
Nagasaki Lantern Festival
The festival illuminates Nagasaki's streets with around 15,000 Chinese lanterns, some reaching 10 metres, celebrating Lunar New Year traditions.
Nagasaki · 6–23 Feb 2027

The festival illuminates Nagasaki's streets with around 15,000 Chinese lanterns, some reaching 10 metres, celebrating Lunar New Year traditions.
Nagasaki · 6–23 Feb 2027
The first Chinese temple built in Nagasaki, founded in 1620, and the place where the Obaku school of Zen began in Japan.
Nagasaki
This 380-year-old shrine festival blends Japanese folk dances with dragon processions and Dutch-influenced performances held across four venues in Nagasaki.
Nagasaki · 7–9 Oct 2027
A Chinese temple in Nagasaki founded in 1629 by merchants from Fujian, with two buildings that are National Treasures.
Nagasaki
The festival illuminates Nagasaki's streets with around 15,000 Chinese lanterns, some reaching 10 metres, celebrating Lunar New Year traditions.
6–23 Feb 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNagasakiThis 380-year-old shrine festival blends Japanese folk dances with dragon processions and Dutch-influenced performances held across four venues in Nagasaki.
7–9 Oct 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNagasakiJR Kyushu trains north of Kumamoto and Oita, including the shinkansen to Kumamoto and Nagasaki
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