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The Sugita Plum Festival

A winter festival in Yokohama celebrates the legacy of a historic plum grove, with around 100 trees blooming at Myohoji Temple, reviving centuries of tradition.

14–15 Feb 2027Exact date not confirmed yetYokohama · Kanagawa

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Hachinohe Enburi Festival

Historic winter celebration over 800 years old marking the end of the cold season with traditional performances and prayers for a bountiful rice harvest.

17–20 Feb 2027Hachinohe · Aomori

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Niigata International Animation Film Festival

An international festival in Niigata where animators and creative professionals present animated works through screenings, competitions and workshops.

20–25 Feb 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNiigata

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Shiozawa Seppu Festival

A winter festival celebrates Edo-period scholar Bokushi Suzuki and the region's textile traditions with a 108-lantern Goma fire ceremony by mountain ascetics.

21 Feb 2027Exact date not confirmed yetMinamiuonuma · Niigata

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Mt. Shinobu Dawn Procession

A Fukushima winter festival in which volunteer bearers carry Japan's largest straw sandal, 12 metres long and made in an Edo-period tradition, through the city.

21–22 Feb 2027Exact date not confirmed yetFukushima

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Yoshino Baigo Plum Blossom Festival

A plum blossom festival in Ome's Yoshino Baigo, a plum village replanted from 2016 after plum pox, with Umeno Park as its main venue.

21 Feb – 22 Mar 2027Exact date not confirmed yetOme · Tokyo

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Saidai-ji Eyo Festival

An Okayama festival over 500 years old where men in loincloths compete for a wooden stick; the winner becomes the Lucky Man, believed blessed for a year.

21 Feb 2027Exact date not confirmed yetOkayama

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Hadaka Matsuri

Historic purification festival where nearly-naked men engage in a spirited struggle to touch the selected Naoi-nin, symbolizing the cleansing of misfortune.

1 Mar 2027Exact date not confirmed yetInazawa · Aichi

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Starry Lantern Night

An evening celebration on the Rokuroshi Plateau in Fukui features LED sky lanterns against a backdrop of starry skies and fireworks.

7 Mar 2027Exact date not confirmed yetOno · Fukui

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Echigo Yukiwari Road

Spring's arrival is celebrated with delicate alpine flowers that bloom as snow melts across multiple scenic sites in the Echigo region.

7 Mar – 12 Apr 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNagaoka · Niigata

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Urasa Bishamondo Naked Man Festival

A 1,200-year-old midwinter festival features bare-chested men competing to ascend to the temple and offer prayers to the protective deity Bishamonten.

7 Mar 2027Exact date not confirmed yetMinamiuonuma · Niigata

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Niigata Sake no Jin

This festival celebrates Niigata's renowned sake heritage, offering over 500 types of sake, local cuisine, seminars, and stage performances.

7–8 Mar 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNiigata

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Shizukumiya Festival

A spring procession of 22 sake barrel shrines celebrates the completion of new sake and prays for an abundant harvest of the five grains.

15 Mar 2027Takayama · Gifu

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Harvest Festival

A spring fertility rite centered on a symbolic wooden offering, with portable shrine processions and prayers for good harvests and future generations.

15 Mar 2027Komaki · Aichi

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Miyajidake Kakashi-no-Sato Festival

Around 600 uniquely designed scarecrows greet visitors each spring, inspired by the philosophy that amusing figures will delight viewers.

20 Mar – 5 May 2027Exact date not confirmed yetAmakusa · Kumamoto

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Camellia Festival

A spring celebration in Nonoichi showcases the camellia, the city's flower, through exhibitions of art, markets, and traditional tea ceremonies.

21–22 Mar 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNonoichi · Ishikawa

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Hifuri Shinji Fire Swinging Ritual

Each spring at Aso Shrine, priests perform the Hifuri Shinji fire-swinging ritual, a mesmerizing ceremony rooted in ancient agricultural tradition.

23 Mar 2027Exact date not confirmed yetAso · Kumamoto

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Shingen-ko Festival

A historical reenactment festival in Kofu honors a 16th-century feudal lord with a large-scale procession featuring over 1,000 participants in period armor.

3–5 Apr 2027Exact date not confirmed yetKofu · Yamanashi

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The Sugita Plum Festival

A winter festival in Yokohama celebrates the legacy of a historic plum grove, with around 100 trees blooming at Myohoji Temple, reviving centuries of tradition.

14–15 Feb 2027Exact date not confirmed yetYokohama · Kanagawa

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Hachinohe Enburi Festival

Historic winter celebration over 800 years old marking the end of the cold season with traditional performances and prayers for a bountiful rice harvest.

17–20 Feb 2027Hachinohe · Aomori

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Niigata International Animation Film Festival

An international festival in Niigata where animators and creative professionals present animated works through screenings, competitions and workshops.

20–25 Feb 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNiigata

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Shiozawa Seppu Festival

A winter festival celebrates Edo-period scholar Bokushi Suzuki and the region's textile traditions with a 108-lantern Goma fire ceremony by mountain ascetics.

21 Feb 2027Exact date not confirmed yetMinamiuonuma · Niigata

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Mt. Shinobu Dawn Procession

A Fukushima winter festival in which volunteer bearers carry Japan's largest straw sandal, 12 metres long and made in an Edo-period tradition, through the city.

21–22 Feb 2027Exact date not confirmed yetFukushima

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Yoshino Baigo Plum Blossom Festival

A plum blossom festival in Ome's Yoshino Baigo, a plum village replanted from 2016 after plum pox, with Umeno Park as its main venue.

21 Feb – 22 Mar 2027Exact date not confirmed yetOme · Tokyo

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Saidai-ji Eyo Festival

An Okayama festival over 500 years old where men in loincloths compete for a wooden stick; the winner becomes the Lucky Man, believed blessed for a year.

21 Feb 2027Exact date not confirmed yetOkayama

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Hadaka Matsuri

Historic purification festival where nearly-naked men engage in a spirited struggle to touch the selected Naoi-nin, symbolizing the cleansing of misfortune.

1 Mar 2027Exact date not confirmed yetInazawa · Aichi

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Starry Lantern Night

An evening celebration on the Rokuroshi Plateau in Fukui features LED sky lanterns against a backdrop of starry skies and fireworks.

7 Mar 2027Exact date not confirmed yetOno · Fukui

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Echigo Yukiwari Road

Spring's arrival is celebrated with delicate alpine flowers that bloom as snow melts across multiple scenic sites in the Echigo region.

7 Mar – 12 Apr 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNagaoka · Niigata

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Urasa Bishamondo Naked Man Festival

A 1,200-year-old midwinter festival features bare-chested men competing to ascend to the temple and offer prayers to the protective deity Bishamonten.

7 Mar 2027Exact date not confirmed yetMinamiuonuma · Niigata

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Niigata Sake no Jin

This festival celebrates Niigata's renowned sake heritage, offering over 500 types of sake, local cuisine, seminars, and stage performances.

7–8 Mar 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNiigata

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Shizukumiya Festival

A spring procession of 22 sake barrel shrines celebrates the completion of new sake and prays for an abundant harvest of the five grains.

15 Mar 2027Takayama · Gifu

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Harvest Festival

A spring fertility rite centered on a symbolic wooden offering, with portable shrine processions and prayers for good harvests and future generations.

15 Mar 2027Komaki · Aichi

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Miyajidake Kakashi-no-Sato Festival

Around 600 uniquely designed scarecrows greet visitors each spring, inspired by the philosophy that amusing figures will delight viewers.

20 Mar – 5 May 2027Exact date not confirmed yetAmakusa · Kumamoto

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Camellia Festival

A spring celebration in Nonoichi showcases the camellia, the city's flower, through exhibitions of art, markets, and traditional tea ceremonies.

21–22 Mar 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNonoichi · Ishikawa

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Hifuri Shinji Fire Swinging Ritual

Each spring at Aso Shrine, priests perform the Hifuri Shinji fire-swinging ritual, a mesmerizing ceremony rooted in ancient agricultural tradition.

23 Mar 2027Exact date not confirmed yetAso · Kumamoto

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Shingen-ko Festival

A historical reenactment festival in Kofu honors a 16th-century feudal lord with a large-scale procession featuring over 1,000 participants in period armor.

3–5 Apr 2027Exact date not confirmed yetKofu · Yamanashi

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