Three artists set work through Hibiya Park in Tokyo for seventeen days in November, in a programme run by the city alongside its flower and light displays.
Tokyo · 13–29 Nov 2026
Five hot spring inns between the Oboke gorge and the Iya valley in Tokushima, one with a cable car down to a bath by the river.
Miyoshi
The autumn opening of Kunenan, a Meiji-era villa garden in Kanzaki, Saga, when its maples turn red over moss and a thatched house, with weekend music and tea.
Kanzaki · 14–29 Nov 2026
A hot spring village at 1,800 metres on Mount Shirane in Gunma, with milky sulphur water and an old crater that still gives off steam.
Tsumagoi
An autumn event synchronizes fireworks and drone choreography with music across an open plaza, creating a panoramic display of light and color.
21 Nov 2026Suita · OsakaA festival in Kuga, Iwakuni, built around a re-enactment of the Battle of Kurakake, with armored warriors, taiko drumming, kagura dance and a rice cake throw.
22 Nov 2026Iwakuni · YamaguchiFootraces run in inflatable T-rex costumes, held in parks, on beaches and at local festivals across Japan since 2022, with adult and juvenile classes.
22 Nov 2026OkayamaRegional mascots from all over Japan and abroad gather at Hanyu City Hall each November for two days of stage shows and booths promoting their home towns.
21–22 Nov 2026Hanyu · SaitamaA three-day fair for pens, ink and paper in Tokyo each November, where makers, shops and individual craftsmen sell fountain pens, many of them one-offs.
21–23 Nov 2026TokyoThe yearly flower show of the Ryuseiha school of ikebana in Shibuya, held in three periods, with almost every work changed between them.
19–24 Nov 2026TokyoThe oldest of the hot springs of Hakone, said to have opened in 738, in a valley cut by the Hayakawa and Sukumo rivers at the entrance to Hakone.
Hakone · KanagawaFive hot spring inns between the Oboke gorge and the Iya valley in Tokushima, one with a cable car down to a bath by the river.
Miyoshi · TokushimaA hot spring village at 1,800 metres on Mount Shirane in Gunma, with milky sulphur water and an old crater that still gives off steam.
Tsumagoi · GunmaThree hot springs near Kumano Hongu Taisha: Yunomine, said to be the oldest in Japan, Kawayu, dug from a riverbed, and Watarase.
Tanabe · WakayamaAn aquarium on the beach facing Enoshima, known for its jellyfish hall, a Sagami Bay tank with a school of sardines and the submersible Shinkai 2000.
Fujisawa · KanagawaA Chofu temple formed from three older temples, the Ebisu temple of the Chofu Seven Lucky Gods, with old trees and a tea house in its grounds.
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