Category Events
Find all of the latest festival events in Japan – use our events calendar to plan your time in Japan! Choose from festivals, anime and manga exhibitions/events, markets and more!
Yushima Tenjin Plum Blossom Festival
This shrine has been a famous plum blossom spot to visit since the Edo period.
schedule 8:00 am - 7:30 pm
payments FREE
schedule 8:00 am - 7:30 pm
payments FREE
Yotsugi Jizo Grand Festival
The Yotsugi Jizo Grand Festival is an annual event held at Jotoku-ji Temple, which is known as a place to pray for conception and safe childbirth.
schedule 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
payments ¥5,000
schedule 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
payments ¥5,000
Ome Plum Blossom Festival
This festival offers visitors a delightful experience, combining the beauty of plum blossoms with a vibrant festival atmosphere.
schedule ALL DAY
payments FREE
schedule ALL DAY
payments FREE
Plum Blossom Festival at Kitano Tenmangu Shrine
The 25th of February marks the anniversary of the death the enshrined deity and is celebrated with plum blossoms.
schedule 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
payments FREE
schedule 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
payments FREE
Design Festa Vol. 61
Design Festa is a celebration of art, showcasing original works created by a diverse range of artists, both professional, amateur and handmade crafters!
schedule 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
payments from ¥800
schedule 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
payments from ¥800
Kagurazaka Machi Tobi Festa
Kagurazaka Machi Tobi Festa is an annual festival celebrating the traditional culture of Kagurazaka, a historic district in Tokyo.
schedule 6:00 pm - 8:00 am
payments FREE
schedule 6:00 pm - 8:00 am
payments FREE
Narita Fireworks Festival
Since 2006 the Fireworks Festival in Narita City has been held yearly, with the festival honouring different important events.
schedule 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
payments FREE
schedule 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
payments FREE
Snow Bank Pay It Forward: Tokyo Snow Festival
Each year Yoyogi Events Plaza is transformed into a snow paradise for two days of snow sports, music and entertainment, with the aim of educating young people about the importance of blood donation an
schedule ALL DAY
payments FREE
schedule ALL DAY
payments FREE
Suginami Festa
The weekend will see a variety of arts, crafts and performances, including a music and dance show, gospel choir performance, talks focused on local produce and domestic community exchange programmes,
schedule ALL DAY
payments FREE
schedule ALL DAY
payments FREE
Cheese Festa
Cheese Day in Japan has been celebrated on the 11th November since 1992 when it was introduced in order to help everyone become more familiar with cheese.
schedule ALL DAY
payments FREE
schedule ALL DAY
payments FREE
Dream Yosacoy/Yosakoi Festival
Dream Yosakoi Festival hosts original dance performances by teams from all over Japan, celebrating the Japanese culture of Yosakoi Naruko dance.
schedule 10:30 am - 9:00 pm
payments FREE
schedule 10:30 am - 9:00 pm
payments FREE
Malaysia Fair Tokyo
Malaysia Fair is Tokyo's largest event embracing Malaysian culture, with the event gathering everything Malaysian in one space.
schedule 6:00 pm - 10:00 am
payments FREE
schedule 6:00 pm - 10:00 am
payments FREE
Meiji Jingū Shrine Yabusame
Yabusame, or horseback archery, is one of the most popular events to happen at Meiji Shrine Autumn Grand Festival.
schedule 6:00 pm - 8:00 am
payments FREE
schedule 6:00 pm - 8:00 am
payments FREE
Hakone Daimyo Procession
An annual march held on the national holiday of Culture Day that passes through the town of Hakone. The event is based on a feudal lord's procession - an act that took place in the Edo period (1603 -
schedule ALL DAY
payments FREE
schedule ALL DAY
payments FREE
Doburoku Festival
The doburoku festival is a harvest festival that takes place each autumn, where an offering of doburoku (cloudy home-brewed sake) is made to the gods and to visitors of the shrine in prayers of a boun
schedule 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
payments FREE
schedule 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
payments FREE
Dontosai Festival
The Dontosai Festival, also known as the Matsutaki Festival has a history of 300 years.
schedule 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
payments FREE
schedule 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
payments FREE
Oni Hashiri: Ogres and Flaming Torches
A 500-year-old fire festival held at the Nenbutsu Temple in Nara Prefecture.
schedule 1:00 pm - 11:00 pm
payments FREE
schedule 1:00 pm - 11:00 pm
payments FREE
Shittenoji Doya Doya Festival
The Shittenoji Doya Doya Festival is famously known as Osaka's Naked Festival.
schedule 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
payments FREE
schedule 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
payments FREE
Nozawa Onsen Fire Festival
The Dosojin Festival is an ancient event held annually in Nozawa Onsen on the first day of the New Year.
schedule 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
payments FREE
schedule 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
payments FREE
People-Throwing and Ash-Smearing Festival
The Matsunoyama Onsen Snow Throwing Festival, held annually on January 15th, celebrates the "Little New Year."
schedule 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
payments FREE
schedule 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
payments FREE