Over 1000 Years All Day Join Hokuriku

【UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage】Seihakusai, the grand annual festival of O-tokonushi Shrine (Sanno Shrine), is the largest spring festival of the...

Afternoon See Chugoku Shikoku

The Marugame Castle, with 400 years of history, is listed as one of the top 100 great castles of Japan...

Over 100 Years All Day See Chubu

The Kamezakishiohi Matsuri, held annually on the 3rd and 4th of May, is a bold and gorgeous display of floats...

Over 1000 Years All Day See Kansai

The Aoi Matsuri festival is an annual celebration of Shimogamo and Kamigamo shrines, and is known as one of Kyoto's...

Over 400 Years Afternoon See Tokyo

The Sanja Matsuri is an annual festival of Asakusa Shrine, located in Taito ward of Tokyo. It is said to...

Afternoon See Chubu

Shimoda City, Shizuoka Prefecture, became the first port of Japan to open its doors to the world after the arrival...

All Day See Chugoku Shikoku

Oyamazumi Shrine on Omishima Island, located in the Seto inland sea, is the head-shrine of more than 10,000 Yamazumi Shrines...

All Day See Hokuriku

The Kanazawa Hyakumangoku Matsuri is held annually in commemorating Kaga-han (roughly present day Ishikawa Pref.)'s founder Lord Maeda Toshiie's entry...

See Tohoku

Every year, from early June to early July, when roses are in peak season, the Rose Festival, or "Bara Matsuri"...

Over 400 Years Afternoon Join Kyushu

The festival traditionally began when Toyotomi Hideyoshi who conquered Japan made his army men pull the marine boats with ropes...

Over 400 Years See Kyushu

Seppetobe is a 400 year-old local rice-planting festival. Young men covered in mud drinking imo-shochu (distilled sake brewed from potatoes)...

Night Join Hokkaido

Sapporo, the city of snow during winter, becomes lush with green in June.In this city, the amazing festival YOSAKOI Soran...

Over 100 Years Afternoon Join Chubu

This festival has roughly 300 years of history, dating back to the Edo period. A large river called Shinanogawa runs...

Afternoon See Chubu

Kiso-hirasawa in Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture, is a famous town for lacquer ware. Naraijuku, located about 2 km away, is...

Over 100 Years Caution ! Night See Hokuriku

The Tzusawa Yotaka Andon Matsuri is held annually at night on the first Friday and Saturday of June in the...

Afternoon See Tohoku

This festival features approximately 100 horses dressed up in all colors imaginable, parading through the towns. The horses march a...

Over 400 Years Night See Kansai

This festival has been marking the start of summer in Toba City for over 800 years. The locals love it...

Afternoon See Tokyo

This festival is the origin of the many Houzuki (Japanese lantern plant) markets that have spread to many areas of...

Over 400 Years All Day See Kyushu

【UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage】The Hakata Gion Yamakasa is the Grand Gion Festival of the Kushida Shrine and is a service...

Over 1000 Years All Day See Kansai

【UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage】Gion Matsuri is an annual festival of the Yasaka Shrine located in Higashiyama of Kyoto, and is...