Culture Otaue Rice Planting Festival 2024 Friday - Jun 14th Japan reaffirms its deep connections with its staple crop at the annual Sumiyoshi Shrine rice-planting festival in Osaka on June..
Culture Good Coffee Fest @ Hanshin 2024 Mid Jun The Good Coffee Fest is an event that introduces some of Japan's best coffee shops in person, with a variety of brews on offer...
Culture Daigaku Festival at Ikune Shrine 2024 Jul 24th - Jul 25th Centering around an impressive array of almost a hundred lanterns, this is a festival worth a trek to attend. If traditional Japanese..
Nightlife Tenjin Matsuri 2024 Jul 24th - Jul 25th Tenjin Matsuri, which literally means festival of the Gods, is one of the most symbolic water and light festivals in Osaka, held..
Culture Yodogawa Fireworks Festival 2024 Saturday - Aug 3rd Firework viewing, called hanabi in Japanese, at Yodogawa River is a real crowd pleaser. One of top ten ways to spend your summer..
Culture Umeda Tanabata Festival 2024 Early Jun - Early Aug The Umeda Tanabata Festival showcases a variety of decorations on loan from the well-known Sendai Tanabata Festival in Miyagi Prefecture...
Nightlife Summer Sonic Osaka 2024 Mid Aug Summer Sonic is a three-day rock festival that's held simultaneously in both Tokyo and Osaka.
Tenjin Tenma Awa Odori 2024 Late Aug The Tenjin Tenma Awa Odori is billed as the largest Awa Odori event in the Kansai region.