Festivals in May

Walk through 20-meter high snow walls on the Tateyama Alpine Route.

Breathtaking blue nemophila flower fields at Hitachi Seaside Park.

Pink moss phlox carpet at Hitsujiyama Park in Chichibu.

Suwa Grand Shrine's once-every-six-years festival where massive logs are ridden down hills.

Elaborate floats are pulled onto the beach at low tide during Kamezaki's spring festival.

Rose-filled parks and city streets host parades and community events in Fukuyama.

Fukuoka's largest festival with over 2 million visitors, featuring parades and stages.

Giant kite battles by day and decorated float processions at night fill Hamamatsu.

Flower parades and performances celebrate peace along Hiroshima's Peace Boulevard.

Elaborately crafted floats follow carts carrying traditional Ioriuta singers through Johana.

One of Tokyo's three great festivals, held at Kanda Myojin Shrine in odd-numbered years.

Participants compete in playful mudflat events on the shores of the Ariake Sea.

Children perform kabuki on decorated floats during Komatsu's spring shrine festival.

Large drums and portable shrines animate the streets around Okunitama Shrine in Fuchu.

Parades, dancing and local performances celebrate spring around Marugame Castle.

Decorated boats and traditional dances accompany Jozan Inari Shrine's periodic river processions.

Ceremonial boats on Arashiyama's Oi River recreate Heian-era boating traditions.