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Otabi Festival

A spring celebration in Komatsu blends Shinto ritual, elaborate festival floats, and children's kabuki performances at two historic shrines.

8–10 May 2027Exact date not confirmed yetKomatsu · Ishikawa

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Kanda Festival

A festival held at Kanda Shrine in Tokyo dating back to the 17th century, featuring processions of participants in Heian-period clothing and sacred ceremonies.

13–15 May 2027Exact date not confirmed yetTokyo

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Sanja Matsuri

Sanja Matsuri, one of Tokyo's largest traditional festivals, honours enshrined figures with mikoshi processions and an Intangible Folk Cultural Property dance.

15–17 May 2027Tokyo

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Aoi Festival

The Aoi Festival, one of Kyoto's three major annual festivals, belongs to the northern Kamo shrines, with roots over 1,400 years old and equestrian archery.

15 May 2027Kyoto

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Mikuni Festival (Mikuni Shrine Annual Festival)

A three-century tradition, this Hokuriku festival showcases elaborately decorated floats and honors the maritime heritage of this former port town.

19–21 May 2027Exact date not confirmed yetSakai · Fukui

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Sanno Festival

Centered at Hie Shrine, this major Toyama festival originated in the Edo period and features a two-day mikoshi procession through the city's parishes.

31 May – 2 Jun 2027Toyama

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Tsuzawa Yotaka Andon Festival

A lantern festival in Toyama Prefecture where 7-meter-high floats decorated with warrior illustrations collide in ritualized clashes to taiko drumming.

5–6 Jun 2027Exact date not confirmed yetOyabe · Toyama

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Nagano Gion Festival

The Nagano Gion Festival celebrates Susanoo-no-Mikoto, deity of storms and protection, with mikoshi processions at Yasaka Shrine near historic Zenkoji temple.

6 Jun 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNagano

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Sanno Matsuri

Sanno Matsuri at Hie Shrine each June ranks among Japan's three great festivals; once viewed by Tokugawa shoguns, it is known as the Festival of the Realm.

7–17 Jun 2027Exact date not confirmed yetTokyo

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Chagu Chagu Umakko Festival

Chagu Chagu Umakko Festival, held in June in Iwate Prefecture, honors decorated working horses, reflecting the region's horse breeding and farming heritage.

14 Jun 2027Exact date not confirmed yetTakizawa · Iwate

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Kawasaki Sanno Festival

A week-long festival in central Kawasaki where two great mikoshi act out a divine marriage, pregnancy, and birth across the city's streets.

15–20 Jun 2027Kawasaki · Kanagawa

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CITTA' Festival

A shopping complex's summer event, now held with the Sanno Shrine Festival: portable shrine processions and sacred rites amid Mediterranean streets and stalls.

19–21 Jun 2027Exact date not confirmed yetKawasaki · Kanagawa

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Gion Festival

A month-long Kyoto festival centered on Yasaka Jinja Shrine, with sacred rituals, food stalls and illuminated floats, ending in a grand procession and parade.

1–31 Jul 2027Kyoto

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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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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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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

Festival

Otabi Festival

A spring celebration in Komatsu blends Shinto ritual, elaborate festival floats, and children's kabuki performances at two historic shrines.

8–10 May 2027Exact date not confirmed yetKomatsu · Ishikawa

Festival

Kanda Festival

A festival held at Kanda Shrine in Tokyo dating back to the 17th century, featuring processions of participants in Heian-period clothing and sacred ceremonies.

13–15 May 2027Exact date not confirmed yetTokyo

Festival

Sanja Matsuri

Sanja Matsuri, one of Tokyo's largest traditional festivals, honours enshrined figures with mikoshi processions and an Intangible Folk Cultural Property dance.

15–17 May 2027Tokyo

Festival

Aoi Festival

The Aoi Festival, one of Kyoto's three major annual festivals, belongs to the northern Kamo shrines, with roots over 1,400 years old and equestrian archery.

15 May 2027Kyoto

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Mikuni Festival (Mikuni Shrine Annual Festival)

A three-century tradition, this Hokuriku festival showcases elaborately decorated floats and honors the maritime heritage of this former port town.

19–21 May 2027Exact date not confirmed yetSakai · Fukui

Festival

Sanno Festival

Centered at Hie Shrine, this major Toyama festival originated in the Edo period and features a two-day mikoshi procession through the city's parishes.

31 May – 2 Jun 2027Toyama

Festival

Tsuzawa Yotaka Andon Festival

A lantern festival in Toyama Prefecture where 7-meter-high floats decorated with warrior illustrations collide in ritualized clashes to taiko drumming.

5–6 Jun 2027Exact date not confirmed yetOyabe · Toyama

Festival

Nagano Gion Festival

The Nagano Gion Festival celebrates Susanoo-no-Mikoto, deity of storms and protection, with mikoshi processions at Yasaka Shrine near historic Zenkoji temple.

6 Jun 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNagano

Festival

Sanno Matsuri

Sanno Matsuri at Hie Shrine each June ranks among Japan's three great festivals; once viewed by Tokugawa shoguns, it is known as the Festival of the Realm.

7–17 Jun 2027Exact date not confirmed yetTokyo

Festival

Chagu Chagu Umakko Festival

Chagu Chagu Umakko Festival, held in June in Iwate Prefecture, honors decorated working horses, reflecting the region's horse breeding and farming heritage.

14 Jun 2027Exact date not confirmed yetTakizawa · Iwate

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Kawasaki Sanno Festival

A week-long festival in central Kawasaki where two great mikoshi act out a divine marriage, pregnancy, and birth across the city's streets.

15–20 Jun 2027Kawasaki · Kanagawa

Festival

CITTA' Festival

A shopping complex's summer event, now held with the Sanno Shrine Festival: portable shrine processions and sacred rites amid Mediterranean streets and stalls.

19–21 Jun 2027Exact date not confirmed yetKawasaki · Kanagawa

Festival

Gion Festival

A month-long Kyoto festival centered on Yasaka Jinja Shrine, with sacred rituals, food stalls and illuminated floats, ending in a grand procession and parade.

1–31 Jul 2027Kyoto

Festival

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

Festival

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

Festival

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

Festival

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

Festival

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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