Events – Page 6 – Japan Events Guide

Discover festivals and events across Japan

2027

Winter-flowering cherry blossom of the kind planted at Sakurayama Park

Flower Gunma Kanto November

Sakurayama Park Winter Cherry Blossom 2026: Sakura With Autumn Leaves

Fukuroda Falls in Ibaraki, one of Japan's three great waterfalls

Ibaraki Illumination Kanto November

Daigo Light 2026: Fukuroda Falls Lit Through the Winter

The precincts of Kasama Inari Shrine in Ibaraki

Flower Ibaraki Kanto November

Kasama Chrysanthemum Festival 2026: Japan’s Oldest Kiku Matsuri

Lacquered hikiyama float at Karatsu Kunchi

Festival Kyushu-Okinawa November Saga

Karatsu Kunchi 2026: Saga’s Giant Hikiyama Float Festival

Massed dancers in the streets at Kagoshima Ohara Matsuri

Dance Kagoshima Kyushu-Okinawa November

Ohara Matsuri 2026: Kagoshima’s Giant Street Dance

The five-storey pagoda and grounds of Zentsu-ji temple in Kagawa

Ceremony Kagawa November Shikoku

Zentsuji Kukai Matsuri 2026: Kobo Daishi Comes Home

Hakone-Yumoto, the setting of the Hakone Daimyo Gyoretsu

Kanagawa Kanto November Parade

Hakone Daimyo Gyoretsu 2026: Feudal Lord Procession

Vineyards on the slopes at Katsunuma in Yamanashi

Chubu Food November Yamanashi

Katsunuma New Wine Festival 2026: Yamanashi Nouveau Uncorked

Street trees lit along Midosuji avenue in Osaka

Illumination Kansai November Osaka

Osaka Festival of Lights 2026: Midosuji and Nakanoshima Illuminated