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2026/09/16

Festival · Osaka · Kansai

Kishiwada Danjiri Festival

One of Japan's most dynamic float festivals with a 300-year history, known for its signature yarimawashi maneuver where massive floats are swung around corners.

Kishiwada · 18–20 Sep 2026

Interactive Experience · Kyoto · Kansai

SHOGUN STUDIO JAPAN

A Kyoto studio where visitors put on real film-grade armour or hand-painted kimono and take tea in a tea room built for it, a minute from Umekoji-Kyotonishi.

Kyoto

Expo & Convention · Kyoto · Kansai

Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair

Premier manga and anime fair in western Japan attracting 40,000 visitors annually to explore exclusive announcements, live performances, and merchandise.

Kyoto · 19–20 Sep 2026

Shrine · Wakayama · Kansai

Kumano Hayatama Taisha

In Shingu, Wakayama, Kumano Hayatama Taisha stands as one of the three grand Kumano shrines – a "land of rebirth" where pilgrims have sought renewal for centuries.

Shingu

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Kyoto24°
Nara23°
Otsu24°
Kobe23°

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1 US Dollar¥155
1 Euro¥178.9
1 Singapore Dollar¥121.8
1 Australian Dollar¥110.5

Reference rates · 2026/09/15

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Festival

Kishiwada Danjiri Festival

One of Japan's most dynamic float festivals with a 300-year history, known for its signature yarimawashi maneuver where massive floats are swung around corners.

18–20 Sep 2026Kishiwada · Osaka

Expo & Convention

Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair

Premier manga and anime fair in western Japan attracting 40,000 visitors annually to explore exclusive announcements, live performances, and merchandise.

19–20 Sep 2026Kyoto

Music

Monster Hunter Orchestra Concert ~Hunting Music Festival 2026~

The Monster Hunter Orchestra Concert features live orchestral performances of game music by the Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra, conducted by Hirofumi Kurita.

22–23 Sep 2026Nishinomiya · Hyogo

Exhibition

Spice and Wolf 20th Anniversary Exhibition – Osaka

The Osaka leg of the Spice and Wolf 20th anniversary show, with newly drawn autumn and winter artwork and the series' largest illustration display.

26 Sep – 4 Oct 2026Osaka

Festival

Benkei Matsuri

Tanabe in Wakayama holds a two-day festival for Benkei, the warrior monk it claims as its own, with a play at the shrine and 600 dancers in wooden clogs.

2–3 Oct 2026Tanabe · Wakayama

Festival

Gobo Festival

Each October in Gobo, Wakayama, the region's largest autumn festival fills the streets with rival parish groups, dance, and towering, massive drum floats.

4–5 Oct 2026Gobo · Wakayama

Exhibition

Kimono EXPO 2026 Osaka

A yearly kimono fair at Shinsaibashi in Osaka, where weavers and dyers from across Japan show their work and short workshops teach the crafts behind it.

14–18 Oct 2026Osaka

Festival

Mifune Festival

Each October, Kumano Hayatama Taisha holds the Mifune Matsuri, two days of sacred processions culminating in a thrilling fast-boat race on the Kumano River.

15–16 Oct 2026Shingu · Wakayama

Food Fair

OSAKA SAKE SQUARE 2026

Each autumn, breweries from across Kansai gather in central Osaka for two days of tasting, with more than seventy sake between twenty-five makers.

17–18 Oct 2026Osaka

Festival

Jidai Festival

Kyoto's signature historical reenactment features costumed processions of figures from different Japanese eras traveling from the Imperial Palace to the Heian Shrine.

22 Oct 2026Kyoto

Expo & Convention

Japanese Sake Festival Washu Fes at Osaka Bay Tower

Thirty-one breweries pour more than 160 sake, shochu, umeshu and other drinks at a tasting festival by Bentencho station in Osaka, held over two days.

24–25 Oct 2026Osaka

Firework

Osaka Art Fireworks 2026

Osaka Art Fireworks presents a 50-minute display synchronizing fireworks with music from Marble Beach, offering views of Osaka Bay and one of Japan's Top 100 Sunsets.

31 Oct 2026Izumisano · Osaka

Interactive Experience

SHOGUN STUDIO JAPAN

A Kyoto studio where visitors put on real film-grade armour or hand-painted kimono and take tea in a tea room built for it, a minute from Umekoji-Kyotonishi.

Kyoto

Amusement Park

Planet Aqua Port – UNDER WATER SPACE

Planet Aqua Port at Hirakata Park offers an immersive aquarium experience across ten themed zones combining live sea life with multimedia effects.

Osaka

Amusement Park

Hirakata Park

This Osaka amusement park has operated since 1910, blending classic charm with modern attractions and over 50 rides and activities for all ages.

Osaka

Interactive Experience

Toei Kyoto Studio Park

This working film studio's theme park offers authentic period-drama settings and the chance to watch real productions on historic full-scale sets.

Kyoto

Area & Points of Interest

Hashigui-iwa Rocks

A line of some forty rock pillars running out to sea at Kushimoto in Wakayama, left standing when the softer rock around them wore away.

Kushimoto · Wakayama

Religious Site

Meoto Iwa

Two rocks off the shore at Futami in Mie, joined by a rope of rice straw, standing as a gateway to a sacred rock out in the sea.

Ise · Mie

Shrine

Shirahige Shrine

A shrine on the western shore of Lake Biwa with a torii standing in the water, dedicated to Sarutahiko and known as a shrine of long life.

Takashima · Shiga

Mountain

Cherry Blossoms at Mount Yoshino

About thirty thousand cherry trees on a mountainside in Nara, planted over centuries as offerings, which come into flower from the foot upward over a month.

Yoshino · Nara