Festivals, exhibitions, pop-ups, and seasonal happenings across all nine regions.
Japan's largest stationery fair showcasing pens, notebooks, planners, and creative stationery from established brands and innovative makers.
5–8 Mar 2027Osaka · KansaiThis festival celebrates Niigata's renowned sake heritage, offering over 500 types of sake, local cuisine, seminars, and stage performances.
7–8 Mar 2027Niigata · ChubuA Doll's Day celebration features hina doll displays at two venues, including a 20-step arrangement at a historic National Cultural Property and character dolls.
24 Jan – 8 Mar 2027Fukui · ChubuJapan'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 · KansaiAn annual winter illumination event in Sapporo showcases light installations and snow-dusted trees, creating festive displays across Odori Park and the city.
22 Nov 2026 – 14 Mar 2027Hokkaido · HokkaidoAn annual seafood festival celebrating locally prized Seki horse mackerel and mackerel, offering sashimi, sushi, and stage performances.
14 Mar 2027Oita · KyushuA spring procession of 22 sake barrel shrines celebrates the completion of new sake and prays for an abundant harvest of the five grains.
15 Mar 2027Gifu · ChubuA spring fertility rite centered on a symbolic wooden offering features portable shrine processions as communities pray for abundant harvests and prosperity of future generations.
15 Mar 2027Aichi · ChubuSpring illumination event at historic garden featuring projection-mapped poetry on bamboo stalks, colored plum groves, and a mystical anime collaboration.
13 Feb – 15 Mar 2027Ibaraki · KantoWinter fireworks displays held on ski slopes throughout the season, creating a unique nocturnal atmosphere distinct from traditional summer shows.
1 Jan – 21 Mar 2027Niigata · ChubuA spring celebration in Nonoichi showcases the camellia, the city's flower, through exhibitions of art, markets, and traditional tea ceremonies.
21–22 Mar 2027Ishikawa · ChubuTokyo's largest creative festival spans nine urban areas during cherry blossom season, bringing together fashion, design, art, and technology programming citywide.
13–22 Mar 2027Tokyo · KantoA plum blossom festival in the region's premier plum village draws hundreds of thousands of visitors to view 25,000 trees, now celebrating a decade since their replanting.
21 Feb – 22 Mar 2027Tokyo · KantoEach spring at Aso Shrine, priests perform the Hifuri Shinji fire-swinging ritual, a mesmerizing ceremony rooted in ancient agricultural tradition.
23 Mar 2027Kumamoto · KyushuA program offering visitors a chance to experience geisha dance performances and traditional Japanese instruments in Kanazawa's historic teahouse districts.
26 Apr 2026 – 28 Mar 2027Ishikawa · ChubuSAKE PARK brings together sake breweries, tableware makers, and florists at Tokyo Midtown during cherry blossom season, presenting sake as an accessible part of daily living.
27–29 Mar 2027Tokyo · KantoAn annual gathering of fans and industry professionals celebrating Japanese animation at Tokyo Big Sight, featuring exhibitions, performances, and exclusive merchandise.
28–29 Mar 2027Tokyo · KantoJapan's premier itasha festival gathers approximately 1,000 character-wrapped vehicles and cosplayers for displays, live entertainment, and awards at Odaiba.
29 Mar 2027Tokyo · Kanto
