Events – Japan Events Guide

Discover festivals and events across Japan

2027

Spider Lily Week 2026: Guide to Mogi's 300K Red Lilies — Japan festival photo

Kanto October Tochigi

Spider Lily Week 2026: Guide to Mogi's 300K Red Lilies

Iizaka Hachiman Shrine, Fukushima

Festival Fukushima October Tohoku

Iizaka Kenka Matsuri 2026: Fukushima’s Clashing Float Fighting Festival

Takaoka Kojo Park, site of the Manyo Festival stage

Chubu Cultural October Toyama

Takaoka Manyo Festival 2026: Reciting 4,516 Poems Non-Stop

An Iwami kagura performance of Susanoo fighting the serpent Orochi

Chugoku Cultural October Shimane

Iwami Kagura Weekend Performances 2026: Slaying the Eight-Headed Serpent

Floats covered in glowing paper lanterns at Nihonmatsu

Festival Fukushima October Tohoku

Nihonmatsu Lantern Festival 2026: Fukushima’s Festival of Lights

The steep stone stairway leading up to Isaniwa Shrine in Matsuyama

Ehime October Parade Shikoku

Matsuyama Autumn Festival 2026: Dogo’s Colliding Mikoshi at Dawn

Dragon dance at Nagasaki Kunchi

Festival Kyushu-Okinawa Nagasaki October

Nagasaki Kunchi Festival 2026: Complete Guide to Dragon Floats & Suwa Shrine Celebration

Sakurayama Hachimangu shrine in Takayama, the setting of the autumn Takayama Festival

Chubu Gifu October Parade

Takayama Autumn Festival 2026: Gifu Float Parade

Life-size dolls covered in chrysanthemum blooms at the Takefu Kikuningyo exhibition

Chubu Flower Fukui October

Takefu Kikuningyo 2026: Japan Oldest Chrysanthemum Doll Show