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.
月份
共 25 項活動在本月開始。
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.
祇園祭 山鉾巡行
Japan's most famous festival, a month-long series of Yasaka Shrine rites whose highlights are the two float processions of 34 yamaboko 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.