August 2026
2 events
08/07–08/09
Numata Festival
Around Numata Station, Numata, Gunma
A Tengu walks through the town. In Numata, Gunma, the summer festival sends a procession bearing great Tengu masks throu
08/26–08/27
Yoshida Fire Festival
5558 Kamiyoshida, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi
On the evening of August 26, more than seventy torches — each three meters tall — are lit simultaneously along a two-kil
October 2026
2 events
10/17–10/18
Kawagoe Festival
The floats move through a town of storehouses.
Kawagoe is sometimes called little Edo, and the name is earned: black-wa
10/31–11/03
Mashiko Pottery Fair
Jonaizaka and Sayado areas, Mashiko, Tochigi
Twice a year, a small pottery town in the Kanto hills receives more visitors than it can comfortably hold — and the visi
December 2026
1 events
12/02–12/03
Chichibu Night Festival
1-3 Banba-cho, Chichibu, Saitama (Chichibu Shrine)
In December, when most festivals have long ended, Chichibu lights its winter sky. This is one of Japan's three great flo
Year-round
Daily (closed Wed)
Katsuura Morning Market
Shimohoncho and Nakahoncho streets, Katsuura, Chiba
In the fishing town of Katsuura on the Boso Peninsula, a morning market has been held almost every day since 1591.
It w
Every Sat & Sun
Farmer's Market at the United Nations University
United Nations University plaza, 5-53-70 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
In the middle of the city, you can talk to the people who grew it. In Aoyama, Tokyo, on the plaza before the United Nati
Daily
Tokyo Flea Market
Keiokaku, 4-31-1 Tamagawa, Chofu, Tokyo
Old things alone draw this many people. In Chofu, Tokyo, twice a year, in spring and autumn, the Tokyo Flea Market is he
Daily (closed Sun)
Tsukiji Outer Market
Tsukiji 4-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
The market moved, but the town remained. In Tsukiji, Tokyo, there once stood one of the world's largest fish markets. In
Daily
Design Festa
Tokyo Big Sight, 3-11-1 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo
Whether it is good or not is beside the point. The only question is whether you made it. At Tokyo Big Sight, twice a yea
Daily
KENPOKU ART (Ibaraki North Art Festival)
Northern Ibaraki, including Hitachi, Hitachiota, and Daigo
Sea and mountains: two faces in a single festival. Northern Ibaraki has a coastal area facing the Pacific and a mountain
Daily
Mashiko Pottery Experience
Mashiko, Haga District, Tochigi
Beauty in the vessels of everyday use. Mashiko in Tochigi is a leading pottery town of the Kanto region, with many studi
毎年4月13〜17日
Nikko Yayoi Festival: Spring Floats of the Sacred Mountain
Futarasan Shrine, Nikko, Tochigi
Nikko is usually encountered through its excess. The Toshogu shrine — built to enshrine the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu — is
毎年7月（本祭）・10月（秋祭）
Sawara Grand Festival: Floats on the Waterway
Suwa Shrine / Yasaka Shrine, Sawara, Katori City, Chiba
The floats barely fit through the streets. This is the defining experience of the Sawara Grand Festival: watching a stru
不定期（月1〜2回）
Shimokitazawa Vintage Market: The Neighborhood as Archive
Around Shimokitazawa Station, Setagaya, Tokyo
Shimokitazawa is the neighborhood that Tokyo's musicians, actors, and writers moved to before they were successful, and
通年（各工房により異なる）
Edo Kiriko: Cutting Glass the Way Tokyo Once Did
Sumida-ku / Koto-ku, Tokyo
The grinding wheel turns, and you press the glass against it. The glass resists, then yields — a shallow cut forming, ca
通年（要予約）
Yuki Tsumugi: Threading the Oldest Silk Loom in Japan
Yuki City, Ibaraki
Yuki tsumugi begins with the cocoon. The silk is drawn by hand from the cocoons, spun by hand into thread, and woven on
毎年5月3日
Odawara Hojo Godai Matsuri: Five Generations of Outsider Power
Odawara City, Kanagawa
The Later Hojo clan governed the Kanto region from Odawara for five generations, from the early sixteenth century until
毎月第1・第3土曜（不定期あり）
Omiya Hikawa Shrine Antique Market: Sacred Ground, Old Things
Musashi Ichinomiya Hikawa Shrine, Omiya-ku, Saitama City, Saitama
The approach to Hikawa Shrine extends for more than two kilometers through Omiya — a zelkova-lined path that is one of t
季節ごとに開催（春・秋が中心）
Yokohama Yamashita Park Marché: Port City Produce by the Sea
Yamashita Park, Naka-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa
Yamashita Park runs along the Yokohama waterfront, with the passenger ship terminal visible to the north and the bay ope
2026年7月25日（土）19:00〜20:30
Sumida River Fireworks Festival
Sumida River, Sumida/Taito, Tokyo
The river remembers. Long before the towers rose along its banks, before the trains and the neon, the Sumida carried boa
2026年8月1日（土）19:15〜20:30
Edogawa Fireworks Festival
Edogawa Riverbank, Edogawa, Tokyo
It begins before you are ready. In the first five seconds, a thousand shells erupt at once—an opening so audacious that
2026年4月〜12月の指定日（年間複数回開催）
Atami Sea Fireworks Festival
Atami Bay, Atami, Shizuoka
The fireworks thunder at the bottom of a bowl. Atami is a hot-spring town wedged between mountains and sea, and its bay
2026年7月下旬〜8月（例年夏季）
Oarai Sea Fireworks Festival
Oarai Sun Beach, Oarai, Ibaraki
Fireworks stand up against the Pacific. Oarai is a seaside town on the Ibaraki coast, and what opens before it is the gr
2026年7月中旬（例年7月）
Tonegawa Grand Fireworks Festival
Tone River, Sakai, Ibaraki
This is the grand stage of Bando Taro. That was the old name for the Tone River—"Bando Taro," the eldest son of the east
2026年10月上旬（例年10月）
Konosu Fireworks Festival
Arakawa Riverbank, Konosu, Saitama
The largest shell in the world rises here. Konosu, on the wide gravel banks of the Arakawa River in Saitama, ends its di
通年（要予約・工房により異なる）
Nikko-bori Wood Carving Experience
Nikko City, Tochigi
You become heir to the hands that carved Toshogu. The Nikko Toshogu shrine, with its dazzling sculptures—the sleeping ca
小田原・厚木など神奈川県西部で、保存会により定期公演・神社祭礼で上演されます。日程は年により異なります。
Sagami Puppet Theatre
Puppet theatre, three to a figure.
Sagami Ningyo is the puppet drama of western Kanagawa, around Odawara and Atsugi—the
例年7月、七夕の時期に開催。豪華な竹飾りが商店街を埋めます。日程は年により異なります。
Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival
The sky disappears.
At the Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata, the shopping streets are buried under enormous bamboo decorations
例年8月上旬に開催。八木節の踊りと演奏で町が沸きます。日程は年により異なります。
Kiryu Yagibushi Festival
They beat on barrels.
At the Kiryu Yagibushi Festival in August, the whole town rings with yagibushi—empty barrels stru
例年7月上旬の金土日に開催。山車・屋台の総引きなど。日程は年により異なります。
Narita Gion Festival
Floats race up the temple approach.
At the Narita Gion Festival in July, ten floats and stalls parade before Naritasan
毎年9月・敬老の日を最終日とする3日間（15日は例祭）
Ishioka Matsuri: One of the Kanto's Three Great Festivals
Hitachi-no-kuni Sosha Shrine and city center, Ishioka, Ibaraki
The lions move through the town.
In Ishioka, in Ibaraki, a three-day festival rises each September, ending on Respect f