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
A gorge on the Tomoe River at Asuke in Aichi, planted with momiji maples in the 17th century and now one of the best known places in Japan for autumn colour.
Toyota
Nagano's largest anime song festival celebrates the genre through live performances by voice actors and musicians, alongside regional food and cultural showcases.
Saku · 19–20 Sep 2026
An outdoor dinosaur park in the woods at Katsuyama in Fukui, three minutes from the prefectural dinosaur museum, with more than sixty life-sized models.
Katsuyama
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Reference rates · 2026/09/15
Takaoka Craft Ichibamachi celebrates the city's copperware and lacquerware heritage across preserved townscapes with exhibitions, markets, and craftspeople workshops.
18–20 Sep 2026Takaoka · ToyamaNagano's largest anime song festival celebrates the genre through live performances by voice actors and musicians, alongside regional food and cultural showcases.
19–20 Sep 2026Saku · NaganoOne of Japan's largest jazz events transforms Kanazawa's historic streets, shrines, and public spaces into stages for world-class musicians each September.
19–21 Sep 2026Kanazawa · IshikawaNanao's festival honors samurai heritage through a dramatic parade of locals dressed in full armor and helmets, accompanied by traditional music and dance performances.
20 Sep 2026Nanao · IshikawaThe 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 · ToyamaAn autumn parade brings the Warring States period to life with over 250 participants in samurai and historical costumes, honoring the Sanada clan.
10–11 Oct 2026NaganoParticipatory reenactment of a legendary Sengoku-era battle where visitors don authentic armor and join either the Takeda or Uesugi army on the battlefield.
9 Nov 2026Fuefuki · YamanashiPersimmons harvested from a shrine tree are distributed among parishioners as part of this harvest celebration.
14 Nov 2026Noto · IshikawaA seasonal seafood festival in Fukui celebrates the local crab fishing industry with traditional dishes, street food, performances, and a crab-catching activity.
15–16 Nov 2026Sakai · FukuiWajima Marine Town celebrates fresh seafood and local specialties with market stalls, performances, and free crab soup each November.
23 Nov 2026Wajima · IshikawaA shrine at the foot of Mount Fuji that worships the mountain itself, and the head of more than 1,300 Sengen shrines across Japan.
Fujinomiya · ShizuokaA gorge on the Tomoe River at Asuke in Aichi, planted with momiji maples in the 17th century and now one of the best known places in Japan for autumn colour.
Toyota · AichiAn outdoor dinosaur park in the woods at Katsuyama in Fukui, three minutes from the prefectural dinosaur museum, with more than sixty life-sized models.
Katsuyama · FukuiA hilltop park above the five lakes of Mikata in Fukui, reached by lift or cable car, with terraces looking over the lakes and Wakasa Bay.
Mihama · FukuiA kilometre of columnar cliffs on the Fukui coast, formed in a rock that produces this shape in only a few places in the world.
Sakai · FukuiOne of the two head temples of Soto Zen, founded in 1244 in the mountains of Fukui and still a working monastery of about 150 monks.
Eiheiji · FukuiCastle constructed in 1612 as the center of a major Edo-era post station, destroyed in World War II bombing but reconstructed since 1957.
Nagoya · AichiCastle with a watchtower believed to be Japan's oldest tenshu, dating to the 1580s and rebuilt multiple times before being seized after the Meiji Restoration.
Inuyama · AichiKakegawa Castle served as a strategic fortress for the Tokugawa vassal clans along the Tokaido highway connecting Kyoto and eastern Japan.
Kakegawa · ShizuokaHistoric castle rebuilt by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1585 on former Imagawa clan fortifications, now Sunpu Park with reconstructed towers and gates.
ShizuokaMaruoka Castle, known as the Mist Castle, features a historic tenshu claimed to be the oldest castle keep in Japan and now overlooks a public park popular for cherry blossoms.
Sakai · FukuiBuilt in 1580 and ruled by the Maeda clan for 14 generations, this castle's reconstructed structures reflect its appearance in the 1850s.
Kanazawa · Ishikawa
