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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

Shrine

Sanohara Shrine

Shrine honoring Fujiwara Ason Nijo Tamefuyuki, a court noble who died in 1335 during the Battle of Hakone, and son of the waka poet Nijo Tameyo.

Susono · Shizuoka

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

Shrine

Nikko Tosho-gu

Shinto shrine established 1617 to enshrine Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun who ended the Sengoku period and founded 260 years of Edo peace.

Nikko · Tochigi

Festival

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

Shrine

Kamigamo Shrine

One of Japan's oldest Shinto shrines, dedicated to the thunder deity and honored since 794 when Kyoto became the imperial capital.

Kyoto

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

Shrine

Tagata Shrine

This shrine dedicated to fertility and agricultural prosperity enshrines deities rooted in Japan's ancient traditions of harvest blessing and family well-being.

Komaki · Aichi

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

Shrine

Unedori Shrine

Rural Tono shrine associated with love and connection, where visitors tie wishes on red cloth strips using only their non-dominant hand.

Tono · Iwate

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

Shrine

Osaki Shrine

Shinto shrine enshrining two deities of abundance and protection, with a documented history spanning more than 1,500 years.

Moka · Tochigi

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

Shrine

Takebe Shrine

Takebe Shrine in Otsu enshrines Yamato Takeru and Onamuchi and served as the principal shrine of the ancient Omi Province.

Otsu · Shiga

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

Shrine

Miyagi Gokoku Shrine

Shrine on the Sendai Castle site honoring over 56,000 spirits of those who died in national service, with a main hall from Ise Grand Shrine.

Sendai · Miyagi

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

Shrine

Noda Shrine

Shrine honoring Mori Takachika, the last daimyo of Choshu Domain and central figure in the Meiji Restoration.

Yamaguchi

Shinto in Japan | Hey Japan!

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

Shrine

Sanohara Shrine

Shrine honoring Fujiwara Ason Nijo Tamefuyuki, a court noble who died in 1335 during the Battle of Hakone, and son of the waka poet Nijo Tameyo.

Susono · Shizuoka

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

Shrine

Nikko Tosho-gu

Shinto shrine established 1617 to enshrine Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun who ended the Sengoku period and founded 260 years of Edo peace.

Nikko · Tochigi

Festival

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

Shrine

Kamigamo Shrine

One of Japan's oldest Shinto shrines, dedicated to the thunder deity and honored since 794 when Kyoto became the imperial capital.

Kyoto

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

Shrine

Tagata Shrine

This shrine dedicated to fertility and agricultural prosperity enshrines deities rooted in Japan's ancient traditions of harvest blessing and family well-being.

Komaki · Aichi

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

Shrine

Unedori Shrine

Rural Tono shrine associated with love and connection, where visitors tie wishes on red cloth strips using only their non-dominant hand.

Tono · Iwate

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

Shrine

Osaki Shrine

Shinto shrine enshrining two deities of abundance and protection, with a documented history spanning more than 1,500 years.

Moka · Tochigi

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

Shrine

Takebe Shrine

Takebe Shrine in Otsu enshrines Yamato Takeru and Onamuchi and served as the principal shrine of the ancient Omi Province.

Otsu · Shiga

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

Shrine

Miyagi Gokoku Shrine

Shrine on the Sendai Castle site honoring over 56,000 spirits of those who died in national service, with a main hall from Ise Grand Shrine.

Sendai · Miyagi

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

Shrine

Noda Shrine

Shrine honoring Mori Takachika, the last daimyo of Choshu Domain and central figure in the Meiji Restoration.

Yamaguchi

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