全國行事曆
全日本47個都道府縣共 346 項活動,每一項都向主辦單位或官方旅遊來源核實。已確認日期與預計期間均如實標示。
灘の酒蔵探訪2026
Autumn-winter campaign across Japan's largest sake-producing district, Nada Gogo, linking 14 brewery museums and shops in four walking courses during the new-sake season.
日光の紅葉
Colour descends by altitude over six weeks, from Okunikko's lakes to the Toshogu shrine woods.
光のすみか
Gotemba's Tokinosumika resort lights about 5,500,000 LEDs for the 25th Hikari no Sumika, themed 'DREAM LIGHTS SYMPHONY'.
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.
光の花の庭 Flower Fantasy
More than five million bulbs light the 100,000 square metre Ashikaga Flower Park, including a light recreation of its famous great wisteria.
なばなの里イルミネーション
One of Japan's largest illumination events, with a tunnel of light and a themed LED landscape at a flower park in Nagashima Resort.
神戸イルミナージュ
Kobe Illuminage, in its 17th year, lights the Fruit and Flower Park Osawa on the theme 'Starlight Dream'.
沖縄南国イルミネーション
Southeast Botanical Gardens' tropical illumination, an Illumination Award winner, is expected to run from late October 2026 to late May 2027.
高尾山もみじまつり
A seven-week autumn festival on Tokyo's favourite mountain, with weekend performances at the cable car base.
SMBC日本シリーズ2026
NPB's best-of-seven championship series between the Yokohama DeNA BayStars and the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
Japan's championship series, best of seven: Games 1 and 2 in Yokohama on 24 and 25 October, Games 3 to 5 in Fukuoka from 27 to 29 October, and Games 6 and 7 back in Yokohama on 31 October and 1 November if needed.
ウインターイルミネーション2026-2027
Tobu Zoo opens after dark on 65 winter days, with animal light objects, a 50 metre tunnel of light and a music-synced illumination tree.
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.
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.
国営昭和記念公園 黄葉・紅葉まつり＆秋の夜散歩
Golden ginkgo avenues and a lit Japanese garden, with evening opening for the autumn night walk.
よみうりランド ジュエルミネーション2026
Yomiuriland's jewel-coloured Jewellumination, designed by Motoko Ishii, runs from late October to early April on the theme 'Growing Light'.
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.
おおいた光のファンタジー2026
Central Oita lights about 550,000 bulbs along Chuo-dori and Funai Aqua Park for Hikari no Fantasy, subtitled 'Ashita ni Kakeru Hoshi'.
佐賀インターナショナルバルーンフェスタ
International hot air balloon competition on the Kase Riverbank in Saga City, with 123 balloons entered for 2026.
東京ラーメンフェスタ
One of Japan's largest ramen events, with 12 ramen shops from across the country serving at Komazawa Olympic Park.
フェスタ・ルーチェ in 和歌山マリーナシティ
Festa Luce recreates a European Christmas town inside Porto Europa at Wakayama Marina City, in its 10th anniversary year.
光の遊園地 ～Flowering Illumination～
Hirakata Park turns into a 'park of light' on winter weekends, with 17 illuminated areas and a new 17 metre floral castle.
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.
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.
東京メガイルミ2026-2027
Oi Racecourse's Tokyo Mega Illumi runs its final season in 2026-2027, with the 100 metre Edo cherry blossom tunnel.
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.
香嵐渓もみじまつり
Some 4,000 maples colour the Korankei gorge in Asuke, with Mt Iimori lit every evening of November.
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.
下関海響マラソン2026
A hilly, scenic marathon along the Kanmon Strait and the Sea of Japan coast of Shimonoseki, with a 'kaikyo' (strait) fun run; about 10,000 runners.
おはら祭
Mass dance festival in Tenmonkan, Kagoshima City, with more than 20,000 dancers performing to the Ohara-bushi folk song.
唐津くんち
Autumn festival of Karatsu Shrine in which 14 hikiyama floats are pulled through Karatsu City.
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.
光の街・博多2026
JR Hakata Station plaza becomes the 'City of Light Hakata' for its 15th year, with the new 160,000-bulb 'Hakatarium' symbol.
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.
御堂筋イルミネーション2026
Osaka's Midosuji boulevard lights about 4 kilometres of ginkgo trees as a core programme of the Festival of the Lights in Osaka.
山梨ヌーボーまつり2026
Release-day festival for Yamanashi Nouveau (Koshu and Muscat Bailey A new wine), with dozens of Yamanashi wineries pouring in Hibiya Park on the Culture Day holiday.
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.
けやき坂イルミネーション
Roppongi Hills lights its Keyakizaka zelkova avenue with about 970,000 LEDs in the 2026 'SNOW & BLUE' colour scheme.
東京スカイツリータウン ドリームクリスマス2026
Tokyo Skytree Town lights about 400,000 bulbs for its Dream Christmas, in 2026 themed 'STAR LIGHT GOLD'.
越前がに漁期
The fixed annual season for Echizen-gani snow crab, Fukui's winter delicacy, from 6 November to 20 March.
ハウステンボス ザ・スターライト・ミリオン／ヨーロピアン・ホーリー・クリスマス
Japan's largest illumination by bulb count (13 million+), fully refreshed for the first time in 16 years in 2026 with a 'walk among the stars' concept, plus a European Christmas market and giant trees.
光の王国（ザ・スターライト・ミリオン）
Winter illumination at Huis Ten Bosch in Sasebo, renewed for 2026-27 as The Starlight Million.
グランイルミ
Gran Illumi, the walk-through illumination at Izu Granpal Park, opens its 12th season and runs into the following summer.
ウイスキーフェスティバル2026 in 東京
Japan's largest whisky tasting fair, 121 exhibitors including Japanese craft distilleries, run by critic Mamoru Tsuchiya's Whisky Culture Institute. Prime chance to taste rare Japanese whisky.
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.
富士河口湖紅葉まつり
Maples line the Maple Corridor on Lake Kawaguchi's north shore, lit until 21:00 with Mt Fuji across the water.
石垣島まつり
The 62nd Ishigaki Island Festival, Ishigaki's largest civic festival, held at Shin'ei Park.
土浦全国花火競技大会
One of Japan's three great fireworks competitions, where makers demonstrate new shells over the Sakura River in Tsuchiura.
うすき竹宵
Some 20,000 bamboo lanterns light the samurai streets of Usuki for the legend of Princess Hannyahime.
嵐山もみじ祭
Heian-style boats perform court music and dance on the Oi River under the autumn maples of Arashiyama.
熱海海上花火大会
Fireworks over Atami Bay held more than ten times a year, each 20-minute display ending with the Dai-Kuchu Niagara finale across the bay.
福岡マラソン2026
Point-to-point city marathon for 13,000 runners from central Fukuoka to a coastal finish in Itoshima.
大相撲九州場所
The November grand sumo tournament: 15 days at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center.
永観堂 秋の寺宝展・ライトアップ
Kyoto's most famous maple temple: about 3,000 maples, a treasure exhibition and night illumination.
新宿ミナミルミ
About 275,000 LEDs light six venues around Shinjuku Station's south side, including Southern Terrace and the Suica Penguin plaza.
Four days of international baseball at Tokyo Dome: Japan, South Korea, Chinese Taipei and Australia, with Japan playing Chinese Taipei on 12 November, Korea on 13 November and Australia on 14 November, then the final and third-place game on 15 November.
大名古屋ビルヂング イルミネーション
The Dai Nagoya Building's rooftop Sky Garden, three minutes from Nagoya Station, is expected to hold its winter illumination again in 2026.
HIBIYA Magic Time Illumination 2026
Tokyo Midtown Hibiya lights Hibiya Step Square, its Park View Garden and Hibiya Naka-dori from mid November to the end of February.
丸の内イルミネーション
Winter illumination of champagne-gold lights on the street trees of Marunouchi Naka-dori in Tokyo.
バカラ エターナルライツ
Ebisu Garden Place hangs its Baccarat crystal chandelier for the 27th edition of its winter illumination.
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.
越前かにまつり2026
Opening-of-season crab market for Echizen gani, Fukui's prized snow crab, with boiled-crab stalls, live auctions and seafood barbecues on the coast. Held over two weekends only.
伏見の清酒まつり in 大手筋商店街 2026
Fifteen Fushimi breweries (Gekkeikan, Kizakura, Tamanohikari etc.) pour their sake along the covered Otesuji arcade in one of Japan's great sake towns.
明治の森箕面国定公園もみじまつり
Osaka's maple festival: the 2.7 km path to Minoo Falls lit nightly, with music points along the river.
さがみ湖イルミリオン
Sagamiko Illumillion lights the hillside Sagamiko MORI MORI resort with about 6,000,000 bulbs, the largest scale in the Kanto region.
萩時代まつり
Autumn festival recreating the Hagi Daimyo Procession, with costumed warriors parading through the castle town to Kanaya Shrine.
神戸マラソン2026
Marathon for about 20,000 runners from central Kobe along the coast towards Akashi and back.
龍馬まつり
Kochi celebrates Sakamoto Ryoma's birthday at Katsurahama on the Sunday closest to 15 November.
高千穂の夜神楽
All-night sacred kagura dances performed in Takachiho's villages from mid-November to early February.
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.
TOKYO SNOW DOME CITY
Tokyo Dome City's 2026 winter illumination, 'TOKYO SNOW DOME CITY', uses over a million lights and a Cinnamoroll collaboration.
Himeji大手前通り・姫路城イルミネーション あたら夜
Himeji lights 2.5 kilometres of Otemae-dori and the castle with 510,000 full-colour LEDs in 'Atarayo', directed by Motoko Ishii.
ミュンヘン・クリスマス市 in Sapporo
Sapporo's sister-city Christmas market modelled on Munich's, with German food, Glühwein and craft stalls under the Odori Park illuminations.
NIIGATA光のページェント
Niigata's winter pageant wraps about 200 zelkova trees south of Niigata Station in 160,000 lights.
大阪城イルミナージュ
Osaka Castle's Nishinomaru Garden hosts an Illuminage of Sengoku-era light art themed on the unification of Japan.
栗林公園 秋のライトアップ
Kagawa's Edo-period daimyo stroll garden lit up for ten autumn nights, with the maples around Kikugetsu-tei teahouse and Mt Shiun reflected in the ponds.
さっぽろホワイトイルミネーション
Winter illuminations in central Sapporo, centred on Odori Park, first held in 1981.
けやきライトパレード by FeStA LuCe
Wakayama's Keyaki Odori lights 3.5 kilometres and about 500 street trees with over 1,500,000 LEDs for 100 days.
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.
長野えびす講煙火大会
Late-autumn fireworks over the Sai River in Nagano City on 23 November, the finale of the Ebisuko season.
MIDTOWN CHRISTMAS 2026
Tokyo Midtown's Midtown Garden becomes 'Midwinter Lights', a snowy forest and aurora scene with floating bubbles, for MIDTOWN CHRISTMAS 2026.
国営越後丘陵公園「Xmasイルミネーション」
Echigo Hillside Park's Christmas illumination centres on its great zelkova symbol tree, on selected December days.
第46回ジャパンカップ（GI）
Japan's premier international invitational turf race over 2,400 m at Tokyo Racecourse, with a purse among the richest in the world and overseas challengers invited each year.
湘南の宝石2026-2027
Enoshima's 'Jewel of Shonan' lights the Samuel Cocking Garden and Sea Candle, and was certified one of Japan's three great illuminations in 2025.
はこだてクリスマスファンタジー
A giant Christmas tree from Hakodate's sister city Halifax floats in the harbour before the red brick warehouses, lit nightly with fireworks and a soup bar of local restaurants.
表参道イルミネーション2026
Omotesando's zelkova avenue is expected to light about 900,000 champagne-gold bulbs along 1.1 kilometres for Christmas 2026.
秩父夜祭
Annual festival of Chichibu Shrine with six decorated floats paraded through central Chichibu and winter fireworks on the main day.
十二月大歌舞伎
The December Grand Kabuki runs 2 to 25 December 2026 in three parts a day.
ひろしまドリミネーション
Hiroshima Dreamination fills Peace Boulevard with fairy-tale light objects; in 2026 it starts in December for the first time.
目黒川みんなのイルミネーション
The Meguro River's 'winter cherry blossoms' are expected to light about 390,000 pink LEDs along 2.2 kilometres between Gotanda and Osaki.
SENDAI光のページェント
Winter illumination lighting the zelkova trees along Jozenji-dori Avenue in central Sendai.
ヨルノヨ
Illumination event across Yokohama's waterfront, with a five-minute city-wide light and music show.
第40回NAHAマラソン
Japan's largest full marathon by field (c. 30,000) run through southern Okinawa with island-wide roadside support; 6h15 cut-off makes it a popular first marathon.
青の洞窟 SHIBUYA 2026
Shibuya's 'blue cave' turns 900 metres from Shibuya Koen-dori to the Yoyogi Park zelkova avenue deep blue for just over two weeks.
OSAKA光のルネサンス2026
Nakanoshima's OSAKA Hikari no Renaissance fills the City Hall facade and park with light art for 15 days over Christmas.
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.
青島太平洋マラソン2026
Miyazaki's flat, palm-lined December marathon ('Aotai') along the Pacific to Aoshima island, with 10 km and 3 km races; one of Kyushu's best-loved winter road races.
鳥取砂丘イリュージョン2026
A compact mid-December illumination at the edge of the Tottori Sand Dunes, with light tunnels and projections against the darkened dunes, run by Tottori City.
ジャンプフェスタ
Shueisha's Jump manga festival at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, with stages, exhibitions and merchandise.
ふらの歓寒村
A snow and ice village beside the Ningle Terrace cabins, with an ice bar, snow domes, tube slides and around 70,000 lights.
アイスヴィレッジ
A night-time village of ice domes at Hoshino Resorts Tomamu, with an ice chapel, ice bar, ice slide and an ice hotel room.
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.
蔵王樹氷ライトアップ
Season for viewing juhyo, fir trees coated in ice and snow above Zao Onsen, with night light-ups on selected dates.
第71回有馬記念（GI）
The fan-voted year-end Grand Prix over 2,500 m, the highest-turnover horse race on earth and Japan's traditional last big sporting event of the year.
コミックマーケット
Winter edition of Comic Market (Comiket), the world's largest doujinshi fair, at Tokyo Big Sight.
鎮火祭
New Year's Eve fire-prevention rite at Itsukushima Shinto Shrine, with around 1,000 pine torches carried to Mikasahama Beach.
天皇杯 JFA 第106回全日本サッカー選手権大会 決勝
Japan's oldest football competition ends with the traditional New Year's Day final at the National Stadium, a fixture of the Tokyo oshogatsu sports calendar alongside Hakone Ekiden.
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.
湯沢冬花火
A season-long series of short fireworks displays fired over the snow at Yuzawa's ski resorts on winter nights.
第103回東京箱根間往復大学駅伝競走
Japan's biggest university relay: 21 teams race Tokyo to Hakone and back over two days, 217.1 km in all.
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.
熱海梅園 梅まつり
One of Japan's earliest plum festivals, in a historic garden with 469 plum trees of about 60 varieties.
前橋初市まつり
Maebashi's first market of the year, a daruma doll fair held every 9 January since the 1600s.
大相撲初場所
The New Year grand sumo tournament: 15 days at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.
白川郷冬のライトアップ
The gassho-zukuri farmhouses of Ogimachi are lit on four January nights, entry by advance reservation only.
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.
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.
もとぶ八重岳桜まつり
One of Japan's earliest cherry blossom festivals, held among about 7,000 Taiwan cherry trees on Mount Yaedake in Motobu.
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.
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.
定山渓温泉 雪灯路
Jozankei Onsen's winter light event at Jozankei Shrine, relaunched for 2027 with new lighting concepts in place of the snow candles.
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.
国宝松本城氷彫フェスティバル
Ice sculptors carve through the night in Matsumoto Castle Park, with the finished works lit against the castle keep.
河口湖冬花火
Winter fireworks over Lake Kawaguchi with Mt Fuji behind, launched from Oike Park and two other lakeside sites on weekend nights.
しかりべつ湖コタン
A village built entirely of lake ice and snow on the frozen surface of Lake Shikaribetsu, with an ice bar, an ice chapel, ice lodges and an open-air bath on the ice.
層雲峡温泉氷瀑まつり
Ice structures built in the cold of Sounkyo Gorge at Sounkyo Onsen, lit in colour at night.
十勝川白鳥まつり彩凛華
A nightly light and music show played across the snow-covered fields of Tokachigaoka Park at Tokachigawa Onsen, named for the swans that winter on the river.
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.
神戸ルミナリエ
Italian-designed light sculptures fill central Kobe for ten nights in memory of the 1995 earthquake.
十和田湖冬物語
A lakeside winter festival at Yasumiya on Lake Towada with winter fireworks on every open night, a snow park and food stalls from both sides of the prefectural border.
湯西川温泉かまくら祭
Hundreds of candle-lit miniature kamakura along the Sawaguchi riverbed in the hot spring town of Yunishigawa, a designated Japan Night View Heritage site.
千歳・支笏湖氷濤まつり
Ice sculptures made from Lake Shikotsu water at Lake Shikotsu Onsen, blue by day and lit at night.
名護さくら祭り
Cherry blossom festival held on the last Saturday and Sunday of January around Nago Castle Park, with over 20,000 cherry trees in the area.
阿寒湖氷上フェスティバル
A festival on the frozen surface of Lake Akan with on-ice activities by day and fireworks over the ice at night.
さっぽろ雪まつり
Large snow and ice sculptures at the Odori and Susukino sites in Sapporo.
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.
知床ファンタジア
A nightly 20-minute show of laser light, music and straw-fire smoke above the drift ice at Utoro, recreating an aurora that appeared over Shiretoko in 1958.
あばしりオホーツク流氷まつり
Abashiri's two-day drift ice festival of citizen-built snow statues, ice sculpture and stage events at the commercial port wharf.
旭川冬まつり
Winter festival in Asahikawa with a large snow sculpture stage and ice sculptures in the city centre.
弘前城雪燈籠まつり
Around 150 snow lanterns and some 300 candle-lit mini kamakura set around the keep and snow-covered grounds of Hirosaki Castle.
第37回河津桜まつり
Japan's most famous early-blooming cherry, 8,000 deep-pink Kawazu-zakura trees along the river and rape-blossom fields on the Izu coast, drawing around two million visitors.
兼六園冬季ライトアップ
Kenrokuen Garden and Kanazawa Castle are lit on eight February nights, with the yukitsuri snow ropes on the pines.
小樽雪あかりの路
Snow candles and lanterns along the Otaru Canal and the former Temiya railway line.
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.
りくべつしばれフェスティバル
A two-day festival in the town that records Japan's coldest temperatures, turning extreme cold into the attraction with an overnight endurance sleep-out in ice domes.
第64回愛媛マラソン
Shikoku's largest marathon (10,000 runners) looping from Matsuyama city centre to the Seto Inland Sea coast with a reputation for warm roadside support.
湯島天神梅まつり
Tokyo's classic plum festival, around 300 plum trees at the shrine of the god of learning.
水戸の梅まつり
Plum blossom festival at Kairakuen Garden and Kodokan in Mito, with about 3,000 plum trees of about 100 varieties at Kairakuen.
もんべつ流氷まつり
Monbetsu's drift ice festival, running since 1963, with large ice sculptures carved from natural ice at the marine park.
会津絵ろうそくまつり
Around 10,000 hand-painted Aizu candles lit in the snow around Tsuruga Castle and the Oyakuen garden for two nights.
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'.
横手の雪まつり（かまくら）
About 100 kamakura snow huts are built across central Yokote for a New Year custom with a history of about 450 years.
第33回城島酒蔵びらき
Kyushu's biggest kurabiraki: the breweries of the Jojima sake district near Kurume open together for one weekend with new-sake tasting, drawing around 100,000 visitors.
宮島かき祭り2027
Hiroshima's famous oyster island serves grilled, steamed and hotpot oysters at bargain prices beside the ferry pier at peak season, with 10:00-15:00 stalls both days.
大内宿雪まつり
The thatched-roof post town of Ouchi-juku under deep snow, with snow lanterns lining the street, traditional performing arts and fireworks.
只見ふるさとの雪まつり
A snow festival in one of Japan's heaviest snowfall towns, built around a giant illuminated snow stage sculpture in front of Tadami Station.
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.
十日町雪まつり
One of Japan's oldest snow festivals, founded in 1950 in one of the country's heaviest snowfall cities, with snow sculptures built by the community across Tokamachi.
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.
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.
熊本城マラソン2027
A 13,000-runner city marathon that finishes beneath Kumamoto Castle's keep, held in late February alongside a 30 km race and fun run.
京都マラソン2027
City marathon through Kyoto's streets, from Nishikyogoku athletic park to a finish in front of Heian-jingu Shrine.
おきなわマラソン
Central Okinawa's winter marathon with a 10 km option, famous for the section inside Kadena Air Base and for roadside support in Uruma and Okinawa City.
北野天満宮 梅花祭
Kyoto's plum festival on 25 February, with an outdoor tea ceremony served by geiko and maiko.
大阪マラソン2027
One of Japan's largest city marathons, finishing inside Osaka Castle Park.
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.
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.
鹿児島マラソン2027
Kagoshima's bayside marathon with Sakurajima smoking across the water, 10,000 runners plus a fun run; the 2027 edition is branded for the Saigo Takamori anniversaries.
東京マラソン
Marathon through central Tokyo from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building to Tokyo Station.
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.
にいがた酒の陣
Japan's largest single-prefecture sake fair: all 80-odd Niigata breweries pour unlimited tastings of around 500 sakes over two days. Launched 2004 by the Niigata Sake Brewers Association.
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.
つなん雪まつり
A one-day snow festival in Tsunan, one of the snowiest towns in Japan, ending with the release of around 2,000 sky lanterns over the snow.
大相撲春場所
The March grand sumo tournament: 15 days at EDION Arena Osaka.
名古屋ウィメンズマラソン2027
The world's largest women-only marathon, with about 22,000 runners starting and finishing at Vantelin Dome Nagoya.
鳥取マラソン2027
A JAAF-certified point-to-point marathon starting at the Tottori Sand Dunes and running along the San'in coast and the Inaba Manyo countryside to Tottori city.
第99回選抜高等学校野球大会
The spring invitational of 32 top high school teams at the sacred Koshien ground, opening the Japanese baseball year with brass bands and cheering squads.
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.
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.
千代田のさくらまつり 千鳥ヶ淵ライトアップ
About 230 cherry trees over the Imperial Palace moat, lit at night, with rowing boats under the blossom.
吉野山の桜
Some 30,000 cherry trees climb Mount Yoshino in four waves, Japan's most famous blossom mountain.
アニメジャパン
One of the world's largest anime events, held at Tokyo Big Sight with two public days.
鹿島酒蔵ツーリズム／肥前浜宿花と酒まつり
A spring weekend when Saga's Kashima breweries, including Fukuchiyo (maker of cult sake Nabeshima), open their kura along the Edo-era Hizen Hamashuku street, with 100,000 visitors tasting and buying.
中目黒桜まつり
A weekend festival under about 800 cherry trees arching over the Meguro River canal in Nakameguro.
津山さくらまつり
About 1,000 cherry trees over the tiered stone walls of Tsuyama Castle, western Japan's leading blossom site.
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.
高遠城址公園さくら祭り
Around 1,500 Takato kohigan cherry trees, a variety found only here, often called Japan's finest blossom.
おおがわら桜まつり（一目千本桜）
An 8 km tunnel of 1,200 cherry trees along the Shiroishi River with snow-capped Mt Zao behind, voted Miyagi's finest blossom spot and lit up at night.
高田城址公園観桜会
One of Japan's three great night cherry blossom festivals, with about 4,000 trees lit around the castle moat.
犬山祭
Thirteen three-tiered floats with mechanical puppets parade the castle town under the cherry blossom.
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.
F1日本グランプリ
Round four of the 2027 Formula 1 season at Suzuka Circuit, run as a sprint weekend with the grand prix on Sunday 11 April.
富士芝桜まつり
About 500,000 moss phlox bloom in patterned fields at Fuji Motosuko Resort, with Mt Fuji behind.
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.
琉球海炎祭
A one-day fireworks illusion of 10,000 fireworks synchronised to music, billed as Japan's earliest summer fireworks.
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.
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.
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.
ネモフィラ
Season when Miharashi Hill at Hitachi Seaside Park is covered in blue nemophila flowers.
角館の桜まつり
Weeping cherries over black-fenced samurai houses and a 2 km tunnel of somei yoshino along the Hinokinai River.
雪の大谷フェスティバル
A corridor ploughed through snow up to 20 metres deep at Murodo, on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
CRAFT SAKE WEEK at ROPPONGI HILLS
Thirteen days of sake tasting from around 130 breweries at Roppongi Hills Arena.
はな・はる・フェスタ
Tokushima's spring festival of Awa Odori performances, local food and crafts at Aibahama Park.
弘前さくらまつり
Cherry blossom festival at Hirosaki Park, where about 2,600 trees of 52 varieties bloom around Hirosaki Castle and its moats.
河内藤園
A private wisteria garden with two tunnels up to 110 metres, open only in season and by advance ticket at peak.
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.
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.
M3
Japan's leading doujin music fair, a one-day market for independent music at Tokyo Ryutsu Center.
ワールド・オブ・コーヒー東京2027 / ワールドバリスタチャンピオンシップ
The Specialty Coffee Association's trade and consumer expo comes to Japan for the first time, hosting the 2027 World Barista Championship at Tokyo Big Sight over Golden Week.
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.
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.
浜松まつり
Giant kites battle over the Nakatajima dunes by day and palace floats parade the city centre by night.
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.
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.
那覇ハーリー
Traditional dragon boat races held over three days of Golden Week at Naha New Port Wharf.
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.
大相撲夏場所
The May grand sumo tournament: 15 days at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.
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.
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.
葵祭
Imperial procession in Heian-period court dress from the Kyoto Imperial Palace to the Kamo shrines, held on 15 May.
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.
横浜トライアスロン
Elite triathlon around Yamashita Park, Yokohama's round of the new T50 World Championship Tour.
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.
2027けやきひろば春のビール祭り
Japan's largest craft beer festival, held every spring and autumn under the zelkova trees at Saitama Shintoshin with 50-60 breweries and 300-400 beers; the autumn 2027 edition should follow in mid-September.
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.
さっぽろライラックまつり
Sapporo's start-of-summer festival among 400 blooming lilacs in Odori Park, with a Hokkaido wine garden, outdoor tea ceremonies and live music.
下田黒船祭
Shimoda's festival of Japan-US friendship, marking Perry's arrival with naval parades, memorial rites and fireworks.
長谷寺 あじさい路
About 2,500 hydrangeas of 40 varieties on a hillside path above the sea at Kamakura's Hasedera.
相馬野馬追
A thousand-year-old cavalry festival of armoured horsemen racing and scrambling for sacred flags in the Soma plain.
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.
YOSAKOIソーラン祭り
Team dance festival in Sapporo combining yosakoi dancing with the Soran Bushi folk song.
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.
箱根あじさい電車
Hydrangeas line the climbing mountain railway; a reserved night train runs through illuminated flowers.
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.
日本酒フェア2027（全国新酒鑑評会 公開きき酒会）
The Japan Sake Brewers Association's national fair with about 1,200 brands from 45 prefectures, plus the once-a-year public tasting of around 400 gold-medal sakes from the Annual Japan Sake Awards.
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.
祇園祭
Kyoto's month-long Yasaka Shrine festival, famous for its two Yamaboko float processions on 17 and 24 July.
博多祇園山笠
Summer festival centred on Kushida Shrine, in which seven districts race one-ton kakiyama floats through Hakata.
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.
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.
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.
Peak lavender flowering in the Furano and Nakafurano fields, centred on Farm Tomita.
大相撲名古屋場所
The July grand sumo tournament: 15 days at the IG Arena in Nagoya.
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.
伊勢神宮奉納全国花火大会
One of Japan's three great fireworks competitions, where pyrotechnicians selected from across the country dedicate competitive displays over the Miya River at Ise.
北竜町ひまわりまつり
Two million sunflowers over 23 hectares at Japan's largest sunflower village, with flower mazes.
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.
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.
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.
田辺祭
Tanabe's Gion festival of Kasahoko floats, held every 24 and 25 July around Tokei Shrine.
天神祭
Osaka's great summer festival at Osaka Tenmangu Shrine, with a river procession and fireworks on the evening of 25 July.
豊田おいでんまつり花火大会
The fireworks finale of the Toyota Oiden Matsuri, with melody fireworks, wide star mines and a Niagara 30 metres high and 550 metres wide over the Yahagi River.
道新・UHB花火大会
About 4,000 fireworks over the Toyohira River in central Sapporo, a summer tradition easily reached from the city centre.
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.
TOKYO IDOL FESTIVAL
Three-day idol music festival across stages in Tokyo's Odaiba and Aomi waterfront area.
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.
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.
隅田川花火大会
Fireworks display launched from two sites along the Sumida River in Tokyo, in the Asakusa area.
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.
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.
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.
盛岡さんさ踊り
Dance parade in Morioka with large groups of dancers, flute players and taiko drummers on Chuo-dori.
青森ねぶた祭
Summer festival in Aomori City with large illuminated nebuta floats paraded through the streets with haneto dancers.
横浜グリーンエクスポ応援『みなとみらいフェスティバル』
Yokohama's major summer fireworks festival over Yokohama Port in Minato Mirai, the renamed successor to the Minato Mirai Smart Festival, with music and street performances.
長岡まつり大花火大会
Two nights of fireworks over the Shinano River, the centrepiece of the Nagaoka Festival, famous for the Phoenix recovery shell and the giant Shosanshakudama.
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.
沼田まつり
Numata's great summer float festival, held over three days in early August in the castle town centre.
第109回全国高等学校野球選手権大会
The summer national championship for 49 prefectural champions, Japan's most emotional sporting tradition, played in August heat with morning and evening sessions.
筑後川花火大会
One of Kyushu's largest fireworks displays, launched simultaneously at Kyomachi and Sasayama on the Chikugo River in Kurume.
山形花笠まつり
Evening dance parade in Yamagata City with dancers holding hats decorated with safflowers.
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.
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.
大分七夕まつり
One of Oita's largest festivals, with the Funai Pacchin illuminated float parade through the city centre.
仙台七夕まつり
Tanabata festival in central Sendai with large handmade paper and bamboo decorations hung in the shopping arcades.
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.
江戸川区花火大会
Fireworks display over the Edogawa River in Edogawa, held jointly with Ichikawa City across the river in Chiba.
いたばし花火大会
Fireworks display over the Arakawa River in Itabashi, held at the same time as the Todabashi display across the river.
松江水郷祭湖上花火大会
Two evenings of fireworks and a drone show over Lake Shinji, one of Japan's leading lake fireworks displays.
神明の花火大会
About 20,000 fireworks over the Fuefuki River in Ichikawamisato, the largest fireworks display in Yamanashi Prefecture.
米子がいな祭
Yonago's main summer festival of towering lantern poles, taiko and fireworks over Lake Nakaumi.
びわ湖大花火大会
Around 10,000 fireworks launched over Lake Biwa from barges off Otsu Port, Kansai's biggest summer display.
よさこい祭り
Kochi's energetic summer dance festival, with teams dancing through the city holding naruko wooden clappers.
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.
白浜花火フェスタ
The main Shirahama summer fireworks display of about 3,500 shells over Shirarahama Beach, held every 10 August.
三国花火大会
Fukui's biggest fireworks display, launched over the sea at Mikuni Sunset Beach each 11 August.
阿波おどり
Japan's most famous Bon dance festival, filling central Tokushima with dancing ren troupes every August.
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.
勝毎花火大会
Fireworks display on the Tokachi River riverbank in Obihiro, launched from a special venue downstream of Tokachi Ohashi Bridge.
関門海峡花火大会
Fireworks launched from both banks of the Kanmon Straits, between Moji in Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki.
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.
サマーソニック
Osaka edition of Summer Sonic, held at the Expo '70 Commemorative Park in Suita, Osaka.
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.
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.
コミックマーケット
Summer edition of Comic Market (Comiket), the world's largest doujinshi fair, at Tokyo Big Sight.
神宮外苑花火大会
Ticketed fireworks and live music festival at Meiji Jingu Gaien in Tokyo, with about 10,000 fireworks.
諏訪湖祭湖上花火大会
About 40,000 shells over Lake Suwa in one of Japan's largest single-night fireworks displays.
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.
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.
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.
熊野花火大会
Some 10,000 shells over Shichirimihama Beach, with shells detonated on the sea surface and echoing off the Onigajo cliffs.
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.
赤川花火大会
A design fireworks competition on the Akagawa riverbed in Tsuruoka, where pyrotechnicians from across Japan compete.
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.
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.
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.
かごしま錦江湾サマーナイト大花火大会
About 15,000 fireworks over Kinko Bay at Kagoshima Port, with Sakurajima as the backdrop.
大曲の花火
Japan's national fireworks competition, where pyrotechnic companies from across the country compete on the Omono River at Omagari.
臼杵石仏火まつり
Torchlight festival at the National Treasure Usuki Stone Buddhas, held on the last Saturday of August.
北海道マラソン
Japan's major summer marathon, run through central Sapporo partly on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic marathon course, with around 20,000 runners.
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.
大雪山・黒岳の紅葉
Japan's earliest autumn colour, starting at the Kurodake summit in September and descending to Sounkyo Gorge.
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.
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.
片貝まつり
Dedication fireworks for Asahara Shrine in Katakai, Ojiya, famous for the giant yonshakudama shells launched on both nights.
さっぽろオータムフェスト
Hokkaido's biggest food festival, filling about a kilometre of Odori Park with stalls from towns and producers across the island.
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.
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.
国営昭和記念公園 コスモスまつり
Over four million cosmos across four flower fields in Tokyo's largest national park.
大相撲秋場所
The September grand sumo tournament: 15 days at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.
東京ゲームショウ
Video game trade show at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, organised by the Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association (CESA).
会津まつり
Aizu's biggest festival, with a 500-strong procession of Aizu domain lords and samurai from Tsurugajo Castle.
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.
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.
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.
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.
巾着田曼珠沙華まつり
Around five million red spider lilies carpet the woodland floor of a river-loop park near Tokyo.
松江水燈路
Handmade lanterns light Matsue Castle and its moat streets on autumn weekend evenings.
木下グループジャパンオープンテニスチャンピオンシップス2027
Asia's oldest ATP tournament, an ATP 500 at Ariake drawing top-10 players in the week before the Shanghai Masters.
世田谷区たまがわ花火大会
Autumn fireworks display over the Tama River at Futako-Tamagawa in Setagaya, held simultaneously with Kawasaki's display across the river.
長崎くんち
Autumn festival of Suwa Shrine in Nagasaki City, with dance performances by rotating districts, including dragon dances.
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.
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.
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.
酒まつり（西条酒まつり）
Japan's biggest sake festival in the brewing town of Saijo: seven breweries open their doors and a Sake Hiroba offers tastings of around 1,000 labels from every prefecture, drawing 200,000+ visitors.
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.
コキア
Season when the kochia bushes on Miharashi Hill at Hitachi Seaside Park turn red.
MotoGP日本グランプリ
Round 18 of the 2027 MotoGP world championship at Mobility Resort Motegi, race day Sunday 17 October.
川越まつり
Festival in Kawagoe's warehouse district with ornate floats and hikkawase musical face-offs between floats.
名古屋まつり
Nagoya's main festival, built around a parade of the three unifiers, Nobunaga, Hideyoshi and Ieyasu.
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.
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.
時代祭
A procession of 2,000 Kyoto citizens in costumes from every era of the city's history, held on 22 October.
第51回沖縄の産業まつり
Okinawa's biggest trade-and-consumer fair, 470+ exhibitors over three days at Onoyama Park, best known for its awamori pavilion with every distillery in the prefecture pouring limited releases.
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.
宮崎神宮大祭
Miyazaki's largest festival, a grand procession re-enacting Emperor Jimmu's eastern expedition from Miyazaki Shrine.
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.