Festivals in Japan, May 2027

FestivalTakaoka Mikuruma-yama Festival
1 May 2027Takaoka, Toyama
FestivalHakata Dontaku
2–4 May 2027Date not confirmedFukuoka, Fukuoka
FestivalSenteisai festival (Akama-jingu Shrine)
2–4 May 2027Date not confirmedShimonoseki, Yamaguchi
FestivalThe Yonezawa Uesugi Matsuri
29 Apr – 3 May 2027Yonezawa, Yamagata
FestivalOno Festival
3–4 May 2027Tokoname, Aichi
FestivalHigashimokoto Shibazakura Festival
3–31 May 2027Date not confirmedOzora, Hokkaido
FestivalYatsuo Hikiyama Festival
3 May 2027Date not confirmedToyama, Toyama
FestivalSeihakusai Festival
3–5 May 2027Date not confirmedNanao, Ishikawa
FestivalFukiage-hama Sand Festival
3–5 May 2027Date not confirmedMinamisatsuma, Kagoshima
FestivalMiyajidake Kakashi-no-Sato Festival
20 Mar – 5 May 2027Date not confirmedAmakusa, Kumamoto
FestivalMinato Festival
5 May 2027Date not confirmedSado, Niigata
FestivalMamada no Jaga Maita
5 May 2027Oyama, Tochigi
FestivalShinkawa Market Festival
5 May 2027Ube, Yamaguchi
FestivalOtabi Festival
8–10 May 2027Date not confirmedKomatsu, Ishikawa
FestivalJozankei Onsen Keiryu Koinobori
10 Apr – 10 May 2027Date not confirmedSapporo, Hokkaido
FestivalKanda Festival
13–15 May 2027Date not confirmedTokyo, Tokyo
FestivalSanja Matsuri
15–17 May 2027Tokyo, Tokyo
FestivalAoi Festival
15 May 2027Kyoto, Kyoto
FestivalSendai Aoba Festival
16–17 May 2027Date not confirmedSendai, Miyagi
FestivalIwase Hikiyama Festival (The Fighting Floats Festival)
17–18 May 2027Date not confirmedToyama, Toyama
FestivalMikuni Festival (Mikuni Shrine Annual Festival)
19–21 May 2027Date not confirmedSakai, Fukui
FestivalHimeji Castle Festival
22–24 May 2027Date not confirmedHimeji, Hyogo
FestivalSand Festival at Shirarahama Beach
24 May 2027Date not confirmedShirahama, Wakayama
FestivalSanno Festival
31 May – 2 Jun 2027Toyama, Toyama
FestivalFussa Firefly Festival
31 May 2027Date not confirmedFussa, Tokyo

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