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.
月份
2027年8月在日本有什麼活動
共 51 項活動在本月開始。
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22027
Minato Mirai Festival in Support of GREEN×EXPO 2027
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.
8月22027
Nagaoka Fireworks
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.
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
109th National High School Baseball Championship (Summer Koshien)
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.
8月52027
Chikugo River Fireworks Festival
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.
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
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
Edogawa Fireworks Festival
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.
8月72027
Itabashi Fireworks Festival
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.
8月72027
Matsue Suigosai Fireworks Festival
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.
8月72027
Shinmei Fireworks
神明の花火大会
About 20,000 fireworks over the Fuefuki River in Ichikawamisato, the largest fireworks display in Yamanashi Prefecture.
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82027
Lake Biwa Great Fireworks Festival
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.
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102027
Shirahama Fireworks Festival
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.
8月112027
Mikuni Fireworks Festival
三国花火大会
Fukui's biggest fireworks display, launched over the sea at Mikuni Sunset Beach each 11 August.
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122027
Sanuki Takamatsu Festival and Fireworks (Don-Don Takamatsu)
さぬき高松まつり（花火大会どんどん高松）
Takamatsu's three-day Obon festival: a 6,000-shell fireworks show over the port on 13 August and a mass street dance down Chuo-dori on the final night.
8月132027
Kachimai Fireworks Festival
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.
8月132027
Kanmon Straits Fireworks Festival
関門海峡花火大会
Fireworks launched from both banks of the Kanmon Straits, between Moji in Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki.
8月132027
Rising Sun Rock Festival in EZO
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.
8月132027
Summer Sonic Osaka
サマーソニック
Osaka edition of Summer Sonic, held at the Expo '70 Commemorative Park in Suita, Osaka.
8月132027
Summer Sonic Tokyo
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.
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142027
Comic Market 110 (Summer Comiket)
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.
8月142027
Jingu Gaien Fireworks Festival
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.
8月152027
Lake Suwa Fireworks Festival
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.
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
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172027
Kumano Grand Fireworks Festival
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.
8月202027
WILD BUNCH FEST. 2027
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.
8月212027
Akagawa Fireworks Festival
赤川花火大会
A design fireworks competition on the Akagawa riverbed in Tsuruoka, where pyrotechnicians from across Japan compete.
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.
8月272027
Animelo Summer Live
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.
8月272027
Sweet Love Shower
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.
8月282027
Kagoshima Kinko Bay Summer Night Fireworks Festival
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.
8月282027
Omagari Fireworks (National Fireworks Competition)
大曲の花火
Japan's national fireworks competition, where pyrotechnic companies from across the country compete on the Omono River at Omagari.
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.
8月292027
Hokkaido Marathon
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.