Culture Kobe Fireworks Festival 2026 Late Oct Minato Kobe Fireworks Festival offers beautiful fireworks without the crowds. Check out my favorite spots to watch and enjoy.
Culture Hiroshima Food Festival 2026 Late Oct This festival is a food-lovers paradise, showcasing local food and drink from all 23 cities and towns across Hiroshima Prefecture...
Culture Kurume City Cosmos Festival 2026 Late Oct Held in October each year, the Kurume City Cosmos Festival is one of the region's most popular autumn events. A stretch of the..
Sports & Fitness Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis 2026 Late Oct As part of the WTA 500 series, the Toray Pan Pacific Open draws some of the world's top female players to compete on the city's..
Culture Wara Art Festival 2026 Late Oct Straw dinosaurs on display at Niigata City's Nishikan Ward, Uwasekigata Park
Shirakami Shrine Autumn Festival 2026 Late Oct Shirakami Shrine, in downtown Hiroshima, buzzes with activity, stalls and kagura theater for two nights at the end of October every..
Culture Kasama Chrysanthemum Festival 2026 Late Oct Every autumn, Ibaraki hosts the Kasama Kiku Matsuri, an amazing chrysanthemum festival in the grounds of the historic Kasama I..
Activities Cosmos Season at Kokaigawa Fureai Koen Park 2026 Early - Late Oct Each year around October, Ibaraki's Kokaigawa Fureai Park comes alive with thousands of cosmos flowers in bloom. There are so..