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Karatsu Kunchi 11月2日（月） Ohara Festival 11月2日（月） Hikari no Machi Hakata 11月3日（火） Midosuji Illumination 11月3日（火） Yagoro-don Festival 11月3日（火） Tokyo German Village Winter Illumination 10月31日（土） Naruko Gorge in Autumn: A Canyon of Color and Hot Water 10月下旬〜11月上旬が見頃 To-no-Hetsuri 10月下旬〜11月上旬が見頃 Nita Pass 10月下旬〜11月中旬が見頃 Daisen 10月下旬〜11月上旬が見頃 Fukiware-no-taki 10月下旬〜11月上旬が見頃 Geibikei Gorge: The Song Comes on the Way Back 10月中旬〜11月上旬が見頃 Koyasan 10月下旬〜11月上旬が見頃 Fukuroda Falls 11月上旬〜中旬が見頃 Shin-Yabakei 10月下旬〜11月中旬が見頃 Yamadera 10月下旬〜11月上旬が見頃 Eiheiji Temple 11月上旬〜中旬が見頃 Sumatakyo Gorge 11月上旬〜下旬が見頃 Zuihoji Park 11月上旬〜中旬が見頃 Genbikei Gorge: The Dumplings Arrive by Rope 10月下旬〜11月上旬が見頃
All Festival 419 Market 35 Gathering 82 Residency 27 Workshop 22 Community 2
All regions Hokkaido 21 Tohoku 93 Kanto 100 Chubu 119 Kinki 94 Chugoku 59 Shikoku 17 Kyushu 67 Okinawa 12 Other 15
January 2027 1 events
Gathering Chubu S
01/11–01/31
Shirakawa-go Winter Light-up
Ogimachi, Shirakawa-mura, Ono-gun, Gifu
Snow on the steep thatched roofs, and lamplight underneath: the Shirakawa-go light-up is four evenings a year. In 2027,
February 2027 4 events
Gathering Chubu K
02/07–03/08
Kawazu Sakura Cherry Blossom Festival
The earliest spring in Japan arrives in a valley on the Izu Peninsula, nearly a month before the rest of the country. Th
Gathering Chubu Y
02/13–02/14
Yakuyoke Jizo at Entakuji: The Night the Statue Can Hear
The temple is called Entakuji, and it stands on the slope above Yumura, a hot spring quarter on the northern edge of Kof
Gathering Chubu T
02/14–02/14
Toba Fire Festival: Reading the Year Out of a Burning Tower
The sea at Toba is close enough that the men go down to it first. They wade in — February, Mikawa Bay, late afternoon —
Gathering Chubu N
02/20–02/23
Nagano Tomyo Lantern Festival
The Nagano Tomyo Matsuri was born from the memory of the 1998 Winter Olympics. When the Games came to Nagano, they left
March 2027 2 events
Gathering Chubu H
03/06–03/06
Hadaka Oshiai at Urasa: Heat Made by Hand in Deep Snow
In March there is still snow in Minamiuonuma — not a dusting but a whole season's accumulation, walls of it along the ro
Gathering Chubu H
03/15–03/15
Honensai at Tagata Shrine: The Oldest Request, Undisguised
There is a shrine in Komaki, in the flat farming country north of Nagoya, dedicated to a god of harvests and to a woman
Year-round
Gathering Chubu N
Daily
Northern Alps Art Festival
Omachi and the surrounding hills and lakes, Nagano
In a town raised by snowmelt, you look at art. Omachi in Nagano sits right at the foot of the Northern Alps, peaks of th
Gathering Chubu T
4月中旬〜6月下旬
Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route: The Snow Corridor
Murodo, Tateyama Alpine Route, Toyama
Each spring, Japan turns a snow-removal project into a pilgrimage. The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, threading the North
Gathering Chubu G
通年（12月〜3月は冬季ライトアップあり）
Gero Onsen Gassho Village
2369 Mori, Gero City, Gifu
Gero is one of Japan's three most celebrated hot spring towns, which means most visitors come for the baths and leave wi
Gathering Chubu S
例年5月〜10月
Sado Firelight Noh
The island has more than thirty Noh stages. Sado was a place of exile, and the exiles brought the arts of the capital w
Gathering Chubu H
毎年12月1日〜2月頃
Himi Winter Yellowtail Fair
Himi fishing port and restaurants, Himi, Toyama
Himi, a fishing town on Toyama Bay, has something few food destinations possess: an official declaration of honesty. Eac