11月152026
Takachiho Yokagura Night Kagura Season
高千穂の夜神楽
All-night sacred kagura dances performed in Takachiho's villages from mid-November to early February.
類別
日本的宗教活動
共 16 項,依日期排列。
11月182026
Izumo Taisha Kamiari-sai (gathering of the gods)
出雲大社 神在祭（神迎神事・神等去出祭）
The week in which Japan's eight million kami are said to gather at Izumo Taisha; begins with a torch-lit welcoming rite on Inasa Beach and includes en-musubi (matchmaking) rites.
12月312026
Itsukushima Shinto Shrine Chinkasai
鎮火祭
New Year's Eve fire-prevention rite at Itsukushima Shinto Shrine, with around 1,000 pine torches carried to Mikasahama Beach.
2月62027
Oto Matsuri Fire Festival
御燈祭
A 1,400-year-old fire festival in which white-clad men race down Kamikura Shrine's 538 stone steps carrying burning torches.
2月202027
Saidaiji Eyo (Okayama Naked Festival)
西大寺会陽（はだか祭り）
One of Japan's three great naked festivals: around 10,000 men in loincloths scramble for two sacred shingi sticks thrown into the crowd at 22:00 on a February night at Saidaiji temple.
3月12027
Todai-ji Omizutori (Shunie)
お水取り（修二会）
Two weeks of repentance rites at Todai-ji's Nigatsu-do, famous for giant torches swung from the hall's balcony each night.
3月12027
Todaiji Shuni-e (Omizutori / Otaimatsu torch ceremonies)
東大寺 修二会（お水取り・お松明）
The 1,270-year-old Shuni-e penance rite whose nightly otaimatsu, giant pine torches swung from the Nigatsudo balcony, shower sparks over the crowd.
4月42027
Zenkoji Gokaicho 2027 (once-in-seven-years unveiling)
善光寺御開帳 2027
The once-every-seven-years public display of Zenkoji's Maedachi Honzon, with a tall pillar linked by cord to the image so pilgrims can touch it. The 2022 edition drew 6.36 million visitors.
5月172027
Nikko Toshogu Spring Grand Festival (1,000 Samurai Procession)
日光東照宮春季例大祭（百物揃千人武者行列）
Re-enactment of the 1617 transfer of Tokugawa Ieyasu's remains: 1,200 men in samurai armour escort three mikoshi down the cedar-lined avenue, preceded the day before by yabusame horseback archery.
6月142027
Hokkaido Shrine Festival (Sapporo Matsuri)
北海道神宮例祭（札幌まつり）
Sapporo's oldest festival, with a 1,000-person procession of portable shrines and Edo-style floats on the final day and hundreds of food stalls in Nakajima Park.
7月142027
Nachi Fire Festival (Nachi no Ogi Matsuri)
那智の扇祭り
One of Japan's three great fire festivals: twelve 50kg torches purify the path of fan-shaped portable shrines to Nachi Falls.
7月202027
Itsukushima Kangen-sai
管絃祭
Itsukushima Shinto Shrine's largest annual rite, a night boat procession with kangen court music on the 17th day of the 6th lunar month.
8月62027
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony
広島市原爆死没者慰霊式並びに平和祈念式（平和記念式典）
The annual 6 August ceremony marking the atomic bombing, with a minute's silence at 08:15, the Peace Declaration and the Peace Bell; attended by the UN Secretary-General and national leaders.
8月162027
Gozan no Okuribi
五山送り火
Five giant bonfires in the shape of characters and symbols are lit on the mountains around Kyoto on the night of 16 August.
8月282027
Usuki Stone Buddha Fire Festival
臼杵石仏火まつり
Torchlight festival at the National Treasure Usuki Stone Buddhas, held on the last Saturday of August.
10月162027
Nikko Toshogu Autumn Festival (Shuki Taisai)
日光東照宮秋季大祭
Autumn grand festival at Nikko Toshogu Shrine with yabusame horseback archery and a procession of about 1,200 participants.