まつり
Kanazawa's biggest festival, commemorating Lord Maeda Toshiie's entry into the castle with a samurai parade.
6月92027
Yosakoi Soran Festival
YOSAKOIソーラン祭り
Team dance festival in Sapporo combining yosakoi dancing with the Soran Bushi folk song.
6月122027
Chagu Chagu Umakko
チャグチャグ馬コ
About 60 farm horses in brilliant dress and hundreds of bells parade 14km from Takizawa to Morioka.
7月12027
Gion Matsuri
祇園祭
Kyoto's month-long Yasaka Shrine festival, famous for its two Yamaboko float processions on 17 and 24 July.
7月12027
Hakata Gion Yamakasa
博多祇園山笠
Summer festival centred on Kushida Shrine, in which seven districts race one-ton kakiyama floats through Hakata.
7月22027
Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival
湘南ひらつか七夕まつり
One of Kanto's three great Tanabata festivals, with about 500 bamboo decorations up to 10 m tall, celebrity-themed displays and a parade through the station-front arcades over three days.
7月102027
Gujo Odori
郡上おどり
Thirty-plus nights of participatory Bon dancing in the streets of Gujo Hachiman, with four all-night sessions at Obon.
7月242027
Kurashiki Tenryo Summer Festival
倉敷天領夏祭り
Kurashiki's biggest festival, with some 3,500 dancers in the evening Daikan Bayashi-Odori along Chuo Street.
7月242027
Tanabe Festival
田辺祭
Tanabe's Gion festival of Kasahoko floats, held every 24 and 25 July around Tokei Shrine.
7月242027
Tenjin Matsuri
天神祭
Osaka's great summer festival at Osaka Tenmangu Shrine, with a river procession and fireworks on the evening of 25 July.
7月302027
Fukui Phoenix Festival
福井フェニックスまつり
Fukui City's main summer festival, founded in 1954 to celebrate the city's recovery from war, earthquake and flood.
7月312027
Hita Gion Festival
日田祇園祭
Hita's 300-year-old Gion festival of towering Yamahoko floats, part of the UNESCO-listed Yama, Hoko, Yatai float festivals.
7月312027
Tsuyama Gongo Festival
津山ごんごまつり
A summer festival for the kappa water sprite Gongo, with dances on Yakko-dori and one of Okayama's largest fireworks displays.
8月12027
Hirosaki Neputa Matsuri
弘前ねぷたまつり
Summer festival in Hirosaki with about 80 fan-shaped illuminated neputa floats paraded through the castle town.
8月12027
Kusatsu Onsen Thanksgiving Festival
草津温泉感謝祭
Three days of thanks to the hot springs at Kusatsu's Yubatake, with a ritual drawing of the spring water.
8月12027
Morioka Sansa Odori
盛岡さんさ踊り
Dance parade in Morioka with large groups of dancers, flute players and taiko drummers on Chuo-dori.
8月22027
Aomori Nebuta Matsuri
青森ねぶた祭
Summer festival in Aomori City with large illuminated nebuta floats paraded through the streets with haneto dancers.
8月32027
Akita Kanto Matsuri
秋田竿燈まつり
Summer festival in Akita City where performers balance tall bamboo poles hung with paper lanterns on their palms, foreheads, shoulders and hips.
8月32027
Numata Festival
沼田まつり
Numata's great summer float festival, held over three days in early August in the castle town centre.
8月52027
Yamagata Hanagasa Matsuri
山形花笠まつり
Evening dance parade in Yamagata City with dancers holding hats decorated with safflowers.
8月62027
Fukushima Waraji Festival
福島わらじまつり
Fukushima's summer festival, where Japan's largest straw sandal, 12 metres long and weighing two tons, is paraded and danced through the city centre.
8月62027
Oita Tanabata Festival
大分七夕まつり
One of Oita's largest festivals, with the Funai Pacchin illuminated float parade through the city centre.
8月62027
Sendai Tanabata Matsuri
仙台七夕まつり
Tanabata festival in central Sendai with large handmade paper and bamboo decorations hung in the shopping arcades.
8月62027
Yamaguchi Tanabata Lantern Festival
山口七夕ちょうちんまつり
Some 100,000 red paper lanterns strung on bamboo form glowing tunnels through Yamaguchi's arcades, a 600-year-old Obon tradition from the Ouchi clan era; one of Japan's three great fire festivals.
8月72027
Yonago Gaina Festival
米子がいな祭
Yonago's main summer festival of towering lantern poles, taiko and fireworks over Lake Nakaumi.
8月92027
Kochi Yosakoi Festival
よさこい祭り
Kochi's energetic summer dance festival, with teams dancing through the city holding naruko wooden clappers.
8月92027
Yosakoi Matsuri (74th)
第74回よさこい祭り
Birthplace festival of yosakoi: ~18,000 dancers in 200 teams with naruko clappers parade through Kochi behind sound trucks in choreographed, costume-heavy routines.
8月122027
Awa Odori
阿波おどり
Japan's most famous Bon dance festival, filling central Tokushima with dancing ren troupes every August.
8月122027
Sanuki Takamatsu Festival
さぬき高松まつり
One of Shikoku's four major festivals, a three day mid-August festival in Takamatsu with a fireworks display over Takamatsu Port.
8月132027
Tottori Shan-Shan Matsuri
鳥取しゃんしゃん祭
Tottori's largest festival, centred on the Issei Kasa Odori mass umbrella dance by about 4,000 dancers with bell-hung paper umbrellas.
8月152027
Yamaga Toro Lantern Festival
山鹿灯籠まつり
A thousand women dance with gold paper lanterns on their heads through Yamaga on 15 and 16 August.
8月162027
Kyoto Gozan Okuribi (Daimonji bonfires)
京都五山送り火
Five giant characters and shapes are burned on the hills at five-minute intervals from 20:00 to send off the ancestral spirits at the end of Obon, the quiet, solemn close of Kyoto's summer.
8月222027
Okayama Momotaro Festival (Uraja)
おかやま桃太郎祭り
Okayama's great summer dance festival, where teams in demon Ura make-up perform the Uraja dance across the city.
9月12027
Owara Kaze no Bon
おわら風の盆
Dancers in straw hats move through Yatsuo's lantern-lit streets to kokyu and shamisen in Toyama's elegant Bon dance.
9月32027
Okinawa Zento Eisa Matsuri
沖縄全島エイサーまつり
Okinawa's largest Eisa festival, bringing selected youth association teams from across the island to Okinawa City.
9月102027
Hanamaki Festival
花巻まつり
A 430-year-old autumn festival with gas-lit Furyu floats and a world-record parade of over 100 portable shrines.
9月182027
Aizu Festival
会津まつり
Aizu's biggest festival, with a 500-strong procession of Aizu domain lords and samurai from Tsurugajo Castle.
9月182027
Ikaho Festival
伊香保まつり
Three-day autumn festival in the Ikaho Onsen hot spring town, centred on the Ikaho Shrine grand festival on 19 September.
9月182027
Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri
岸和田だんじり祭
Teams haul four-tonne wooden danjiri floats at speed through Kishiwada's streets, swinging them around corners.
9月192027
Fujisaki Hachimangu Shrine Autumn Festival
藤崎八旛宮秋季例大祭
Autumn grand festival of Fujisaki Hachimangu Shrine in Kumamoto City, centred on a Shinko procession with decorated horses.
10月72027
Nagasaki Kunchi
長崎くんち
Autumn festival of Suwa Shrine in Nagasaki City, with dance performances by rotating districts, including dragon dances.
10月82027
Sawara Grand Festival, Autumn (Suwa Shrine)
佐原の大祭 秋祭り（諏訪神社秋祭り）
Fourteen huge floats topped with 4-metre figures are pulled through the canal-side merchant town of Sawara to Sawara-bayashi music, a 300-year-old UNESCO-listed festival held in July and October.
10月92027
Naha Great Tug-of-War Festival
那覇大綱挽まつり
Three-day festival centred on the giant rope tug-of-war on Route 58, preceded by the Hatagashira flag procession on Kokusai-dori.
10月92027
Takayama Autumn Festival (Hachiman Matsuri)
秋の高山祭（八幡祭）
Eleven festival floats and a portable shrine parade the northern old town for Sakurayama Hachimangu's harvest festival.
10月162027
Kawagoe Matsuri
川越まつり
Festival in Kawagoe's warehouse district with ornate floats and hikkawase musical face-offs between floats.
10月162027
Nagoya Matsuri
名古屋まつり
Nagoya's main festival, built around a parade of the three unifiers, Nobunaga, Hideyoshi and Ieyasu.
10月162027
Niihama Taiko Festival
新居浜太鼓祭り
Ehime's great autumn harvest festival, where teams of about 150 men carry ornate taiko drum floats through Niihama.
10月222027
Jidai Matsuri
時代祭
A procession of 2,000 Kyoto citizens in costumes from every era of the city's history, held on 22 October.
10月302027
Miyazaki Jingu Grand Festival (Jimmu-sama)
宮崎神宮大祭
Miyazaki's largest festival, a grand procession re-enacting Emperor Jimmu's eastern expedition from Miyazaki Shrine.