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Ogi Minato Matsuri

A summer festival in the port town of Ogi on Sado Island, with traditional dances, portable shrines and fireworks rooted in prayers for maritime safety.

29–30 Aug 2027Exact date not confirmed yetSado · Niigata

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Hassaku Festival

An autumn festival at Yamashiro Onsen features a parade with a large lion and traditional Urayasu Dance of gratitude performed at Hatori Shrine for the harvest.

1 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetKaga · Ishikawa

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Owara Kaze no Bon (Harvest Wind Festival)

A harvest festival in Yatsuo: lantern-lit dancers in matching happi coats move through the streets to shamisen and kokyu music over three September days.

1–3 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetToyama

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Towada City Autumn Festival

A three-day festival in Towada, Aomori, begun as a prayer for the harvest, with floats and drum carts drawn through the streets and lit at night.

4–6 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetTowada · Aomori

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Kakunodate Festival

A traditional autumn festival with 400 years of history, held in September in Kakunodate, featuring large wooden floats decorated with samurai warrior dolls.

7–9 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetSemboku · Akita

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Katakai Matsuri

The autumn festival of Asahara Shrine at Ojiya in Niigata, where the fireworks are offerings and include the four-shaku shell, said to be the world's largest.

11–12 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetOjiya · Niigata

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Hanamaki Festival

This centuries-old festival features over 100 mikoshi shrines and floats, with the Shishi-Odori deer dance and sacred Kagura-Gongenmai performance.

11–13 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetHanamaki · Iwate

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Morioka Fall Festival

One of Iwate's most enduring celebrations, this autumn festival originated as prayers for harvest, now featuring ornate floats and traditional parades.

14–16 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetMorioka · Iwate

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Kuji Autumn Festival

This festival in Kuji, a coastal city in northern Iwate, over 650 years old, gives thanks for the harvest and prays for protection and good fortune.

17–20 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetKuji · Iwate

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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 2027Exact date not confirmed yetKishiwada · Osaka

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Tono Festival

Two days in September when more than fifty groups bring out the performing arts of Tono in Iwate, with a mass deer dance and horseback archery at the shrine.

19–20 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetTono · Iwate

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Ishioka Festival

Around thirty lion carts and twelve tiered floats fill central Ishioka for three days each September, at one of the three great festivals of the Kanto region.

19–21 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetIshioka · Ibaraki

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Kanazawa Jazz Street

One 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 2027Exact date not confirmed yetKanazawa · Ishikawa

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Okuma Kabuto Festival

Nanao's festival honors samurai heritage with a parade of locals in full armor and helmets, accompanied by traditional music and dance performances.

20 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNanao · Ishikawa

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Johana Mugiya Festival

The Johana Mugiya Festival celebrates Mugiya-bushi, a historic folk song and dance rooted in rural Gokayama, with costumed dancers and traditional instruments.

20 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNanto · Toyama

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Ohara Hadaka Festival

The 'Naked Festival' features mikoshi carried into the sea, a boisterous parade through town, and shrines tossed high against fireworks and songs of joy.

23–24 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetIsumi · Chiba

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Gokayama Mugiya Festival

The Gokayama Mugiya Festival centers on Mugiya-bushi, a folk song and dance rooted in the Heike clan and designated an Intangible Folk Cultural Property.

23 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNanto · Toyama

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Gokayama Kokiriko Festival

Folk songs, dances and lion performances fill the streets of Gokayama, ending in a communal circle dance to the rhythm of a bamboo whisk instrument.

25–26 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNanto · Toyama

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Ogi Minato Matsuri

A summer festival in the port town of Ogi on Sado Island, with traditional dances, portable shrines and fireworks rooted in prayers for maritime safety.

29–30 Aug 2027Exact date not confirmed yetSado · Niigata

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Hassaku Festival

An autumn festival at Yamashiro Onsen features a parade with a large lion and traditional Urayasu Dance of gratitude performed at Hatori Shrine for the harvest.

1 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetKaga · Ishikawa

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Owara Kaze no Bon (Harvest Wind Festival)

A harvest festival in Yatsuo: lantern-lit dancers in matching happi coats move through the streets to shamisen and kokyu music over three September days.

1–3 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetToyama

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Towada City Autumn Festival

A three-day festival in Towada, Aomori, begun as a prayer for the harvest, with floats and drum carts drawn through the streets and lit at night.

4–6 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetTowada · Aomori

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Kakunodate Festival

A traditional autumn festival with 400 years of history, held in September in Kakunodate, featuring large wooden floats decorated with samurai warrior dolls.

7–9 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetSemboku · Akita

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Katakai Matsuri

The autumn festival of Asahara Shrine at Ojiya in Niigata, where the fireworks are offerings and include the four-shaku shell, said to be the world's largest.

11–12 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetOjiya · Niigata

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Hanamaki Festival

This centuries-old festival features over 100 mikoshi shrines and floats, with the Shishi-Odori deer dance and sacred Kagura-Gongenmai performance.

11–13 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetHanamaki · Iwate

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Morioka Fall Festival

One of Iwate's most enduring celebrations, this autumn festival originated as prayers for harvest, now featuring ornate floats and traditional parades.

14–16 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetMorioka · Iwate

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Kuji Autumn Festival

This festival in Kuji, a coastal city in northern Iwate, over 650 years old, gives thanks for the harvest and prays for protection and good fortune.

17–20 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetKuji · Iwate

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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 2027Exact date not confirmed yetKishiwada · Osaka

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Tono Festival

Two days in September when more than fifty groups bring out the performing arts of Tono in Iwate, with a mass deer dance and horseback archery at the shrine.

19–20 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetTono · Iwate

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Ishioka Festival

Around thirty lion carts and twelve tiered floats fill central Ishioka for three days each September, at one of the three great festivals of the Kanto region.

19–21 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetIshioka · Ibaraki

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Kanazawa Jazz Street

One 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 2027Exact date not confirmed yetKanazawa · Ishikawa

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Okuma Kabuto Festival

Nanao's festival honors samurai heritage with a parade of locals in full armor and helmets, accompanied by traditional music and dance performances.

20 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNanao · Ishikawa

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Johana Mugiya Festival

The Johana Mugiya Festival celebrates Mugiya-bushi, a historic folk song and dance rooted in rural Gokayama, with costumed dancers and traditional instruments.

20 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNanto · Toyama

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Ohara Hadaka Festival

The 'Naked Festival' features mikoshi carried into the sea, a boisterous parade through town, and shrines tossed high against fireworks and songs of joy.

23–24 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetIsumi · Chiba

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Gokayama Mugiya Festival

The Gokayama Mugiya Festival centers on Mugiya-bushi, a folk song and dance rooted in the Heike clan and designated an Intangible Folk Cultural Property.

23 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNanto · Toyama

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Gokayama Kokiriko Festival

Folk songs, dances and lion performances fill the streets of Gokayama, ending in a communal circle dance to the rhythm of a bamboo whisk instrument.

25–26 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNanto · Toyama

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