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.
月份
2027年5月在日本有什麼活動
共 20 項活動在本月開始。
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92027
Natsu Grand Sumo Tournament 2027
大相撲夏場所
The May grand sumo tournament: 15 days at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.
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152027
Yokohama Triathlon 2027 (T50 World Championship Tour)
横浜トライアスロン
Elite triathlon around Yamashita Park, Yokohama's round of the new T50 World Championship Tour.
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.
5月192027
Keyaki Hiroba Spring Beer Festival 2027
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.
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192027
Sapporo Lilac Festival
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.
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
Kamakura Hasedera Hydrangea Season
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.
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.