Festivals, exhibitions, pop-ups, and seasonal happenings across all nine regions.
By month: October 2026, November 2026, December 2026, January 2027
The last year of the ramen festival held in Komazawa Olympic Park since 2009, with twelve shops from around the country serving one bowl a ticket.
30 Oct – 3 Nov 2026TokyoA month of Halloween shows, costume contests and themed food at KAWAII MONSTER LAND in Harajuku, bringing back the KAWAII MONSTER CAFE Halloween of 2015.
1 Oct – 3 Nov 2026TokyoA wind ensemble concert celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Evangelion series with music from the franchise performed without video projection.
3 Nov 2026Kobe · HyogoFive nights of projection mapping on the main hall and gate of Sensoji in Tokyo, with the temple's closed garden and its hall of ema open alongside.
30 Oct – 3 Nov 2026TokyoThe Fox's Wedding features a grand procession with white fox bride and groom, rooted in a legend of benevolent spirits said to bring marriage blessings.
3 Nov 2026Kudamatsu · YamaguchiHip-hop culture, urban sports, music, and art converge across multiple Ikebukuro venues in this street culture celebration attracting 50,000 visitors.
1–3 Nov 2026TokyoMass dancing in vibrant costumes and powerful taiko drumming celebrate Kagoshima's regional identity in this southern Kyushu autumn festival.
2–3 Nov 2026KagoshimaJapan's largest arcade festival, showing the latest in amusement entertainment, with separate programming for industry professionals and public visitors.
6–7 Nov 2026TokyoA special night opening each autumn at the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum, with its historic buildings softly lit and a candle night.
6–7 Nov 2026Koganei · TokyoAnime Tokyo Station hosts a special exhibition on Fist of the North Star, with production materials and a character quiz.
22 Aug – 8 Nov 2026TokyoA yearly autumn show of sand sculptures carved by professionals from Japan and abroad at Ashiya Seaside Park in Fukuoka, lit up at night with sound and light.
23 Oct – 8 Nov 2026Ashiya · FukuokaAn autumn horror event at Universal Studios Japan, with park-wide street zombies, new attractions and collaborations.
11 Sep – 8 Nov 2026OsakaA re-enactment on a river bed in Fuefuki, Yamanashi, where about seven hundred people in armour refight Takeda Shingen against Uesugi Kenshin.
8 Nov 2026Fuefuki · YamanashiJapan's largest itasha and cosplay festival, in Odaiba, with around 1,000 character-wrapped vehicles, live entertainment stages and displays of car culture.
8 Nov 2026TokyoSkateboarding, BMX and breaking brought together for the first time at Kasama in Ibaraki, in a town that has built itself around urban sports.
7–8 Nov 2026Kasama · IbarakiVideo game music from the Monster Hunter series receives live orchestral treatment by the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra in this touring concert series.
9 Nov 2026Sapporo · HokkaidoThe Oyama Balloon Festa fills autumn skies with hot air balloons in precision flights from dawn, plus lit night glows with synchronized fireworks and music.
14–15 Nov 2026Oyama · TochigiTall doll floats built in the 19th century are drawn through the storehouse streets of Tochigi over two days, in a festival held every second year.
14–15 Nov 2026Tochigi
