Year-round
Year-round
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale
Tokamachi, Niigata (Echigo-Tsumari region)
Echigo-Tsumari sits in the mountains along the border of Niigata and Nagano prefectures — a region of extraordinary snow
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Towada Oirase Art Festival
Lake Towada, Oirase Gorge and the city center, Towada, Aomori
The sound of the mountain stream becomes part of the work. In Towada, Aomori, lies Lake Towada and the Oirase Gorge that
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Kunisaki Peninsula Art Festival
Kunisaki, Bungotakada and the Kunisaki Peninsula, Oita
In a land of Buddhas, contemporary art takes up residence. The Kunisaki Peninsula in Oita is a round peninsula jutting i
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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
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Yamagata Biennale
Tohoku University of Art and Design and venues across Yamagata City
A university opens up a town. In Yamagata City, an art festival is held once every two years, organized by the Tohoku Un
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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
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Reborn-Art Festival
Oshika Peninsula and central Ishinomaki, Miyagi
On the scars of the tsunami, art rises. Ishinomaki in Miyagi, and the Oshika Peninsula, were struck hard by the Great Ea
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
3月下旬〜4月上旬（菜の花）、10月（コスモス）
Asuka Fujiwara Palace Ruins: A Field of Canola in Spring
Takadono, Kashihara City, Nara
The Fujiwara Palace was Japan's first permanent capital, built in 694 and abandoned thirty years later when the court mo
通年（フェリーで約50分）
Tashirojima: The Island That Belongs to Cats
Tashirojima, Ishinomaki City, Miyagi
The human population of Tashirojima is roughly sixty, most of them elderly. The cat population is comparable. The cats a
旧暦10月（神在月）
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
通年（月曜休）
Inujima Art Project: Ruins as Canvas
Inujima, Higashi-ku, Okayama City, Okayama
Inujima had a copper refinery that operated for just a decade before closing in 1919, leaving behind smokestacks and fur
4月〜10月（通年催行あり）
Shimanto River Canoe Experience
Shimanto City and Shimanto Town, Kochi
The Shimanto is called Japan's last truly clear river, and the description is precise: no large dams interrupt its flow
4月中旬〜6月上旬（雪の大谷ウォーク期間）
Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route: The Snow Corridor
Murodo, Tateyama Alpine Route, Toyama
The snowplows clear the road first. Then, for a few weeks each spring, people walk through what remains — walls of compr
旧暦6月17日（毎年）
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
通年（火山活動状況により立入制限あり）
Aso Kusasenri: The Grassland at the Volcano's Edge
Kusasenrigahama, Aso City, Kumamoto
The Aso caldera is one of the largest in the world, and Kusasenri sits inside it — a circular meadow on the flank of an
6月〜9月（メインシーズン）
Biei Panorama Hill Cycling Tour
Biei Town, Kamikawa, Hokkaido
The hills of Biei roll in long slow curves — wheat fields giving way to potato fields giving way to sunflower fields, th
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
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-
国立文楽劇場（大阪・日本橋）で、初春・春・夏・秋など年に数回の本公演。日程は公演により異なります。
Bunraku at the National Theatre Osaka
Three people to a single puppet.
Bunraku, the puppet theatre that grew up in Osaka, works its central illusion through
阿波十郎兵衛屋敷で、ほぼ毎日（時間は季節により変動）の定期上演。詳細は施設にご確認ください。
Awa Puppet Theatre at Jurobei Yashiki
Puppet theatre, but the village kind.
The puppet drama of Awa is not the refined Bunraku of the city but something that
例年初夏〜秋にかけて、島内各地の能舞台で薪能が上演されます。日程は会場により異なります。
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
壬生寺で、例年春（4月～5月）と秋、節分などに上演される無言の宗教劇。日程は年により異なります。
Mibu Kyogen
A kyogen with no voices.
Mibu Kyogen has been performed at Mibu Temple in Kyoto for some seven hundred years, and its p
石見地方（浜田・益田など）で、神社の祭礼や定期公演として夜を中心に上演されます。日程は会場により異なります。
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
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
岩手・早池峰山麓（大償・岳）に伝わる神楽。例大祭や定期公演で奉納されます。日程は年により異なります。
Hayachine Kagura
A dance offered to the mountain god.
Hayachine Kagura comes from the foot of Mount Hayachine in Iwate, bound up with th
例年1月下旬〜2月上旬（約10日間）
Kobe Luminarie: Light That Began as Mourning
Meriken Park, Higashi Yuen park, and the former foreign settlement, Kobe
Kobe Luminarie began as an act of mourning. In December 1995, eleven months after the Great Hanshin Earthquake killed mo
例年10月中旬〜翌5月末
Nabana no Sato: Half a Year of Light Outside Nagoya
Nabana no Sato, Nagashima, Kuwana, Mie
Nabana no Sato is a flower park on the edge of Kuwana, between Nagoya and the sea, and for more than half the year—mid-a