Takaoka Craft Ichibamachi celebrates the city's copperware and lacquerware heritage across preserved townscapes with exhibitions, markets, and craftspeople workshops.
Takaoka · 18–20 Sep 2026
This Himi shopping arcade brings manga characters to life through sensor-triggered statues that respond to visitors with humorous remarks.
Himi
The Johana Mugiya Festival celebrates Mugiya-bushi, a historic folk song and dance rooted in Gokayama's rural heritage, with costumed dancers and traditional instruments.
Nanto · 20 Sep 2026
Tsuzawa Andon Museum displays lantern floats in a permanent exhibition and regularly hosts lantern painting activities for visitor participation.
Oyabe
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Takaoka 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 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 2027ToyamaTraditional lantern festival in Toyama Prefecture featuring 7-meter-high floats decorated with warrior illustrations that collide in ritualized clashes accompanied by taiko drumming.
5–6 Jun 2027Oyabe · 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.
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