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A renowned summer festival features over 3,500 participants in the Daikan Bayashi-Odori dance, decorated floats, and traditional performances.
25 Jul 2026Kurashiki · OkayamaThe Tsuyama Gongo Festival is a lively summer event in Tsuyama City featuring kappa-themed dances along Yakko-dori Street and one of Okayama's largest fireworks displays.
1–2 Aug 2026Tsuyama · OkayamaA rare Yamaguchi ritual festival said to date back over 1,800 years, with seven nights of dances around the Oni-ishi stone, towering banners, and lantern-topped poles.
7–13 Aug 2026Shimonoseki · YamaguchiA summer festival where 4,000 decorated goldfish lanterns cast a spellbinding glow over the town, alongside a spirited Goldfish Nebuta procession.
13 Aug 2026Yanai · YamaguchiA major August fireworks festival over the Kanmon Straits, jointly staged by Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki, with over 15,000 fireworks visible from both shores.
13 Aug 2026Shimonoseki · YamaguchiA traditional Bon dance performed on Shiraishi Island honors historical battle casualties through a unique ensemble format where multiple dances synchronize to a lead.
13–16 Aug 2026Kasaoka · OkayamaAn Okayama City summer festival inspired by the Momotaro folk tale, featuring demon-costumed Uraja dancing, parades, and fireworks across the city in August.
22–23 Aug 2026OkayamaAn October festival features a grand procession with a portable shrine led by samurai-clad participants, with local residents bowing in reverence along the streets.
15 Oct 2026Niimi · OkayamaThis pottery festival in Japan's Heritage-certified Bizen production area offers visitors the chance to buy ware and try their hand at the potter's wheel.
18–19 Oct 2026Bizen · OkayamaAn annual festival celebrating Ube City with parades featuring the Nanban Ondo dance, a contemporary adaptation of traditional mining work songs.
2 Nov 2026Ube · YamaguchiThe Fox's Wedding features a grand procession with white fox bride and groom, rooted in a legend of benevolent spirits said to bring marriage blessings.
3 Nov 2026Kudamatsu · YamaguchiA castle festival features an armored warrior procession, parades, and traditional performances including taiko drumming and Shinto kagura dance.
16 Nov 2026Iwakuni · YamaguchiShinto shrine honoring Antoku, an emperor who died during the Battle of Dan-no-ura in 1185, with a gate designed after the legendary underwater palace of the Dragon God.
Shimonoseki · YamaguchiSaijo Inari is a 1,200-year-old Buddhist temple and one of Japan's three great Inari sites, preserving a rare form of Shinto-Buddhist syncretic worship.
OkayamaBitchukoku Soja Shrine consolidated deities of 324 provincial shrines into a single site dedicated to the deity of nation-building and good fortune.
Soja · OkayamaMajor Okayama shrine dedicated to Kibitsuhiko-no-Mikoto, a legendary prince credited with defeating an ogre and bringing peace to the region, foundations of the Momotaro folktale.
OkayamaBuddhist temple founded in the Kenei era and relocated in 1557, built on former Ouchi clan lands and maintained as a museum to their history.
YamaguchiSacred mountain shrine in Okayama with more than two thousand years of history, blending Shinto and Buddhist practices as a centre of pilgrimage.
Kurashiki · OkayamaTamatsukuri Onsen has served visitors since the eighth century with mineral-rich sulfate waters said to heal rheumatism and improve skin health.
Matsue · ShimaneThe Mizuki Shigeru Museum showcases the manga artist's original works and illustrations, with workshops and annual birthday celebration events.
Sakaiminato · TottoriThis private museum specializes in Japanese and Chinese pottery and ceramics from the Heian and Kamakura periods, featuring a beautiful Japanese garden.
OkayamaA Buddhist temple in Yamaguchi featuring two national treasure halls from the Kamakura period, including one built in 1320.
Shimonoseki · YamaguchiOkayama Forest Park 'German Forest' offers interactive animal encounters, seasonal flower gardens, and diverse play attractions including go-karts, archery, and craft workshops.
Akaiwa · OkayamaWestern Japan's oldest shrine with an 1,800-year legacy, built where Emperor Chūai's palace stood and his spirit was enshrined by Empress Jingū.
Shimonoseki · Yamaguchi
