What's On

What's On in Japan

Festivals, exhibitions, pop-ups, and seasonal happenings across all nine regions.

Firework

Lake Biwa Fireworks

Kansai's spectacular summer fireworks over Japan's largest lake at Otsu, with shells fired low across the water and mirrored on its surface.

6 Aug 2026Shiga · Kansai

Exhibition

The 76th Nagahama Bonbai Exhibition

Japan's largest exhibition dedicated to bonbai, artistically cultivated plum trees in pots, displays approximately 90 specimens rotated by blooming stages over 60 days.

10 Jan – 10 Mar 2027Shiga · Kansai