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Matsuri, concerts, and hidden ceremonies across Japan. Updated with real dates.
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ON NOW大地の芸術祭夏
Apr 25 – Nov 8, 2026
The world's largest outdoor art festival — 200+ permanent artworks integrated into rice paddies, abandoned schools, and mountain villages across 760 square kilometers. James Turrell's Tunnel of Light is alone worth the trip.
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ON NOW洞爺湖ロングラン花火大会
Apr 28 – Oct 31Projected dates
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ON NOW大洲のうかい
Jun 1 – Sep 20Projected dates
ON NOW太陽の丘えんがる
Aug 20 – Sep 30Projected dates
The largest cosmos garden in Japan with ten million flowers in numerous varieties and colours. Due to Hokkaido's cooler climate, the bloom occurs earlier than the rest of Japan, ending around the beginning of October.
ON NOW角館祭り
Sep 7–9Projected dates
Organized jointly by a temple and a shrine, blending Buddhism and Shintoism, this festival features eighteen large floats parading through the streets before clashing in an exciting battle that forms the highlight of the event.
SOONさっぽろオータムフェスト
Sep 11 – Oct 3Projected dates
Hokkaido's legendary autumn harvest festival turns Odori Park into a 10-block showcase of the island's finest food — Jingiskan lamb, fresh sea urchin, corn, pumpkin soup and world-class dairy. Japan's best food festival by far.
SOONすさきご当地キャラ祭り
Sep 12–13Projected dates
Annual mascot (yuru-kyara) festival held at Susaki City's Kirima Multipurpose Park, drawing 70+ local mascots from across Japan and around 100,000 visitors over the weekend.
SOON放生会
Sep 12–18Projected dates
Held for over a thousand years in Fukuoka to promote peace and freedom, this week-long festival features numerous rituals and animations, culminating with fish and birds being symbolically released.
SOON釧路大漁どんぱく
Sep 12–13Projected dates
Kushiro's biggest autumn food-and-fireworks festival, held by the Kushiro River near Fisherman's Wharf MOO. The name combines the 'don' of fireworks with the 'paku' of biting into local seafood and food stalls. The Saturday-night fireworks show includes Hokkaido's only three-shaku (three-foot) shells with a burst spanning roughly 600 m and a Niagara curtain across the river.
SOON長崎神社例大祭
Sep 12–13Projected dates
The annual autumn grand festival (reitaisai) of Nagasaki-jinja — a neighbourhood shrine in the Nagasaki area of Toshima ward, TOKYO, not Nagasaki city. A low-key local matsuri with mikoshi processions and food stalls, one of the last of the Tokyo festival season.
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SOON大雪山初雪・紅葉
Sep 13–25Projected dates
SOON藤崎八旛宮例大祭
Sep 13–21Projected dates
SOON鶴岡八幡宮例大祭
Sep 14–16Projected dates
SOON石清水祭
Sep 15Projected dates
SOON秋いろどりフェスタ
Sep 15 – Oct 31Projected dates
SOON立山黒部
Sep 15 – Nov 30Projected dates
SOON羽黒山公園の彼岸花
Sep 16–30Projected dates
SOONつづら棚田の彼岸花
Sep 18–30Projected dates
SOON如意輪寺の彼岸花
Sep 18–30Projected dates
SOON多良間島の八月踊り
Sep 18–20Projected dates
九品寺の彼岸花
Sep 18–30Projected dates
SOON石岡のおまつり（常陸國總社宮例大祭）
Sep 19–21Projected dates
SOON赤城神社例大祭
Sep 19–20Projected dates
SOONのんのこ諫早まつり
Sep 19–20Projected dates
SOON巾着田曼珠沙華まつり
Sep 19 – Oct 3Projected dates
SOON利根川大花火大会
Sep 19, 2026
SOON曽爾高原
Sep 19 – Nov 24Projected dates
SOON岸和田だんじり祭
Sep 19–20Projected dates
SOON日本のふるさと遠野まつり
Sep 19–20Projected dates
SOON会津まつり
Sep 19–21Projected dates
SOON矢勝川の彼岸花
Sep 19 – Oct 5Projected dates
SOON因島水軍まつり 島火まつり
Sep 20Projected dates
SOON島田髷まつり
Sep 20Projected dates
SOON祖光院
Sep 20 – Oct 5Projected dates
SOON山中湖パノラマ台
Sep 20 – Oct 31Projected dates
SOON隠岐の牛突き
Sep 20Projected dates
SOON権現堂公園の彼岸花
Sep 20 – Oct 5Projected dates
SOON東寺弘法市
Sep 21, 2026
SOON雲海
Sep 21 – Dec 5Projected dates
大原はだか祭り
Sep 23–24Projected dates
久礼八幡宮大祭
Sep 24–25Projected dates
白木峰高原コスモス
Sep 25 – Oct 31Projected dates
姫路城観月会
Sep 25Projected dates
糸満大綱引
Sep 25Projected dates
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