2025

ILLUMINATIONS

Tokyo
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
The illuminations in Tokyo are a true ode to winter and the holiday season, as well as a ... Read more
2025

HANAMI

Tokyo
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
Everything is decorated in pink and people celebrate spring with beers and bento boxes under a ... Read more
2025

DAIMONJI NO OKURIBI

Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
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KŌYŌ

Tokyo
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
In the heart of autumn, the arrival of mild temperatures and warm colors are celebrated in the ... Read more
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HINA MATSURI

Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
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DEZOMESHIKI

Tokyo
Parade
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AOI MATSURI

Kyoto
Parade
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TAKIGI NOH

Tokyo
Theater Event
The No, Japan's oldest theatre, is honoured at the Takigi No festival, where the troupes play ... Read more
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TŌSHIYA

Kyoto
Sports events
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ART FAIR TOKYO

Tokyo
Festival and cultural event
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GION MATSURI

Kyoto
Parade
This festival, the most famous in Japan, takes place in Kyoto during the whole month. The ... Read more
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FEU D'ARTIFICE DU FLEUVE SUMIDA

Tokyo
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
The sky above the Sumida River shines with a thousand colors to celebrate the summer in beauty ... Read more
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SANJA MATSURI

Tokyo
Religious festival
On the 3rd weekend of May, Tokyo's oldest temple celebrates its founders in a must-see ... Read more
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SETSUBUN

Tokyo
Religious festival
For Setsubun, demons are hunted and last year's amulets are burned. The year is beginning ... Read more
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LANTERN FESTIVAL

Gangōji Gokurakubō, Nara
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
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TANABATA

Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
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HATSUMODE

Official festival
Crowds go to shrines and popular temples on the first days of the year to make their vows. Read more
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REITAISAI AU TSURUGAOKA HACHIMANGU

Tokyo
Religious festival
Within the sanctuary, archers in traditional costumes mounted on horseback aim at a target ... Read more
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SEIJIN SHIKI

Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
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DESIGN FESTA

Tokyo
Fair
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FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL

Tokyo
Musical event
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KURAMA NO HI MATSURI

Kyoto
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
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OKERAMAIRI

Kyoto
Religious festival
This party illuminates the last night of the year in the city of Kyoto to ensure a peaceful and ... Read more

SPORTS D'HIVER

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Thanks to its topography and numerous resorts, Tōhoku is a popular region for snow sports ... Read more

KOYO

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The peak of the kōyō season is usually observed in October in Tōhoku. This is when the trees ... Read more

FESTIVAL DE KATAKAI (NIIGATA)

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Every September, this festival lights up the sky with some of the world's biggest fireworks ... Read more

FESTIVALS NEBUTA (AOMORI) ET KANTO (AKITA)

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These famous festivals light up the Tōhoku summer with their illuminated floats, memorable ... Read more

HANABI

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Japanese summer is the time for fireworks festivals. With friends or family, the Japanese flock ... Read more

NAMAHAGE SEDO MATSURI (AKITA)

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Every winter in Oga, masked Namahage descend from the mountains, bearing wishes and fears, in a ... Read more

HANAMI

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The cherry blossoms are in full bloom, and spring is celebrated with picnics in the parks under ... Read more

HANA MATSURI

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Every April 8, temples celebrate Hana Matsuri in honor of Buddha's birth, in a springtime ... Read more

CHAGU CHAGU UMAKKO (IWATE)

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Every 2ᵉ Saturday in June, a hundred decorated horses parade through Iwate, celebrating the ... Read more

MARCHÉS DE NOËL

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With the snow in full force, several towns in the region are holding Christmas markets in a ... Read more

FESTIVAL DE MONTGOLFIÈRES D'OSAKI (MIYAGI)

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Every autumn, this festival colors the skies of Miyagi prefecture with the flight of numerous ... Read more

FESTIVAL SENDAI TANABATA (MIYAGI)

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Every year, from August 6 to 8, Sendai celebrates Japan's largest Tanabata with its impressive ... Read more

HALLOWEEN

Tokyo
Carnival
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Millions of monsters and horror movie characters parade freely in Shibuya for an extraordinary ... Read more

HATSUMODE

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The Japanese flock to shrines and temples on the first days of the year to make their vows. Read more

SHINING MOON TOKYO

Tokyo
Theater Event
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GOLDEN WEEK

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Golden Week offers the Japanese a series of much-appreciated public holidays, ideal for getting ... Read more