Festivals
Japan: festivals
245 festivals, carnivals and traditional feasts of Japan, by month, each with its town and the weather there at the time.
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Festivals through the year
The best-known festivals of the country, by month, with their town.
- Jan3
- Feb17
- Mar9
- Apr15
- May25
- Jun16
- Jul34
- Aug58
- Sep17
- Oct35
- Nov12
- Dec7
January
- Mukonage and SuminuriTraditional festival · Tsunan
- Tōka EbisuAshiya
- Atagosya no Hi MatsuriUozu
February
- Sapporo Snow FestivalSapporo
- Yokohama Film FestivalFilm festival · Yokohama
- Samba Carnival of AsakusaCarnival · Feb–Mar · Ryōgoku
- Shibare FestivalRikubetsu
- Toba Fire FestivalNishio
- Saidai-ji EyōSetouchi
- Hiburi KamakuraKakunodatemachi
- Okinawa International CarnivalCarnival · Feb–Mar · Okinawa
- Asahikawa Winter FestivalAsahikawa
- Otō MatsuriShingu
- Otaru Snow Light PathOtaru
- Katsuyama SagichōKatsuyama
- Kasedori
- Odate Amekko-ichiŌdate
- Iiyama Snow FestivalIiyama
- Takisanji Oni MatsuriOkazaki
- Gero Ta-no-Kami FestivalGero
March
- HōnensaiOguchi
- OmizutoriNara-shi
- Kasuga-saiNara-shi
- Higashiyama Hanatouro
- Nochi Spring FestivalMihara
- Night Plum FestivalMito
- Izushi Hatsuuma Taisai
April
- Kanamara MatsuriTraditional festival · Kawasaki
- Tokyo Rainbow PrideTokyo
- Suga Shrine Taisai
- Nagahama Hikiyama FestivalNagahama
- Inuyama FestivalInuyama
- Furukawa FestivalFurukawa
- Bunkyō Azalea FestivalKanda-Surugadai
- Takada Castle Site Park Cherry Blossom FestivalJōetsu
- Hiyoshi Sannō-saiOtsu
- Otaue Festival at Katori JingūSawara
- Chichibu Shrine OtauesaiChichibu
- Emperor Jinmu FestivalKashihara-shi
- Kumano Hongū Taisha ReitaishaHongū
- Ōoka Echizen FestivalChigasaki
- Yasurai MatsuriKyoto
May
- Aoi MatsuriKyoto
- Sanja MatsuriRyōgoku
- Kanda MatsuriKanda-awajichō
- Hiroshima Flower FestivalHiroshima
- Hakata DontakuFukuoka
- Tado FestivalTōin
- Hamamatsu Kite FestivalTraditional festival · Hamamatsu
- Takaoka Mikurumayama FestivalTakaoka
- Shimoda Black Ship FestivalShimoda
- Miyazu MatsuriMiyazu
- Imamiya MatsuriKyoto
- Kobe MatsuriKobe
- Chiryū FestivalChiryū
- Odawara Hōjō Godai FestivalTraditional festival · Odawara
- Ōgaki FestivalŌgaki
- Johana Hikiyama FestivalNanto-shi
- Kokufu-saiŌiso
- Fushiki Hikiyama FestivalNishishinminato
- Kamezaki Shiohi FestivalTakahama
- Kurayami MatsuriFuchū
- EDC JapanMusic festival · Chiba
- Mikuni MatsuriMikuni
- Sannō MatsuriMay–Jun · Toyama
- Suitengū Spring FestivalKurume
- Marugame Castle FestivalMarugame
June
- Mibu no Hana TaueKitahiroshima
- Sannō MatsuriKita-aoyama
- Chagu Chagu UmakkoMorioka
- Yosakoi Soran FestivalSapporo
- Hyakumangoku MatsuriKanazawa
- Saiō MatsuriTraditional festival · Meiwa
- Himeji Yukata MatsuriHimeji
- Yoshiwara Gion-saiFuji
- Otaue Shinto ServiceSakai
- Aichi International Women's Film FestivalFilm festival · Nagoya
- Hamakita Hiryū festival
- Agata MatsuriUji
- Shimadachi Hadaka MatsuriMatsumoto
- Ise Lobster FestivalIse
- 蛇も蚊もMinatomirai
July
- Gion MatsuriKyoto
- Hakata Gion YamakasaFukuoka
- Sumidagawa Fireworks FestivalMinato City
- Tobata Gion Yamagasa festivalKitakyūshū
- Tsuchizaki Shinmeisha Shrine Annual Celebration And The Float FestivalAkita
- Tenno MatsuriTsushima
- Tenjin MatsuriOsaka
- Rainbow Reel TokyoFilm festival · Tokyo
- Tanabe MatsuriTanabe
- Abare FestivalNoto
- Ōgi MatsuriNachikatsuura
- Shirongo MatsuriSugashima
- 岩瀬駅前夏祭りIwase
- Kurosaki Gion Yamagasa
- Iida-machi Toroyama FestivalSuzu
- Chichibu Kawase MatsuriChichibu
- Sōma NomaoiMinami-Sōma
- Hamaori-saiChigasaki
- Narita Gion FestivalNarita
- Yamaage MatsuriNasukarasuyama
- Kokura Gion DaikoKitakyūshū
- Sumiyoshi MatsuriTsumori
- Aizen FestivalDōtonbori
- Kibune MatsuriManazuru
- Jindai-ji Hōzuki FestivalSuga-inadazutsumi
- HIrano'gō Natsu-matsuriShin’imazato
- Showa Kinen Park FireworksAkishima
- Mashiko Gion MatsuriMashiko
- Ikutama MatsuriDōtonbori
- Namerikawa Nebuta NagashiNamerikawa
- Kōda no HimatsuriNanao
- Hokkaido Belly Button FestivalShimo-furano
- Nanao Gion MatsuriNanao
- Otebi Matsuri
August
- Gozan no OkuribiKyoto
- Hiroshima International Animation FestivalFilm festival · Hiroshima
- Aomori Nebuta MatsuriAomori
- Akita KantōAkita
- Kōenji Awa OdoriAsagaya-minami
- PL Art of FireworksTondabayashichō
- Jingu Fireworks FestivalKita-aoyama
- Ishidori MatsuriKuwana
- Fukagawa MatsuriMonzen-nakachō
- Shinjō MatsuriShinjō
- Kitakami Michinoku Traditional Dance FestivalTheatre and dance · Kitakami
- Goshogawara Tachineputa FestivalGoshogawara
- Naniwa Yodogawa Fireworks FestivalJūsō-honmachi
- Yosakoi Matsuri
- Sendai TanabataSendai
- Wasshoi Hyakuman Natsumatsuri
- Shan-shan festivalTottori-shi
- Hirosaki NeputaHirosaki
- Hachioji MatsuriHachiōji
- Ubagami Daijingū TogyosaiEsashi
- Lake Suwa Fireworks FestivalSuwa
- Hanawa BayashiKazuno
- Morioka Sansa OdoriMorioka
- Itako Gion MatsuriItako
- 松本のぼんぼん・青山様Matsumoto
- Tejikara Fire FestivalGinan
- Yoshida Fire FestivalFujiyoshida
- Nanbu Fire FestivalNanbu
- Nara TōkaeNara-shi
- Jantokoi Uozu FestivalUozu
- Sanuki Takamatsu FestivalTakamatsu
- Itabashi Fireworks FestivalŌyama-higashichō
- Naruto Fireworks FestivalNaruto-chō Mitsuishi
- MatsuageKyoto
- Innoshima Suigun MatsuriInnoshima
- Mikuni Fireworks FestivalMikuni
- Edogawa Fireworks FestivalMaihama
- Shinomiya Matsuri
- Yokkabui
- Aomori Fireworks DisplayAomori
- 長野びんずるNagano
- Hagi Summer FestivalHagi
- Chikugo River Fireworks FestivalYanagawa
- Issaki Hōtō FestivalNanao
- Noboribetsu Jigoku MatsuriNoboribetsu
- Kumano Great Fireworks FestivalKumano
- Kiryū Yagibushi festivalKiryū
- Anjin Festival Sea FireworksIto
- Hirakawa NeputaHirakawa
- 山口七夕ちょうちんまつりYamaguchi
- Tomida Ishidori MatsuriYokkaichi
- Kujirabune FestivalKawagoe
- Fujisan Gojinka MatsuriFujinomiya
- Miyajima Water Fireworks FestivalHatsukaichi
- Rice Planting Festival at Kibitsuhiko ShrineOkayama
- Kachimai FireworksObihiro
- Sendai Tanabata Fireworks FestivalSendai
- Yassa FestivalMihara
September
- Kaze no bonToyama
- Kakunodate-matsuriKakunodatemachi
- Kishiwada Danjiri MatsuriKishiwada
- The Great Festival of Fujisaki Hachimangu ShrineKumamoto
- Aizu Clan ParadeAizuwakamatsu
- HōjōyaFukuoka
- Sada Shin NohMatsue
- Komaneko FestivalKyōtango
- Tsukurimon FestivalRittō
- Fukuoka International Film FestivalFilm festival · Fukuoka
- Hyōge Matsuri
- 三國湊帯のまち流し
- 飛鳥光の回廊Asuka
- Iwashimizu-saiYawata
- Tsuruga MatsuriTsuruga
- Tajima Beef FestivalFood and wine
- Okuma Kabuto FestivalNanao
October
- Tokyo International Film FestivalFilm festival · Tokyo
- Jidai MatsuriTraditional festival · Kyoto
- Nagasaki KunchiFood and wine · Nagasaki
- Kawagoe Hikawa FestivalKawagoe
- Saijō Sake MatsuriFood and wine
- Nada no kenka matsuriShirahamachō-usazakiminami
- Kannamesai FestivalFood and wine · Ise
- Nihonmatsu Lantern Festival
- Kurama Himatsuri
- Imari Ton-Ten-Ton FestivalImarichō-kō
- Yuwaku Bonbori Matsuri
- Yahagi Shrine Autumn Grand FestivalOkazaki
- Owari Tsushima Autumn FestivalTsushima
- Kanuma Imamiya Shrine FestivalKanuma
- Toyohama Chōsa Festival
- Kotohiki Hachimangū TaisaiKan’onjichō
- Banshū Aki Matsuri
- Kakegawa MatsuriKakegawa
- Miyazaki Shrine Grand FestivalMiyazaki
- Katsuyama FestivalKatsuyama
- Ueno Tenjin FestivalUeno-ebisumachi
- Hōrai MatsuriTsurugi-asahimachi
- Ōgaki Jūmangoku MatsuriŌgaki
- Natsuyama Fire Festival
- Kumano Hayatama MatsuriShingu
- Kinomoto MatsuriKumano
- Tōge no Kunitori Tsunahiki GassenMitsushima
- Kishiwada Danjiri FestivalKishiwada
- Hakata OkunchiFood and wine · Fukuoka
- Ise MatsuriIse
- Orochon no Hi MatsuriAbashiri
- やつしろ全国花火競技大会Honmachi
- みちのくYOSAKOIまつりSendai
- Miare Festival
- 佐倉の秋祭りSakura
November
- Karatsu KunchiFood and wine · Karatsu
- Tokyo FilmexFilm festival · Tokyo
- Saga International Balloon FiestaSaga
- Awa no Tanuki FestivalAwa
- Ebisukō
- Hachioji Ginkgo FestivalHachiōji
- Shibayama Haniwa FestivalShibayama
- Waseda Movie FestivalFilm festival · Waseda-tsurumakichō
- Taimatsu AkashiSukagawa
- Masakado MatsuriBando
- Fujinomiya FestivalFujinomiya
- Mita festivalAzabu-jūban
December
- Chichibu Night FestivalChichibu
- Akō Gishi FestivalKariya
- Gishi-saiAzabu-jūban
- Kanji DayKyoto
- Kasuga Wakamiya On-Matsuri FestivalNara-shi
- Arashiyama HanatōroArashiyama
- Sapporo International Short Film Festival & MarketFilm festival · Sapporo
Only the month is given: the exact dates change from year to year.