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Festival · Ishikawa · ChubuKanazawa · 30 Jul – 2 Aug 2026
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The Summer Grand Festival honours Onominato Shrine's deities with Kanazawa's largest mikoshi procession, traditional dances, and rituals from the 1600s.
30 Jul – 2 Aug 2026Kanazawa · IshikawaA festival celebrating the legend of star-crossed lovers transforms the city with colorful bamboo displays, streamers, and a traditional parade.
1–8 Aug 2026Takaoka · ToyamaThe Nagano Binzuru Dance Festival draws over 10,000 participants in coordinated yukata processions through closed-off city streets in a fully participatory summer celebration.
2 Aug 2026NaganoJapan's only seaside onsen fireworks display illuminates Wakura Port on the first Thursday of August during this 50-year tradition.
6 Aug 2026Nanao · IshikawaUozu's biggest summer event, the Jantokoi Uozu Festival brings UNESCO-listed Tatemon floats, folk dance, seaside fireworks, and jazz.
7–9 Aug 2026Uozu · ToyamaA summer festival on Sado Island blending the Tanabata star festival with the ceremonial opening of Ryotsu Port, featuring parades, folk dance, and a fireworks finale.
7–8 Aug 2026Sado · NiigataThe Yamashiro Daidengaku Festival revives the ancient dengaku dance form rooted in Shintoism, through performances by local talents and renowned actors in period costumes.
8–9 Aug 2026Kaga · IshikawaA summer fireworks festival in the coastal town of Mikuni, Fukui, where hanabi are launched over the sea, alongside food stalls, festival games, and traditional performances.
11 Aug 2026Sakai · FukuiSunpu Castle Park hosts a lantern event where participants release LED lanterns into the night sky using helium and string, balancing safety with environmental responsibility.
14–15 Aug 2026ShizuokaAn Obon evening lantern ceremony held on 16 August at Yakuoin Onsenji Temple in Yamashiro Onsen, where lanterns light the temple's wooded walking paths.
16 Aug 2026Kaga · IshikawaAn annual summer classical music festival in Matsumoto founded by Seiji Ozawa, centred on the international Saito Kinen Orchestra, with a strong focus on music education.
16 Aug – 2 Sep 2026Matsumoto · NaganoJapan's largest stationery festival brings together 42 brands and designers to showcase handcrafted pens, papers, and decorative tapes.
19–23 Aug 2026NiigataCastle 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 · IshikawaHistoric castle featuring distinctive black exterior known as the Crow Castle and unique architecture of five external stories and six internal floors.
Matsumoto · NaganoThis shrine honors Takeda Shingen, a Sengoku-period general remembered for both military prowess and regional development in the domain he ruled.
Kofu · YamanashiYoshida Shrine in Toyohashi, Aichi, dates to 1124, stood within Yoshida Castle under its lords, and is known as the birthplace of tezutsu hand-held fireworks.
Toyohashi · AichiMishima Skywalk, Mishima, Shizuoka, is Japan's longest pedestrian suspension bridge at 400 meters, spanning a valley with views of Mount Fuji and Suruga Bay.
Mishima · ShizuokaA 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.
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