Japanese Festivals & Events

Festival in Yamagata featuring a grand procession and traditional performances.

Grand festival at Nikko Toshogu with a 'Thousand Warrior' samurai procession.

Kobe's biggest spring festival with samba parades and multicultural performances.

Tokyo's wildest festival at Asakusa Shrine with over 100 portable shrines.

One of Kyoto's three great festivals with a Heian-era imperial procession.

Boys' Day with carp streamers and samurai helmet displays.

Italian-style flower petal art festival with floral carpet displays.

Crying baby sumo contest where sumo wrestlers try to make babies cry first.

Stunning cherry blossoms at Hirosaki Castle with moat reflections.

Pink moss phlox carpet at the base of Mt. Fuji.

Noh performances on the floating stage at Itsukushima Shrine.

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

One of Japan's most beautiful festivals with ornate floats in the mountain town of Takayama.

Traditional lion dance performances across various shrines in Saitama.

Breathtaking blue nemophila flower fields at Hitachi Seaside Park.

Pink moss phlox carpet at Hitsujiyama Park in Chichibu.

Fertility festival at Kanayama Shrine in Kawasaki, known for its unique iconography.

Spring festival in Shizuoka celebrating Tokugawa Ieyasu with a cherry blossom parade.

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

Popular cherry blossom viewing at Ueno Park with over 1,000 trees.