10月92026
Tokinosumika Hikari no Sumika
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'.
地區
中部有什麼活動
中部共 52 項活動,依日期排列。
11月12026
Korankei Momiji Matsuri
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.
11月62026
Echizen Crab Season
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.
11月62026
Izu Kogen Gran Illumi (Granillumi)
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.
11月72026
Fuji-Kawaguchiko Autumn Leaves Festival
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.
11月82026
Atami Marine Fireworks Festival
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.
11月122026
Dai Nagoya Building Winter Illumination
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.
11月142026
Echizen Crab Festival 2026
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.
11月202026
NIIGATA Hikari no Pageant
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.
11月232026
Nagano Ebisuko Fireworks
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.
11月282026
Echigo Hillside Park Xmas Illumination
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.
1月12027
Yuzawa Winter Fireworks
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.
1月92027
Atami Plum Garden Festival
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.
1月112027
Shirakawa-go Winter Light-Up
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.
1月152027
Nozawa Onsen Dosojin Fire Festival
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.
1月222027
Matsumoto Castle Ice Sculpture Festival
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.
1月232027
Lake Kawaguchiko Winter Fireworks
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.
2月62027
Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival (37th)
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.
2月62027
Kenrokuen Winter Illuminations
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.
2月192027
Tokamachi Snow Festival
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.
2月202027
Katsuyama Sagicho Festival
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.
3月132027
Niigata Sake no Jin
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.
3月132027
Tsunan Snow Festival
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.
3月142027
Nagoya Women's Marathon 2027
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.
4月12027
Takato Castle Park Cherry Blossom Festival
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.
4月22027
Takada Castle Site Park Cherry Blossom Festival
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.
4月32027
Inuyama Matsuri
犬山祭
Thirteen three-tiered floats with mechanical puppets parade the castle town under the cherry blossom.
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.
4月102027
Fuji Shibazakura Festival
富士芝桜まつり
About 500,000 moss phlox bloom in patterned fields at Fuji Motosuko Resort, with Mt Fuji behind.
4月142027
Takayama Spring Festival (Sanno Matsuri)
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.
4月152027
Tateyama Kurobe Snow Wall Festival (Yuki-no-Otani)
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.
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.
6月42027
Kanazawa Hyakumangoku Matsuri
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.
7月12027
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.
7月102027
Gujo Odori
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.
7月102027
Gujo Odori (incl. Tetsuya all-night dances)
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.
7月112027
Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament 2027
大相撲名古屋場所
The July grand sumo tournament: 15 days at the IG Arena in Nagoya.
7月232027
Fuji Rock Festival
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.
7月252027
Toyota Oiden Festival Fireworks
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.
7月302027
Fukui Phoenix Festival
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.
7月302027
World Cosplay Summit
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.
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.
9月12027
Owara Kaze no Bon
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.
9月102027
Katakai Festival Fireworks
片貝まつり
Dedication fireworks for Asahara Shrine in Katakai, Ojiya, famous for the giant yonshakudama shells launched on both nights.
10月92027
Takayama Autumn Festival (Hachiman Matsuri)
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.
10月162027
Nagoya Matsuri
名古屋まつり
Nagoya's main festival, built around a parade of the three unifiers, Nobunaga, Hideyoshi and Ieyasu.