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2026/08/15

Festival · Tokushima · Shikoku

Awa Odori Festival

Japan's most famous traditional dance festival, held annually in Tokushima City, where dancers form groups with distinctive choreography and costumes.

Tokushima · 12–15 Aug 2026

Onsen & Wellness · Ehime · Shikoku

Dogo Onsen

One of Japan's oldest hot springs, in Matsuyama, centred on the historic Honkan bathhouse – with free-flowing waters and three baths to try.

Matsuyama

Festival · Ehime · Shikoku

Matsuyama Dogo Autumn Festival

Ancient shrine festival featuring portable shrines carried through Matsuyama's districts in ritual performances believed to enhance spiritual power.

Matsuyama · 5–7 Oct 2026

Museum · Tokushima · Shikoku

Tokushima City Tokushima Castle Museum

Located in Tokushima Central Park on the former castle grounds, this shoin-zukuri style museum houses historical materials related to the Tokushima Domain and its ruling Hachisuka clan.

Tokushima

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Festival

Awa Odori Festival

Japan's most famous traditional dance festival, held annually in Tokushima City, where dancers form groups with distinctive choreography and costumes.

12–15 Aug 2026Tokushima

Festival

Matsuyama Dogo Autumn Festival

Ancient shrine festival featuring portable shrines carried through Matsuyama's districts in ritual performances believed to enhance spiritual power.

5–7 Oct 2026Matsuyama · Ehime

Festival

Niihama Taiko Festival

Towering drum-bearing floats parade through Niihama in this October celebration, drawing nearly 200,000 spectators each year.

16–18 Oct 2026Niihama · Ehime

Festival

Okawakami Birafu Shrine Autumn Grand Festival

Featuring an Intangible Folk Cultural Property procession, this November festival unites a community through ceremony, dance, and spiritual communion.

3 Nov 2026Kami · Kochi

Food Fair

Marugame Udon Festival

The Marugame Udon Festival celebrates Sanuki udon through immersive culinary experiences highlighting this Kagawa regional speciality's place in Japan's noodle culture.

21–22 Nov 2026Marugame · Kagawa

Expo & Convention

YOKAI EXPO 2027

Festival celebrating yokai culture through exhibitions, performances, workshops, and a goods market featuring crafts and interactive activities from across Japan.

22 Feb 2027Shodoshima · Kagawa

Expo & Convention

Kochi Anicre 2026

Kochi's anime festival celebrates the prefecture as an emerging animation hub, attracting thousands of visitors to explore creator collaborations and industry booths.

11–12 Apr 2027Kochi

Festival

Doronko Festival

This agricultural ritual held in rice paddies since 1881 celebrates the completion of planting through symbolic mud-covered performances invoking divine blessing for harvest.

5 Jul 2027Seiyo · Ehime

Sport & Competition

Hiwasa Umigame Triathlon

This annual triathlon in Tokushima combines a coastal swim at a sea turtle nesting site with cycling and running through scenic landscapes.

19 Jul 2027Minami · Tokushima

Festival

Uwajima Ushi-Oni Festival

This summer festival in Ehime features giant ushi-oni floats depicting fearsome bull and demon faces, paraded through the streets with traditional music and chants.

22–24 Jul 2027Uwajima · Ehime

Festival

Yosakoi Festival

Every August, Kochi erupts into dance: thousands of performers surging through the streets with clacking naruko, in a carnival that reinvents itself year after year.

9–12 Aug 2027Kochi

Onsen & Wellness

Dogo Onsen

One of Japan's oldest hot springs, in Matsuyama, centred on the historic Honkan bathhouse – with free-flowing waters and three baths to try.

Matsuyama · Ehime

Museum

Yokai Art Museum

Housed in a converted soy sauce factory, this museum showcases over 800 yokai artworks tracing Japanese supernatural traditions from ancient animism through the Edo period.

Tonosho · Kagawa

Castle

Uwajima Castle

A historical castle in Uwajima city with an innovative pentagonal moat system, damaged by earthquakes during its centuries of use and occupation by the Date clan.

Uwajima · Ehime

Castle

Yuzuki Castle Ruins

A medieval fortress in Matsuyama designated a Top 100 Castle, preserving rare early Japanese castle architecture that influenced later fortifications throughout the country.

Matsuyama · Ehime

Castle

Marugame Castle

Seventeenth-century castle with distinctive 20-meter stone walls, rebuilt in 1640 and completed in 1670, ranked among Japan's Top 100 Castles.

Marugame · Kagawa

Historic Site

Tokushima Castle Ruins

This Edo-era castle overlooked the Yoshino River with a central keep atop a 60-meter hill before Meiji-period demolition; the grounds reopened as a park in 1905.

Tokushima

Museum

Tokushima City Tokushima Castle Museum

Located in Tokushima Central Park on the former castle grounds, this shoin-zukuri style museum houses historical materials related to the Tokushima Domain and its ruling Hachisuka clan.

Tokushima

Shrine

Okawakami Birafu Shrine

A revered Kochi shrine with 10th-century origins, featuring a prefectural cultural property hall and an annual autumn festival.

Kami · Kochi

Museum

Twenty-Four Eyes Movie Village

An open-air film set on Shodoshima island that preserves the world of a beloved literary and cinematic masterpiece set in prewar Japan.

Shodoshima · Kagawa

Castle

Iyo-Matsuyama Castle

Castle built in 1603 with one of Japan's twelve original tenshu structures still standing, exemplifying the flatland-mountain architectural style.

Matsuyama · Ehime

Museum

Ino Paper Museum

Museum dedicated to traditional Japanese papermaking featuring displays of techniques, history, and opportunities to create paper yourself.

Ino · Kochi

Park & Garden

Ritsurin Garden

Among Japan's three most beautiful gardens, Takamatsu's Ritsurin Garden was created during the early Edo period and features scenic ponds, hills and traditional tea houses.

Takamatsu · Kagawa

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