An annual Shinto festival at Kanayama Shrine in Kawasaki featuring distinctive phallic imagery in decorations and parades while raising funds for HIV research.
Kawasaki · 5 Apr 2027
A small, charming Inari shrine in Kawasaki, guarded by 108 stone foxes and ringed with Fuji lava – a postwar branch of Kyoto's Fushimi Inari.
Kawasaki
A week-long festival in central Kawasaki where two great mikoshi act out a divine marriage, pregnancy, and birth across the city's streets.
Kawasaki · 19–21 Jun 2027
A classical Chinese garden tucked behind Kawasaki Daishi, gifted by the city of Shenyang, with seasonal pavilions and free admission.
Kawasaki
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An annual Shinto festival at Kanayama Shrine in Kawasaki featuring distinctive phallic imagery in decorations and parades while raising funds for HIV research.
5 Apr 2027Exact date not confirmed yetKawasaki · KanagawaA week-long festival in central Kawasaki where two great mikoshi act out a divine marriage, pregnancy, and birth across the city's streets.
19–21 Jun 2027Exact date not confirmed yetKawasaki · KanagawaA shopping complex's summer event now aligns with the Sanno Shrine Festival, featuring portable shrine processions and sacred rites amid Mediterranean streets and food stalls.
19–21 Jun 2027Exact date not confirmed yetKawasaki · KanagawaKanto and beyond by JR East, from Nikko and Izu to the Fuji area, Karuizawa and Gala Yuzawa
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A prominent Shingon Buddhist temple renowned for its spiritual power to dispel misfortune and grant various blessings to visitors.
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Kawasaki · KanagawaA Tendai temple in the Kawasaki hills, known as the "azalea temple" for the 2,000 shrubs that colour its slopes each spring, and for its healing prayers.
Kawasaki · KanagawaA small, charming Inari shrine in Kawasaki, guarded by 108 stone foxes and ringed with Fuji lava – a postwar branch of Kyoto's Fushimi Inari.
Kawasaki · KanagawaA classical Chinese garden tucked behind Kawasaki Daishi, gifted by the city of Shenyang, with seasonal pavilions and free admission.
Kawasaki · KanagawaA thousand-year-old shrine in central Kawasaki dedicated to victory and harmony, and home to the Kawasaki Sanno Festival.
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17 Jan 2027Exact date not confirmed yetOiso · KanagawaTraditional hina dolls and intricately crafted miniature furnishings reveal the artistry and cultural significance of this centuries-old celebration.
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14–15 Feb 2027Exact date not confirmed yetYokohama · KanagawaAn annual Shinto festival at Kanayama Shrine in Kawasaki featuring distinctive phallic imagery in decorations and parades while raising funds for HIV research.
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2–4 May 2027Exact date not confirmed yetYokohama · KanagawaA week-long festival in central Kawasaki where two great mikoshi act out a divine marriage, pregnancy, and birth across the city's streets.
19–21 Jun 2027Exact date not confirmed yetKawasaki · KanagawaA shopping complex's summer event now aligns with the Sanno Shrine Festival, featuring portable shrine processions and sacred rites amid Mediterranean streets and food stalls.
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Yokohama · KanagawaShrine founded as guardian deity of the Kamakura shogunate, hosting significant festivals including horseback archery and sumo wrestling traditions.
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Yokohama · KanagawaKawasaki's largest green space, blending woodland and wetland with museums, a planetarium, indigo dyeing, and seasonal cherry blossom, irises, and autumn foliage.
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