This traditional harvest festival features processions of lantern-lit dancers in matching happi coats moving through Yatsuo to shamisen and kokyū music for three September days.
Toyama · 1–3 Sep 2026
Hie Shrine was established in 1335 near Toyama Castle and hosts the Sanno Festival in June, which attracts 200,000 visitors to the approach streets lined with food stalls.
Toyama
Japan's only national competition for chindon performers, a traditional street performance art that emerged in the 19th century to promote shop openings through music and costumes.
Toyama · 3–5 Apr 2027
Castle originally built in 1543 with a 1954 replica keep housing the Local History Museum and Sato Memorial Art Museum.
Toyama
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This traditional harvest festival features processions of lantern-lit dancers in matching happi coats moving through Yatsuo to shamisen and kokyū music for three September days.
1–3 Sep 2026ToyamaJapan's only national competition for chindon performers, a traditional street performance art that emerged in the 19th century to promote shop openings through music and costumes.
3–5 Apr 2027ToyamaA traditional spring festival features six ornately decorated floats assembled without nails, pulled through streets with classical hikiyama music.
3 May 2027ToyamaAnnual spring festival featuring thirteen ornate floats with elaborate wooden tatemon decorations pulled through streets with traditional music.
17–18 May 2027ToyamaCentered at Hie Shrine, this major Toyama festival originated in the Edo period and features a two-day mikoshi procession through the city's parishes.
31 May – 2 Jun 2027ToyamaToyama Grand Plaza is an all-weather open-air atrium that serves as a versatile event venue with shopping and rental space.
ToyamaToyama Prefectural Hall is a cultural and community venue featuring exhibition spaces, art rooms, conference facilities, and traditional Japanese rooms with stages and dining.
ToyamaHie Shrine was established in 1335 near Toyama Castle and hosts the Sanno Festival in June, which attracts 200,000 visitors to the approach streets lined with food stalls.
ToyamaA former town in Toyama now part of the city's expanded boundaries since 2005, known for steep terrain and rice terraces ranked among Japan's top 100 scenic destinations.
ToyamaA Pure Land Buddhist temple in Yatsuo founded in 1290, belonging to the True Pure Land School and preserving centuries of Nembutsu practice within the Honganji tradition.
ToyamaCastle originally built in 1543 with a 1954 replica keep housing the Local History Museum and Sato Memorial Art Museum.
ToyamaA shrine near Toyama Port dedicated to Takeminakata no Mikoto, with additional enshrinements of Amaterasu Omikami, Oyamakui no Kami, and Daikoku.
ToyamaA festival celebrating the legend of star-crossed lovers transforms the city with colorful bamboo displays, streamers, and a traditional parade.
1–8 Aug 2026Takaoka · ToyamaUozu's biggest summer event, the Jantokoi Uozu Festival brings UNESCO-listed Tatemon floats, folk dance, seaside fireworks, and jazz.
7–9 Aug 2026Uozu · ToyamaThis traditional harvest festival features processions of lantern-lit dancers in matching happi coats moving through Yatsuo to shamisen and kokyū music for three September days.
1–3 Sep 2026ToyamaAinokura village light-up events transform the historic gassho-style settlement with seasonal illuminations, each named after natural phenomena throughout the year.
12–13 Sep 2026Nanto · ToyamaTakaoka Craft Ichibamachi celebrates the city's copperware and lacquerware heritage across preserved townscapes with exhibitions, markets, and craftspeople workshops.
18–20 Sep 2026Takaoka · ToyamaThe Johana Mugiya Festival celebrates Mugiya-bushi, a historic folk song and dance rooted in Gokayama's rural heritage, with costumed dancers and traditional instruments.
20 Sep 2026Nanto · ToyamaThe Gokayama Mugiya Festival features Mugiya-bushi, a folk song and dance tradition rooted in the Heike clan, designated as Japan's Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
23 Sep 2026Nanto · ToyamaStreets fill with folk songs, dances, and lion performances, culminating in a communal circle dance accompanied by the rhythmic playing of a bamboo whisk instrument.
25–26 Sep 2026Nanto · ToyamaJapan's only national competition for chindon performers, a traditional street performance art that emerged in the 19th century to promote shop openings through music and costumes.
3–5 Apr 2027ToyamaAn annual festival in Himi centers on Senju-ji Temple, where unmarried women pray for happiness using a traditional married woman's hairstyle in ritual.
17 Apr 2027Himi · ToyamaColored lights and music illuminate this National Treasure temple in spring, accompanied by a market featuring local goods and specialties.
22 Apr – 5 May 2027Takaoka · ToyamaA traditional spring festival in Takaoka features ornate wheeled floats originating from a 16th-century court carriage.
1 May 2027Takaoka · ToyamaA 17th-century Soto-school Buddhist temple in Takaoka houses several buildings designated as national treasures and important cultural properties.
Takaoka · ToyamaThis bronze statue, one of three famous Great Buddhas in Japan, showcases the casting techniques of Takaoka's celebrated bronze ware industry.
Takaoka · ToyamaAinokura village features 20 traditional gassho-style houses, some over 400 years old, with distinctive steep roofs designed to shed snow in the UNESCO-listed Gokayama region.
Nanto · ToyamaOtayamachi is a bustling shopping district in Takaoka that serves as a popular venue for the city's festivals and events.
Takaoka · ToyamaToyama Grand Plaza is an all-weather open-air atrium that serves as a versatile event venue with shopping and rental space.
ToyamaThis Himi shopping arcade brings manga characters to life through sensor-triggered statues that respond to visitors with humorous remarks.
Himi · ToyamaYamamachi preserves traditional merchant buildings and streetscapes from its history, designated a National Important Traditional Building Group in 2000.
Takaoka · ToyamaA performing arts venue designed to preserve traditional culture while fostering modern performances, featuring a 400-seat stage.
Nanto · ToyamaTsuzawa Andon Museum displays lantern floats in a permanent exhibition and regularly hosts lantern painting activities for visitor participation.
Oyabe · ToyamaSuwa Shrine sits on a hillside overlooking Toyama Bay, enshrining three deities revered by maritime workers for protection and prosperity in fishing.
Uozu · ToyamaToyama Prefectural Hall is a cultural and community venue featuring exhibition spaces, art rooms, conference facilities, and traditional Japanese rooms with stages and dining.
ToyamaBuilt in 1760 to protect an ancient shrine dating to 1502, this structure in Gokayama shelters Toyama's oldest surviving wooden building, now designated an Important Cultural Property.
Nanto · Toyama
