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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
December 2026 1 events
Gathering Chugoku C
12/31–12/31
Chinkasai at Miyajima: Carrying Fire into the New Year
On the last evening of the year, the tide is out at Miyajima and the great gate stands on wet sand. The crowds that fil
Year-round
Gathering Chugoku I
通年（2〜4月初旬に架け替えあり）
Iya Kazurabashi: The Vine Bridge of the Hidden Valley
162-2 Zentoku, Nishi-Iyayama, Miyoshi City, Tokushima
The bridge is made entirely of mountain vines, woven and suspended over a gorge that drops fourteen meters to the river
Gathering Chugoku I
例年11月下旬〜12月上旬
Izumo Taisha: The Month When All Gods Arrive
195 Kizukihigashi, Taisha-cho, Izumo City, Shimane
In the tenth month of the lunar calendar, Japan's eight million gods converge on Izumo. The rest of the country calls th
Gathering Chugoku M
例年7月中旬〜8月上旬
Miyajima Kangen-sai: Court Music on the Sea
Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima, Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima
The deity of Itsukushima Shrine travels by boat. On the evening of the Kangen-sai, a procession of vessels carrying musi
Gathering Chugoku I
毎週土曜（三宮神社）
Iwami Kagura Regular Performances
They dance all night. Iwami Kagura comes from the western end of Shimane, and it is at once a sacred rite and pure ente