About Fest in Japan
Our Mission
We help travelers experience Japan's incredible festival culture — from traditional matsuri to spectacular fireworks displays.
What We Do
We curate and map festivals across Japan. Each listing includes dates, locations, history, and practical tips for attending.
Coverage
Our database covers festivals across all 47 prefectures of Japan, including famous events like Gion Matsuri and local hidden gems.
How It Works
Japan hosts over 300,000 festivals each year, and we work to catalog the most significant and visitor-friendly events across all 47 prefectures. Each festival listing includes dates, locations, historical context, crowd levels, access information, and practical tips. We verify schedules against official municipal and shrine sources, updating our database as dates are confirmed each season. Browse by month to plan around seasonal events, filter by region to find festivals near your destination, or search by type to discover specific traditions like fire festivals, dance festivals, or spectacular fireworks displays.
Why We Built This
Japanese festivals are extraordinary cultural experiences that many international visitors miss simply because they didn't know about them. Festival dates are often announced only a few months in advance, schedules are published primarily in Japanese, and the best events happen outside major tourist areas. Fest in Japan was built to solve this — giving you a reliable, English-language resource to discover and plan around Japan's vibrant festival calendar.
Community
Festivals are community events, and our guide benefits from community knowledge. If you know of a festival we haven't listed, have date corrections, or attended an event and want to share tips with future visitors, please get in touch. Local insights make our festival guides more authentic and useful.