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Overview of summer festivals in Japan.

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Yodogawa Fireworks Festival 2025

Early Aug

Firework viewing, called hanabi in Japanese, at Yodogawa River is a real crowd pleaser. One of top ten ways to spend your summer..

Osaka 134 3 Free Entry

Budaya

Beppu Fireworks Festival 2025

Late Jul

The Beppu Fireworks Festival is a must-see summer event. It is held annually on either the last weekend of July or first weekend..

Oita 22 2 Free Entry

Budaya

Dressing Up for Nebuta Matsuri

Helen Langford

It's all about the bells for the author at the Nebuta Matsuri, held in Aomori the first week of August. It's said that they..

Aomori 9 4

Budaya

Ancient Traditions of the Gion Matsuri

Bonson Lam

Be transported by the sounds and sights of Gion Matsuri, a Millennium old festival in the open air art gallery of Kyoto’s old ..

Kyoto 89

Budaya

Enshu Hamakita Flying Dragon Festival 2025

Late May

A festival held in honor of the dragon god of the Tenryu River, in Hamakita in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture. The culmination..

Shizuoka 3 Free Entry

Budaya

Morito no Hama bon Dance Festival 2025

Mid Aug

Morito no Hama's yearly summer beach festival and dance competition on the shores of Morito beach in Hayama, Kanagawa prefecture...

Kanagawa 1 Free Entry

Budaya

Akita Kanto Lantern Festival 2020

Hitoshi Kawai

Dokkoisho! The multiple meanings of this word are a reflection of the complex emotions going through the lantern bearer’s mind..

Akita 5 2

Budaya

Tejikara Summer Fire Festival 2025

Early Aug

The Tejikara Summer Fire Festival is an event held every second Sunday of August along the banks of the Nagara River in Gifu.

Gifu 15 2 Free Entry

Budaya

Miura Kaigan Fireworks Festival 2025

Early Aug

The fireworks were spectacular at the annual Miura Kaigan festival.

Kanagawa 1 Free Entry

Budaya

Kintaikyo Fireworks Festival 2025

Early Aug

Beautiful, colorful and fun - a great way to enjoy one of Japan's most famous & historical bridges enjoying one of Japan's..

Yamaguchi 7 1 Free Entry

Budaya

The Tsuzawa Yotaka Andon Matsuri

Meredith Lescoe

A look into a little known, yet immensely entertaining, hikiyama festival in the Hokuriku region of Japan.

Toyama 2

Budaya

Miyajima Fireworks Festival [Discontinued] 2019

Aug 24th 2019 Event lalu

Hiroshima's most famous fireworks display. 60 minutes of amazing, colorful bursts shot from the water in front of the huge red..

Hiroshima 2 2 Free Entry

Budaya

Kutchan Jagamatsuri: 2013 Report

Chris Barnes

The Kutchan Jagamatsuri is a colorful summer festival held annually in early August.

Hokkaido

Budaya

Kure Fireworks Festival 2025

Late Jul

The Kure Fireworks Festival takes place every August by the city port. Spectators here will enjoy an hour of pyrotechnics over the..

Hiroshima

Budaya

Minato Kobe Marine Fireworks Festival 2025

Late Oct

Minato Kobe Fireworks Festival offers beautiful fireworks without the crowds. Check out my favorite spots to watch and enjoy.

Hyogo 9 1 Free Entry

Budaya

Fukuyama Ashida River Fireworks Festival 2025

Mid Aug

The fireworks display by the Ashida River in Fukuyama is the perfect location to bring the city's three-day summer festival..

Hiroshima Free Entry

Budaya

Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri 2025

Mid Sep

The Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri is the largest, if not greatest, danjiri matsuri (float festival) in Japan. Celebrating 300 year..

Osaka 65 7 Free Entry

Budaya

Ebisu's Bon Odori Summer Festival

Todd Wojnowski

The Bon Odori Festival in Ebisu, Tokyo is a huge summertime gathering rich in tradition. With music, dancing, food, drinks, and..

Tokyo 6 5

Yatsuo Hikiyama Festival 2025

Saturday - May 3rd

Lantern covered floats roll their way through the old streets of Yatsuo, at the Hikiyama Festival.

Toyama 2 Free Entry

Budaya

Edogawa Fireworks Festival 2025

Early Aug

Edogawa Fireworks Festival - a summer night filled with lights and laughter.

Tokyo 3 2 Free Entry

Budaya

Lake Yamanaka Fireworks Festival 2025

Early Aug

Four simultaneous firework displays lasting one hour at the Firework Festival at Lake Yamanaka, one of the Five Fuji Lakes in Yamanashi..

Yamanashi 2 Free Entry

Budaya

Sendai Tanabata Fireworks Festival 2025

Early Aug

16,000 fireworks light up the sky over the Hirose River every August 5th evening. This is the kickoff for 3 days of Tanabata F..

Miyagi 9 4 Free Entry

Budaya

Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival 2025

Late Jul

The Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival around the Tokyo Skytree is one of Japan's major summer fireworks displays, held each year..

Tokyo 31 10 Free Entry

Budaya

Nagaoka Festival 2025

Early Aug

Nagaoka Festival and Fireworks a tradition since 1946 to commemorate victims of war and earthquakes.

Nagano 1 1 Free Entry

Budaya

Okazaki Fireworks Festival 2025

Early Aug

Fireworks Festivals or Hanabi-kai are some of the most spectacular festivals in Japan. Okazaki is one of those places which hosts..

Aichi 44 1 Free Entry

Budaya

Tsuchiura All Japan Fireworks Competition 2025

Early Nov

The Tsuchiura Fireworks Competition is one of the top three fireworks displays in Japan. Come and witness the freshest new display..

Ibaraki 51 11 Free Entry

Budaya

Gion Matsuri 2025

Jul 1st - Jul 31st

Enjoy centuries old traditions, lively parades, mouth-watering street food, and contagious fun at one of Japan’s most popular ..

Kyoto 799 5 Free Entry

Budaya

Akita Kanto Festival 2025

Aug 3rd - Aug 6th

The Kanto Matsuri is also known as the pole lantern festival. It is a Tanabata related celebration in Akita City held annually from..

Akita 100 1 Free Entry

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Adachi Fireworks 2025

Late Jul

Annually over 600,000 people assemble to watch one of the most popular firework festivals by the Arakawa river in Tokyo's Adachi..

Tokyo 23 1 Free Entry

Budaya

Fukagawa Hachiman Matsuri 2025

Mid Aug

The Fukagawa Hachiman Matruri is one of the three biggest festivals held in Toyo. Nicknamed mizu-kake matsuri, literally water throwing..

Tokyo 50 6 Free Entry

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ULTRA JAPAN 2025

Mid Sep

ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL is Japan's largest EDM festival. The world's greatest DJ's unite and battle in Tokyo's Odaiba..

Tokyo 156 2 ¥15,000

Budaya

Hamaori-sai 2025

Mid Jul

Every year on Marine's Day, about 40 omikoshi will leave from the shrines around the city of Chigasaki and bath into the ocean...

Kanagawa 4 3 Free Entry

Direkomendasikan Budaya

Fuji Rock Festival 2025

Late Jul

The biggest outdoor music festival in Japan, Fuji Rock Festival takes places in Naeba, Niigata prefecture each summer.

Niigata 13 2 ¥18,000

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