Culture Kiyomori Festival Paul Walsh The people of sacred Miyajima pay thanks to the medieval clan leader who laid the foundations for the island's fame and prosperity...
Culture Hamamatsu Festival 2026 May 3rd - May 5th During the evenings of the three-day Hamamatsu festival during Golden Week
Culture Tondo Festival 2026 Thursday - Jan 15th Annual festival held around January 15th all across the country to burn old talismans and charms and pray for good luck in the year to come.
Culture Nagoya Festival 2025 Late Oct accept the praise and adulation of the cities population in the Nagoya Festival... Staged over two days, the festival began in 1954 when a war ravaged Nagoya
Culture Slug Festival 2025 Mid - Late Aug A festival in rural Nakatsugawa dedicated to a monk and a mystery of nature on the anniversary of a death connected to forbidden love.
Shopping Mashiko Pottery Festival 2026 Late Apr - Early May Be dazzled with the beauty and variety of handmade wares artfully displayed and for sale in Mashiko during their bi-annual festival.
Culture Naked Man Festival 2026 Mid Feb Brave the cold of February in Okayama for the Saidaiji Eyo Hadaka Matsuri, also known as the Naked Man Festival, and considered Japan's third oldest festivals
Activities Fire Prevention Festival Justin Velgus The Fire Prevention Festival in Shiogama is held every year on March 10th.