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Friday · 2026/10/30

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Expo & Convention · Kanagawa · Kanto

Shiro EXPO

Shiro EXPO is Japan's largest annual castle festival, with specialist talks, regional performances and booths representing castles nationwide.

Yokohama · 19–20 Dec 2026

Interactive Experience · Kanagawa · Kanto

Unko Museum Yokohama Bay

Entertainment space in Yokohama Bay that treats unko (poop) as a colourful, shareable look, with interactive zones and goods under the unko kawaii brand.

Yokohama

Exhibition · Kanagawa · Kanto

Yokohama Doll Museum's Hinamatsuri

Traditional hina dolls and intricately crafted miniature furnishings reveal the artistry and cultural significance of this centuries-old celebration.

Yokohama · 30 Jan – 15 Feb 2027

Park & Garden · Kanagawa · Kanto

Future Rose Garden

This renovated rose garden in Yokohama's Yamashita Park features nearly 1,900 plants selected for disease resistance and year-round interest.

Yokohama

Expo & Convention

Shiro EXPO

Shiro EXPO is Japan's largest annual castle festival, with specialist talks, regional performances and booths representing castles nationwide.

19–20 Dec 2026Yokohama · Kanagawa

Exhibition

Yokohama Doll Museum's Hinamatsuri

Traditional hina dolls and intricately crafted miniature furnishings reveal the artistry and cultural significance of this centuries-old celebration.

30 Jan – 15 Feb 2027Exact date not confirmed yetYokohama · Kanagawa

Festival

The Sugita Plum Festival

A winter festival in Yokohama celebrates the legacy of a historic plum grove, with around 100 trees blooming at Myohoji Temple, reviving centuries of tradition.

14–15 Feb 2027Exact date not confirmed yetYokohama · Kanagawa

Expo & Convention

Yokohama Flower & Garden Festival

The Yokohama Flower & Garden Festival shows horticultural heritage through garden displays, rose collections and design installations, plus workshops.

2–4 May 2027Exact date not confirmed yetYokohama · Kanagawa

Firework

Kanazawa Fireworks Festival

A local fireworks festival held in August in Kanazawa Ward, with about 3,500 fireworks launched from Umino Park, spanning over four decades.

22 Aug 2027Exact date not confirmed yetYokohama · Kanagawa

Sport & Competition

Yokohama Urban Sports Festival '26

Japan's largest free urban sports festival returns to Yokohama's Red Brick Warehouse in October, with eight disciplines on show.

17–18 Oct 2027Exact date not confirmed yetYokohama · Kanagawa

Quick poll

Museum

Yokohama Doll Museum

Yokohama Doll Museum houses more than 10,000 dolls from over 100 countries, offering visitors a unique view of global traditions through doll-making.

Yokohama · Kanagawa

Observatory

Yokohama Marine Tower

Red-and-white former lighthouse in Yokohama, built in 1961 and 106 metres tall, with observation floors over the harbour and to Mt. Fuji on clear days.

Yokohama · Kanagawa

Museum

Japan Coast Guard Museum Yokohama

A museum dedicated to the December 2001 spy ship incident involving the Japanese Coast Guard and a North Korean vessel, displaying the sunken ship's hull.

Yokohama · Kanagawa

Museum

NYK Hikawa Maru

A 1930 Art Deco ocean liner in Yokohama that carried passengers to North America and served as a wartime hospital ship, now open as a museum.

Yokohama · Kanagawa

Park & Garden

Sankeien Garden

Traditional Japanese garden spanning 175,000 square meters with a tea house, pagoda, and Edo-period structures surrounded by ancient trees.

Yokohama · Kanagawa

Interactive Experience

Unko Museum Yokohama Bay

Entertainment space in Yokohama Bay that treats unko (poop) as a colourful, shareable look, with interactive zones and goods under the unko kawaii brand.

Yokohama · Kanagawa

Park & Garden

Future Rose Garden

This renovated rose garden in Yokohama's Yamashita Park features nearly 1,900 plants selected for disease resistance and year-round interest.

Yokohama · Kanagawa

Museum

Cupnoodles Museum Yokohama

A Yokohama museum on instant noodles and their invention by Momofuku Ando, with interactive exhibits and a My Cup Noodles Factory to create your own.

Yokohama · Kanagawa

Museum

Yokohama Port Museum

Museum documenting 160 years of Yokohama port history and Japan's early maritime relations with Western countries through interactive exhibitions.

Yokohama · Kanagawa

Museum

Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum

Opened in 1994 as the world's first ramen-themed food amusement park, this museum gathers famous ramen shops from across Japan in a single location.

Yokohama · Kanagawa

Observatory

Yokohama Landmark Tower

Japan's tallest building standing 296 meters in Yokohama's Minato Mirai district, offering observation deck views from the 69th floor.

Yokohama · Kanagawa

Museum

Sail Training Ship Nippon Maru

The Nippon Maru is a four-masted training ship built in 1930 that served 54 years and is now a National Important Cultural Property on display in Yokohama.

Yokohama · Kanagawa

Market

Iizumi Kannon Daruma Fair

An annual market held in December where visitors purchase traditional daruma dolls representing wishes for health, family unity, and prosperity.

17–18 Dec 2026Exact date not confirmed yetOdawara · Kanagawa

Expo & Convention

Shiro EXPO

Shiro EXPO is Japan's largest annual castle festival, with specialist talks, regional performances and booths representing castles nationwide.

19–20 Dec 2026Yokohama · Kanagawa

Market

Enmei-ji Temple Annual Market (Daruma Market)

A year-end market features daruma dolls, traditional symbols of resilience, accompanied by a distinctive soul-insertion ritual using flint sparks.

28 Dec 2026Exact date not confirmed yetMatsuda · Kanagawa

Festival

New Year’s Bonfire (Sagicho-shinji)

Sagicho-shinji burns New Year decorations on January 15 at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine, in a fire believed to purify and bring a good harvest.

15 Jan 2027Exact date not confirmed yetKamakura · Kanagawa

Festival

Oiso Sagicho Festival

A National Important Folk Cultural Property, this Little New Year fire ritual purifies homes and communities through burning traditional new-year decorations.

17 Jan 2027Exact date not confirmed yetOiso · Kanagawa

Exhibition

Yokohama Doll Museum's Hinamatsuri

Traditional hina dolls and intricately crafted miniature furnishings reveal the artistry and cultural significance of this centuries-old celebration.

30 Jan – 15 Feb 2027Exact date not confirmed yetYokohama · Kanagawa

Festival

The Sugita Plum Festival

A winter festival in Yokohama celebrates the legacy of a historic plum grove, with around 100 trees blooming at Myohoji Temple, reviving centuries of tradition.

14–15 Feb 2027Exact date not confirmed yetYokohama · Kanagawa

Festival

Kanamara Matsuri "Festival of the Steel Phallus"

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 · Kanagawa

Expo & Convention

Yokohama Flower & Garden Festival

The Yokohama Flower & Garden Festival shows horticultural heritage through garden displays, rose collections and design installations, plus workshops.

2–4 May 2027Exact date not confirmed yetYokohama · Kanagawa

Festival

Kawasaki Sanno Festival

A week-long festival in central Kawasaki where two great mikoshi act out a divine marriage, pregnancy, and birth across the city's streets.

15–20 Jun 2027Kawasaki · Kanagawa

Festival

CITTA' Festival

A shopping complex's summer event, now held with the Sanno Shrine Festival: portable shrine processions and sacred rites amid Mediterranean streets and stalls.

19–21 Jun 2027Exact date not confirmed yetKawasaki · Kanagawa

Festival

Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival

A summer festival known for elaborate street decorations, featuring the Tanabata Dance Thousand-Person Parade on its opening day.

3–5 Jul 2027Hiratsuka · Kanagawa

Museum

Fujiko・F・Fujio Museum

This museum celebrates Fujiko·F·Fujio, creator of Doraemon, displaying his original works, workspace, and interactive exhibits for manga fans.

Kawasaki · Kanagawa

Museum

Japan Open-Air Folk House Museum

Open-air museum in Kawasaki with 25 traditional houses relocated from across Japan, plus indigo-dyeing sessions, a soba restaurant and craft displays.

Kawasaki · Kanagawa

Museum

Yokohama Doll Museum

Yokohama Doll Museum houses more than 10,000 dolls from over 100 countries, offering visitors a unique view of global traditions through doll-making.

Yokohama · Kanagawa

Observatory

Yokohama Marine Tower

Red-and-white former lighthouse in Yokohama, built in 1961 and 106 metres tall, with observation floors over the harbour and to Mt. Fuji on clear days.

Yokohama · Kanagawa

Castle

Odawara Castle

Late fifteenth-century stronghold that served as the seat of the Hojo clan, rebuilt in the 1960s as a museum and observation point.

Odawara · Kanagawa

Temple

Kawasaki Daishi Heikenji Temple

A prominent Shingon Buddhist temple renowned for its spiritual power to dispel misfortune and grant various blessings to visitors.

Kawasaki · Kanagawa

Temple

Hokokuji Temple

Rinzai Zen temple founded in 1334 renowned for its bamboo garden and tea house, housing a Shakyamuni statue and Ashikaga family remains.

Kamakura · Kanagawa

Museum

Japan Coast Guard Museum Yokohama

A museum dedicated to the December 2001 spy ship incident involving the Japanese Coast Guard and a North Korean vessel, displaying the sunken ship's hull.

Yokohama · Kanagawa

Temple

Kotoku-in

A Buddhist temple in Kamakura housing the Great Buddha, a monumental copper statue of Amida Buddha cast in the 13th century.

Kamakura · Kanagawa

Amusement Park

Nagai Umite Park Soleil Hill

A comprehensive entertainment park 70 minutes from central Tokyo features 37 activity facilities and expansive views of Sagami Bay, Izu Oshima, and Mount Fuji.

Yokosuka · Kanagawa

Museum