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Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival

A summer festival known for elaborate street decorations, featuring the Tanabata Dance Thousand-Person Parade on its opening day.

3–5 Jul 2027Hiratsuka · Kanagawa

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Abare Festival

Illuminated lanterns parade through coastal Ushitsu in a celebration rooted in legend, featuring frenzied rituals to honor spiritual protection from epidemics.

3–4 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNoto · Ishikawa

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Doronko Festival

An agricultural ritual held in rice paddies since 1881, marking the end of planting with mud-covered performances that ask for divine blessing on the harvest.

5 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetSeiyo · Ehime

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Sawara Grand Festival

Every July in Sawara, ten seven-metre floats crowned with giant dolls are spun through the streets of a preserved Edo-period merchant town, grazing the eaves.

10–12 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetKatori · Chiba

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Ikukunitama Matsuri

One of Osaka's three great summer festivals features a grand procession from the shrine to Osaka Castle with gold and silver portable shrines.

11–12 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetOsaka

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Nachi Fire Festival

One of Japan's three great fire festivals, where giant torches purify the path to Nachi Waterfall at a sacred Kumano shrine each 14 July.

14 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetWakayama

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Toyohashi Gion Festival

Held annually in Toyohashi, Aichi, the Gion Festival combines tezutsu hand-held fireworks with the Yoritomo Procession, and dates back to the Edo period.

17–19 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetToyohashi · Aichi

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SURF JAM FESTIVAL

Surf Jam Festival: four days of beach culture at Ohara Beach in Chiba, a surfing destination, with live reggae, funk and punk performances plus DJ sets.

17–20 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetIsumi · Chiba

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Shirahama Ama Festival

Every July at the tip of the Boso Peninsula, close to a hundred diving women in white carry burning torches into the dark sea beneath the Nojimazaki lighthouse.

18–19 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetMinamiboso · Chiba

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Koiji Fire Festival

A coastal festival where young men carry ornate floats representing lovers into the sea before Benten Island, under fireworks and ceremonial fires.

19 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNoto · Ishikawa

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Chichibu Kawase Matsuri

The summer counterpart to Chichibu's famous winter festival, held in July, where children take central roles as musicians and performers on decorated floats.

19–20 Jul 2027Chichibu · Saitama

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Tsuchizaki Shinmeisha Shrine Annual Celebration And The Float Festival

Elaborate floats and traditional performances honor this port town's spiritual guardian, a shrine established in 1620 by local leaders.

20–21 Jul 2027Akita

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Uwajima Ushi-Oni Festival

A summer festival in Uwajima, Ehime, where giant ushi-oni floats with fearsome bull and demon faces parade through the streets to traditional music and chants.

22–24 Jul 2027Uwajima · Ehime

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Yamaage Festival

Karasuyama's largest festival pairs a nationally designated folk performance tradition with outdoor Kabuki dance, organized in rotation by six local districts.

24–26 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNasukarasuyama · Tochigi

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Moka Summer Festival

Moka Summer Festival honors Kojin, god of fire and hearth, with over 20 mikoshi and festival floats paraded through the city over three days in summer.

24–26 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetMoka · Tochigi

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Osaka Tenjin Festival

A month-long summer festival centered on Osaka Tenmangu Shrine honors the deity Sugawara no Michizane with evening boat processions and fireworks on July 25.

24–25 Jul 2027Osaka

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Otaru Ushio Festival

This coastal festival celebrates Otaru's maritime heritage with parades, fireworks, and cultural activities honoring the harbour's role in the city's growth.

24–26 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetOtaru · Hokkaido

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Kurashiki Tenryo Summer Festival

A renowned summer festival features over 3,500 participants in the Daikan Bayashi-Odori dance, decorated floats, and traditional performances.

25 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetKurashiki · Okayama

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Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival

A summer festival known for elaborate street decorations, featuring the Tanabata Dance Thousand-Person Parade on its opening day.

3–5 Jul 2027Hiratsuka · Kanagawa

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Abare Festival

Illuminated lanterns parade through coastal Ushitsu in a celebration rooted in legend, featuring frenzied rituals to honor spiritual protection from epidemics.

3–4 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNoto · Ishikawa

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Doronko Festival

An agricultural ritual held in rice paddies since 1881, marking the end of planting with mud-covered performances that ask for divine blessing on the harvest.

5 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetSeiyo · Ehime

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Sawara Grand Festival

Every July in Sawara, ten seven-metre floats crowned with giant dolls are spun through the streets of a preserved Edo-period merchant town, grazing the eaves.

10–12 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetKatori · Chiba

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Ikukunitama Matsuri

One of Osaka's three great summer festivals features a grand procession from the shrine to Osaka Castle with gold and silver portable shrines.

11–12 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetOsaka

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Nachi Fire Festival

One of Japan's three great fire festivals, where giant torches purify the path to Nachi Waterfall at a sacred Kumano shrine each 14 July.

14 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetWakayama

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Toyohashi Gion Festival

Held annually in Toyohashi, Aichi, the Gion Festival combines tezutsu hand-held fireworks with the Yoritomo Procession, and dates back to the Edo period.

17–19 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetToyohashi · Aichi

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SURF JAM FESTIVAL

Surf Jam Festival: four days of beach culture at Ohara Beach in Chiba, a surfing destination, with live reggae, funk and punk performances plus DJ sets.

17–20 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetIsumi · Chiba

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Shirahama Ama Festival

Every July at the tip of the Boso Peninsula, close to a hundred diving women in white carry burning torches into the dark sea beneath the Nojimazaki lighthouse.

18–19 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetMinamiboso · Chiba

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Koiji Fire Festival

A coastal festival where young men carry ornate floats representing lovers into the sea before Benten Island, under fireworks and ceremonial fires.

19 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNoto · Ishikawa

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Chichibu Kawase Matsuri

The summer counterpart to Chichibu's famous winter festival, held in July, where children take central roles as musicians and performers on decorated floats.

19–20 Jul 2027Chichibu · Saitama

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Tsuchizaki Shinmeisha Shrine Annual Celebration And The Float Festival

Elaborate floats and traditional performances honor this port town's spiritual guardian, a shrine established in 1620 by local leaders.

20–21 Jul 2027Akita

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Uwajima Ushi-Oni Festival

A summer festival in Uwajima, Ehime, where giant ushi-oni floats with fearsome bull and demon faces parade through the streets to traditional music and chants.

22–24 Jul 2027Uwajima · Ehime

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Yamaage Festival

Karasuyama's largest festival pairs a nationally designated folk performance tradition with outdoor Kabuki dance, organized in rotation by six local districts.

24–26 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNasukarasuyama · Tochigi

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Moka Summer Festival

Moka Summer Festival honors Kojin, god of fire and hearth, with over 20 mikoshi and festival floats paraded through the city over three days in summer.

24–26 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetMoka · Tochigi

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Osaka Tenjin Festival

A month-long summer festival centered on Osaka Tenmangu Shrine honors the deity Sugawara no Michizane with evening boat processions and fireworks on July 25.

24–25 Jul 2027Osaka

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Otaru Ushio Festival

This coastal festival celebrates Otaru's maritime heritage with parades, fireworks, and cultural activities honoring the harbour's role in the city's growth.

24–26 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetOtaru · Hokkaido

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Kurashiki Tenryo Summer Festival

A renowned summer festival features over 3,500 participants in the Daikan Bayashi-Odori dance, decorated floats, and traditional performances.

25 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetKurashiki · Okayama

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