Japan

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All Festival 421 Market 45 Gathering 74 Residency 27 Workshop 22 Community 2
All regions Hokkaido 19 Tohoku 94 Kanto 100 Chubu 119 Kinki 96 Chugoku 61 Shikoku 17 Kyushu 67 Okinawa 13 Other 15
September 2026 1 events
Festival Other K
09/18–09/20
Kuji Autumn Festival
Central Kuji, Iwate
The floats in Kuji move. Not merely along the street, which any float does, but upward and outward: figures and ornament
October 2026 1 events
Festival Other T
10/10–10/11
Tsushima Izuhara Hachiman Festival: Between Two Countries
Izuhara Hachimangu Shrine, Tsushima City, Nagasaki
On a clear day from Tsushima's highest points, you can see the Korean peninsula — not a distant shimmer but the actual o
November 2026 1 events
Market Other E
11/06–03/20
Echizen Crab Season Opening
Roadside Station Echizen, 71-335-1 Kuriya, Echizen, Nyu District, Fukui
November 6th. The date does not move, and in this part of Fukui it functions as a second new year. It is the day the Ec
December 2026 1 events
Gathering Other M
12/03–12/03
Morotabune at Miho Shrine: Rowing the Old Negotiation
The bay at Mihonoseki is narrow and deep, and in early December the water in it is the colour of slate. Two boats push
February 2027 1 events
Festival Other G
02/14–03/07
Goto Camellia Festival
Fukue Island and across the Goto Islands, Goto, Nagasaki
The islands fill with camellias. The Goto Islands of Nagasaki are a scattering of more than a hundred and forty islands
Year-round
Residency Other O
Year-round
Otona Shima Ryugaku — Island Living Program
Ama-cho, Oki Islands, Shimane
The island's unofficial motto is "Nai mono wa nai" — what isn't here, isn't needed. It's a quiet provocation, aimed at e
Residency Other G
Daily
Goto Islands Farming and Fishing Life Experience
Fukue Island and the Goto Islands, Goto, Nagasaki
A life with both sea and field. The Goto Islands of Nagasaki are a scattering of more than a hundred and forty islands i
Gathering Other R
通年（8:30〜17:00）
Ryusendo Cave: Underground Lake of Iwate
1-1 Kannari, Iwaizumi-cho, Shimohei-gun, Iwate
Deep inside the mountain, the cave opens into a lake. The water is so clear that the measured visibility exceeds ninety-
Residency Other A
通年
Amami Oshima: Music and Jungle at the Edge of the Tropics
Amami City and Yamato Village, Kagoshima
Amami Oshima is not Okinawa and not the Japanese mainland; it is the largest island of an archipelago with its own disti
Festival Other T
年数回（1月〜2月・5月・9月ほか）
Tokunoshima Bullfighting: Where Bulls Compete, Not Matadors
Tokunoshima Island, Oshima-gun, Kagoshima
Tokunoshima's bullfighting is not the Spanish kind. The bulls fight each other, not a human opponent, and the match ends
Festival Other E
例年1月中旬〜2月上旬
Echizen Coast Daffodil Festival
Echizen Suisen no Sato Park, 43-25 Ikuracho, Fukui
Try to name a flower that blooms in Japan in January. The list is short, and on this coast it has one entry. The Echize
Festival Other M
例年4月中旬が見頃
Muramatsu Park Cherry Blossoms
Muramatsu Park, 2631-1 Atagoko, Gosen, Niigata
This park was also built to remember the dead. Muramatsu Park was laid out in October 1906 as a memorial to the Russo-Ja
Festival Other M
例年4月上旬が見頃
Miyagawa Embankment Cherry Blossoms
Miyagawa embankment, Nakajima, Ise, Mie
This is the river you cross before Ise. The Miyagawa embankment carries about seven hundred cherry trees over a kilometr