Events – Page 3 – Japan Events Guide

Discover festivals and events across Japan

2027

Ako Gishisai samurai procession in Hyogo

Cultural December Hyogo Kansai

Ako Gishisai 2026: Hyogo’s Festival of the 47 Loyal Samurai

Akihasanhongu Akiha Jinja Shrine Kamisha - Honden, Tenryu Ward Hamamatsu 2012

Ceremony Chubu December Shizuoka

Akiha Fire Festival 2026: Sacred Fire Dances Above Hamamatsu

Crowds browsing stalls at the Setagaya Boro-ichi market

December Kanto Market Tokyo

Setagaya Boro-ichi 2026: Tokyo’s 400-Year Winter Market

Worshippers at Naritasan Shinshoji temple in Narita

Ceremony Chiba January Kanto

Naritasan Hatsumode 2027: New Year at Chiba’s Great Temple

The city of Maebashi in Gunma

Gunma January Kanto Market

Maebashi Hatsuichi 2027: 600 Stalls and a Daruma Bonfire

Keiunkan in Nagahama, venue of the bonbai plum exhibition

Flower January Kansai Shiga

Nagahama Bonbai Exhibition 2027: 400-Year-Old Plum Trees in Pots

The thatched gassho-zukuri houses of Ogimachi in Shirakawa-go

Chubu Gifu Illumination January

Shirakawa-go Winter Light-Up 2027: Four Reserved Nights Only

Osaki Hachimangu shrine in Sendai

Ceremony January Miyagi Tohoku

Osaki Hachimangu Dontosai 2027: 3,000 in Loincloths at a Bonfire

Shima Onsen in Nakanojo, Gunma

Cultural Gunma January Kanto

Nakanojo Torioi Matsuri 2027: Drums to Drive the Birds Away