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Shinkawa Market Festival

This downtown festival features food and craft stalls, agricultural products, and family activities rooted in Ube City's late 18th-century market traditions.

5 May 2027Ube · Yamaguchi

Shrine

Miyazaki-jingu

Shrine dedicated to Emperor Jimmu and ancestral deities, believed to occupy the site of the emperor's ancient palace before his legendary eastern expedition.

Miyazaki

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

Shrine

Omi Jingu

Established in 1940, Omi Jingu enshrines Emperor Tenji and stands adjacent to the traditional site of the Omi Otsu Palace, which he founded in 667.

Otsu · Shiga

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

Shrine

Tsutsujigaoka Tenmangu Shrine

Dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane, this shrine was established in 974 and relocated to Sendai, rebuilt in 1667 with striking vermilion colors.

Sendai · Miyagi

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

Shrine

Kashima Jingu Shrine

Believed to have been founded in 660 BCE, this ancient shrine in the Kanto region is dedicated to a patron deity of martial arts and historic swordsman school.

Kashima · Ibaraki

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

Shrine

Hakusan Shrine Sayado

Hall built in 1760 in Gokayama, Toyama, to shelter a shrine from 1502, the oldest surviving wooden building in Toyama and an Important Cultural Property.

Nanto · Toyama

Festival

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

Shrine

Atsuta Shrine

A highly revered Nagoya shrine established during Emperor Keiko's reign, it houses the Kusanagi no Tsurugi, one of the three symbols of the Imperial throne.

Nagoya · Aichi

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

Shrine

Sumiyoshi Taisha

Osaka shrine that has served sea travellers for two millennia, enshrining three sea deities and Empress Jingu, who founded it and is revered as a protector.

Osaka

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

Shrine

Ichinomiya Shrine

A Heian-period shrine in Tokushima city venerating two kami, with a Momoyama-style main hall built in 1630, a National Important Cultural Property.

Tokushima

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

Shrine

Morioka Hachimangu Shrine

Shinto shrine dedicated to Hachiman, god of war and samurai patron, hosting an annual August festival featuring traditional taiko drums and horseback archery.

Morioka · Iwate

Festival

Shinkawa Market Festival

This downtown festival features food and craft stalls, agricultural products, and family activities rooted in Ube City's late 18th-century market traditions.

5 May 2027Ube · Yamaguchi

Shrine

Miyazaki-jingu

Shrine dedicated to Emperor Jimmu and ancestral deities, believed to occupy the site of the emperor's ancient palace before his legendary eastern expedition.

Miyazaki

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

Shrine

Omi Jingu

Established in 1940, Omi Jingu enshrines Emperor Tenji and stands adjacent to the traditional site of the Omi Otsu Palace, which he founded in 667.

Otsu · Shiga

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

Shrine

Tsutsujigaoka Tenmangu Shrine

Dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane, this shrine was established in 974 and relocated to Sendai, rebuilt in 1667 with striking vermilion colors.

Sendai · Miyagi

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

Shrine

Kashima Jingu Shrine

Believed to have been founded in 660 BCE, this ancient shrine in the Kanto region is dedicated to a patron deity of martial arts and historic swordsman school.

Kashima · Ibaraki

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

Shrine

Hakusan Shrine Sayado

Hall built in 1760 in Gokayama, Toyama, to shelter a shrine from 1502, the oldest surviving wooden building in Toyama and an Important Cultural Property.

Nanto · Toyama

Festival

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

Shrine

Atsuta Shrine

A highly revered Nagoya shrine established during Emperor Keiko's reign, it houses the Kusanagi no Tsurugi, one of the three symbols of the Imperial throne.

Nagoya · Aichi

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

Shrine

Sumiyoshi Taisha

Osaka shrine that has served sea travellers for two millennia, enshrining three sea deities and Empress Jingu, who founded it and is revered as a protector.

Osaka

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

Shrine

Ichinomiya Shrine

A Heian-period shrine in Tokushima city venerating two kami, with a Momoyama-style main hall built in 1630, a National Important Cultural Property.

Tokushima

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

Shrine

Morioka Hachimangu Shrine

Shinto shrine dedicated to Hachiman, god of war and samurai patron, hosting an annual August festival featuring traditional taiko drums and horseback archery.

Morioka · Iwate

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