Japan

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All Festival 175 Market 41 Gathering 31 Residency 27 Workshop 22 Community 2
All regions Hokkaido 12 Tohoku 58 Kanto 40 Chubu 58 Kinki 49 Chugoku 30 Shikoku 8 Kyushu 34 Okinawa 12 Other 7
September 2026 1 events
09/05–09/06
Festival Okinawa
Okinawa Zento Eisa Festival
Koza Athletic Stadium and city streets, Okinawa City, Okinawa
A dance to send off the ancestors fills the night. When Obon ends, Okinawa begins its eisa. Young people beat drums and
October 2026 1 events
10/10–10/12
Festival Okinawa
Naha Great Tug-of-War Festival
Kumoji intersection, National Route 58, Naha, Okinawa
Everyone pulls a rope two hundred meters long. In Naha, Okinawa, the Great Tug-of-War uses the largest straw rope in the
Year-round
旧暦12月頃（日程非公表）
Festival Okinawa
Miyakojima Paantu: The God Who Marks You
Ueno Nohara, Miyakojima City, Okinawa
The deity appears from the forest covered in mud — thick, ancient mud drawn from a sacred well. Paantu moves through the
旧暦6〜7月（島によって異なる）
Festival Okinawa
Yaeyama Hoonen-sai: Harvest Offerings at the Edge of Japan
Ishigaki City and Taketomi Town, Okinawa (held on individual islands)
In the Yaeyama islands — Japan's southwestern edge, closer to Taiwan than to Tokyo — each community holds its own harves
2026年7月中旬（例年7月）
Festival Okinawa
Okinawa Kanasa Fireworks
Ginowan Seaside Park, Ginowan, Okinawa
"Kanasa" means beloved. In the Okinawan language, kanasan is the word for something dear, something cherished—and the fi
2026年（例年・秋〜冬の開催あり）
Festival Okinawa
Naha Okinawa Fireworks Festival
Naminoue Beach, Naha, Okinawa
Fire falls on a southern sea. Naha was once the capital of the Ryukyu Kingdom—an independent island nation with its own