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🇯🇵 Festivals in Japan

105 festivals celebrated in Japan, across 58 cities and towns.

All Spiritual Cultural National days Seasonal Food and drink Music Arts and film Sports

October 2026 4

Cultural 7Oct Nagasaki Kunchi🇯🇵 Nagasaki, JapanIn 4 days

National days 12Oct Sports Day🇯🇵 JapanIn 9 days

Cultural 18Oct Double Ninth Festival🇨🇳 China and 7 more countriesIn 2 weeks

Cultural 22Oct Jidai Matsuri🇯🇵 Kyoto, JapanIn 3 weeks

November 2026 8

Cultural 2Nov Karatsu Kunchi🇯🇵 Karatsu, JapanIn 4 weeks

National days 3Nov Culture Day🇯🇵 Tokyo, JapanIn 4 weeks

Spiritual 15Nov Shichi-Go-San🇯🇵 JapanIn 6 weeks

National days 23Nov Labor Thanksgiving Day🇯🇵 Nagano, JapanIn 7 weeks

Spiritual 23Nov Niiname-no-Matsuri🇯🇵 Tokyo, JapanIn 7 weeks

Cultural 27Nov Buy Nothing Day🇨🇦 Canada and 8 more countriesIn 8 weeks

Music 27Nov MAMA Awards🇰🇷 South Korea and 7 more countriesIn 8 weeks

Sports 29Nov Japan Cup🇯🇵 Fuchū, JapanIn 8 weeks

December 2026 1

Cultural 29Dec Comiket🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

January 2027 2

Spiritual 1Jan Hatsumōde🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Cultural 11Jan Coming of Age Day🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

February 2027 4

Spiritual 7Feb Tết🇻🇳 Vietnam and 9 more countries

National days 11Feb National Foundation Day🇯🇵 Japan

Cultural 21Feb Lantern Festival🇨🇳 China and 8 more countries

National days 23Feb Emperor's Birthday🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

March 2027 3

Cultural 3Mar Hinamatsuri🇯🇵 Japan

Cultural 14Mar White Day🇨🇳 China and 4 more countries

Spiritual 15Mar Hōnen Matsuri🇯🇵 Komaki, Japan

April 2027 2

Cultural 12Apr Yuri's Night🇦🇫 Afghanistan and 10 more countries

National days 29Apr Shōwa Day🇯🇵 Japan

May 2027 6

Cultural 3May Hakata Dontaku🇯🇵 Fukuoka, Japan

National days 4May Greenery Day🇯🇵 Japan

National days 5May Children's Day🇯🇵 Japan

Cultural 5May Tango no Sekku🇯🇵 Japan

Cultural 15May Aoi Matsuri🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan

Spiritual 21May Sanja Matsuri🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

June 2027 2

Cultural 12Jun Chagu Chagu Umakko🇯🇵 Takizawa, Japan

National days 23Jun Okinawa Memorial Day🇯🇵 Itoman, Japan

July 2027 9

Spiritual 1Jul Gion Festival🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan

Spiritual 1Jul Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival🇯🇵 Fukuoka, Japan

National days 19Jul Marine Day🇯🇵 Hayama, Japan

Cultural 20Jul Tsuchizaki Shinmei Shrine Festival🇯🇵 Akita, Japan

Spiritual 23Jul Tobata Gion Yamagasa Festival🇯🇵 Tobata-ku, Japan

Spiritual 24Jul Tenjin Matsuri🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan

Music 29Jul Fuji Rock Festival🇯🇵 Yuzawa, Japan

Cultural 31Jul Hachinohe Sansha Taisai🇯🇵 Hachinohe, Japan

Cultural 31Jul Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival🇯🇵 Sumida River, Japan

August 2027 5

Cultural 2Aug Aomori Nebuta Matsuri🇯🇵 Aomori, Japan

Cultural 3Aug Akita Kantō🇯🇵 Akita, Japan

Cultural 8Aug Qixi Festival🇨🇳 China and 4 more countries

Cultural 12Aug Awa Dance Festival🇯🇵 Tokushima, Japan

Spiritual 16Aug Gozan no Okuribi🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan

September 2027 3

Seasonal 1Sep Kaze-no-Bon🇯🇵 Yatsuo, Japan

Seasonal 15Sep Mid-Autumn Festival🇨🇳 China and 11 more countries

National days 20Sep Respect for the Aged Day🇯🇵 Taka, Japan

Usually in October, date not yet confirmed 6

Sports Octvaries Japanese Grand Prix🇯🇵 Suzuka, Japan

Arts and film Octvaries Tokyo International Film Festival🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Sports Octvaries Rally Japan🇯🇵 Nagoya, Japan

Sports Octvaries Japan Open Tennis Championships🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Cultural Octvaries Kawagoe Hikawa Festival🇯🇵 Kawagoe, Japan

Food and drink Octvaries Saijō Sake Festival🇯🇵 Higashihiroshima, Japan

Usually in December, date not yet confirmed 3

Seasonal Decvaries Dongzhi Festival🇨🇳 China and 5 more countries

Spiritual Decvaries Oku-noto no Aenokoto🇯🇵 Japan

Cultural Decvaries Kobe Luminarie🇯🇵 Kobe, Japan

Usually in February, date not yet confirmed 4

Cultural Febvaries Sapporo Snow Festival🇯🇵 Sapporo, Japan

Spiritual Febvaries Setsubun🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Sports Febvaries Tokyo Marathon🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Cultural Febvaries Hadaka Matsuri🇯🇵 Okayama, Japan

Usually in March, date not yet confirmed 3

Seasonal Marvaries Hanami🇯🇵 Japan and 8 more countries

Spiritual Marvaries Higan🇯🇵 Japan

Arts and film Marvaries Setouchi Triennale🇯🇵 Takamatsu, Japan

Usually in April, date not yet confirmed 3

Cultural Aprvaries Takayama Festival🇯🇵 Takayama, Japan

Cultural Aprvaries Hitachi Furyumono🇯🇵 Hitachi, Japan

Spiritual Aprvaries Onbashira Festival🇯🇵 Suwa, Japan

Usually in May, date not yet confirmed 2

Sports Mayvaries Emperor's Cup🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Spiritual Mayvaries Kanda Matsuri🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Usually in June, date not yet confirmed 2

Cultural Junvaries Mibu no Hana Taue🇯🇵 Kitahiroshima, Japan

Spiritual Junvaries Sannō Matsuri🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Usually in July, date not yet confirmed 1

Spiritual Julvaries Tanabata🇯🇵 Sendai, Japan

Usually in August, date not yet confirmed 3

Spiritual Augvaries Obon Festival🇯🇵 Japan and 7 more countries

Sports Augvaries World Nomad Games🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan and 4 more countries

Music Augvaries Fleadh Cheoil🇮🇪 Ireland and 7 more countries

Shared with much of the world

Celebrated in Japan and in many other countries.

October 2026 1

Cultural 31Oct Halloween🇦🇺 Australia and 22 more countriesIn 4 weeks

November 2026 1

Arts and film 12Nov World Architecture Festival🇸🇬 Singapore and 29 more countriesIn 6 weeks

December 2026 3

Spiritual 25Dec Christmas🇦🇩 Andorra and 42 more countries

Sports 26Dec Spengler Cup🇨🇭 Switzerland and 12 more countries

Seasonal 31Dec New Year's Eve🇦🇱 Albania and 36 more countries

January 2027 3

Seasonal 1Jan New Year🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 34 more countries

Seasonal 1Jan New Year's Day🇦🇫 Afghanistan and 57 more countries

Sports 1Jan Dakar Rally🇫🇷 France and 22 more countries

February 2027 2

Cultural 7Feb Chinese New Year🇨🇳 China and 30 more countries

Cultural 14Feb Valentine's Day🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 30 more countries

March 2027 2

National days 8Mar International Women's Day🇩🇿 Algeria and 32 more countries

Spiritual 17Mar Saint Patrick's Day🇦🇷 Argentina and 22 more countries

April 2027 1

Cultural 22Apr Earth Day🇦🇱 Albania and 29 more countries

June 2027 1

Music 21Jun Music Day🇫🇷 France and 18 more countries

August 2027 1

Spiritual 16Aug Ghost Festival🇰🇭 Cambodia and 14 more countries

Usually in January, date not yet confirmed 1

Music Janvaries 70000 Tons of Metal🇺🇸 United States and 29 more countries

Usually in April, date not yet confirmed 1

Spiritual Aprvaries Buddha's Birthday🇮🇳 India and 24 more countries

Usually in May, date not yet confirmed 2

Spiritual Mayvaries Vesak🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 22 more countries

Arts and film Mayvaries Venice Biennale🇮🇹 Italy and 29 more countries

Usually in June, date not yet confirmed 3

Cultural Junvaries Father's Day🇩🇿 Algeria and 45 more countries

Cultural Junvaries Children's Day🇦🇲 Armenia and 30 more countries

Cultural Junvaries Pride parade🇦🇷 Argentina and 34 more countries

Usually in July, date not yet confirmed 3

Arts and film Julvaries Moscow International Film Festival🇷🇺 Russia and 29 more countries

Sports Julvaries The Open Championship🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 12 more countries

Music Julvaries World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD)🇪🇸 Spain and 21 more countries

Usually in August, date not yet confirmed 1

Music Augvaries Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival🇷🇺 Russia and 19 more countries

Usually in September, date not yet confirmed 3

Cultural Sepvaries Oktoberfest🇩🇪 Germany and 13 more countries

Sports Sepvaries Chess Olympiad🇦🇿 Azerbaijan and 29 more countries

Cultural Sepvaries Immigrants' Festival🇦🇷 Argentina and 17 more countries

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Kaze-no-Bon: Jinzuu, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
White Day: Flickr user mersy ( Masashi Yanagiya), CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Gion Festival: 江戸村のとくぞう, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Immigrants' Festival: Loco085 msg, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Hatsumōde: KKPCW, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Hakata Dontaku: フェレス, CC BY-SA 2.1 jp, source
Saint Patrick's Day: rannṗáirtí anaiṫnid ( coṁrá ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Tokyo Marathon: Runneroflife, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
International Women's Day: Karl Maria Stadler (1888 – nach 1943), Public domain, source
Gozan no Okuribi: J_o, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Chagu Chagu Umakko: 掬茶, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival: Pontafon, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Hanami: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Children's Day: Post of USSR, Public domain, source
Oku-noto no Aenokoto: Yasu ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Lantern Festival: -Zest, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Obon Festival: Batholith, Public domain, source
Earth Day: John McConnell (flag designer) NASA (Earth photograph) SiBr4 (flag ima, Public domain, source
Tết: vi:Lưu Ly, Public domain, source
Awa Dance Festival: Rosino, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Music Day: dalbera, CC BY 2.0, source
Shichi-Go-San: Bergmann at Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, source
Venice Biennale: Naturpuur, CC BY 4.0, source
Tanabata: Laika ac, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Setsubun: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Hinamatsuri: Lalupa, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Comiket: stormstill, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Buddha's Birthday: User: (WT-shared) Manoj nav at wts wikivoyage, Public domain, source
Children's Day: Comissão de Jovens, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
New Year's Day: Ximeg, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Dakar Rally: Rally Dakar 2006 9.jpg : Dakar organization derivative work: Lošmi ( t, Public domain, source
Emperor's Cup: Ohtani tanya, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
The Open Championship: SN#1 (Steven Newton) flickr.com, CC BY 2.0, source
Chess Olympiad: Presidential Press and Information Office, CC BY 4.0, source
Japanese Grand Prix: MIKI Yoshihito, CC BY 2.0, source
World Nomad Games: Save the Dream, CC BY 2.0, source
Emperor's Birthday: Artanisen, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Spengler Cup: Alaney2k, CC BY 3.0, source
Valentine's Day: Woodlot, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Coming of Age Day: moguphotos, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Hōnen Matsuri: KKPCW, CC BY 3.0, source
Aoi Matsuri: Japanexperterna, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Shōwa Day: Nesnad, CC BY 4.0, source
Dongzhi Festival: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Greenery Day: nakashi, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
70000 Tons of Metal: Samhainmtl, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Higan: Kakidai, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Takayama Festival: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Kobe Luminarie: Yoyogimura, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Fuji Rock Festival: Jmills74 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Kawagoe Hikawa Festival: 江戸村のとくぞう, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Fleadh Cheoil: Gfitz122, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Akita Kantō: 掬茶, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Tobata Gion Yamagasa Festival: User:Historian, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Setouchi Triennale: shoyanishikawa, CC BY 2.1 jp, source
Niiname-no-Matsuri: No machine-readable author provided. N yotarou assumed (based on copyr, CC BY 2.5, source
Okinawa Memorial Day: Lequios-star, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Sannō Matsuri: 江戸村のとくぞう (Edomura no Tokuzo), CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Tango no Sekku: tiseb, CC BY 2.0, source
Tsuchizaki Shinmei Shrine Festival: Mdrbg, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Tenjin Matsuri: 663highland, CC BY 2.5, source
Onbashira Festival: Si-take. at Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival: Shakko, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Saijō Sake Festival: Sharat Chowdhury, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Nagasaki Kunchi: Marine-Blue, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
World Architecture Festival: Arne Müseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
Halloween: Toby Ord, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
Sports Day: likeablerodent, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Double Ninth Festival: Sgerbic, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
New Year: Olga1969, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Christmas: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Public domain, source
Father's Day: Jjsarto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Chinese New Year: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
New Year's Eve: Andreas Weith, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Oktoberfest: Heribert Pohl, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Vesak: ผู้สร้างสรรค์ผลงาน/ส่งข้อมูลเก็บในคลังข้อมูลเสรีวิกิมีเดียคอมมอนส์ - เ, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Mid-Autumn Festival: Shizhao, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
Pride parade: LLs, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Moscow International Film Festival: Sergey Rodovnichenko, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Ghost Festival: Chong Fat, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Qixi Festival: shizhao ( talk )拍摄，画者不明, Public domain, source
Buy Nothing Day: Brave New Films, CC BY 2.0, source
Tokyo International Film Festival: Tyuvc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Sapporo Snow Festival: Materialscientist, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
MAMA Awards: beautybbo, CC BY 4.0, source
Yuri's Night: Ryan Somma, CC BY 2.0, source
Rally Japan: oisa, CC BY 2.0, source
Culture Day: Shubert Ciencia, CC BY 2.0, source
Pan Pacific Open: Arne Müseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
National Foundation Day: Artanisen, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Japan Cup: Goki, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Hadaka Matsuri: CES, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Marine Day: Manish Prabhune, CC BY 2.0, source
Jidai Matsuri: PlusMinus, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Respect for the Aged Day: Shuichi Aizawa, CC BY 2.0, source
Labor Thanksgiving Day: 宗教法人英彦山神宮, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD): York Tillyer, CC BY 3.0, source
Sanja Matsuri: View_of_mikoshi_from_sensoji_Sanja_Matsuri_2006-2.jpg : * View_of_miko, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Karatsu Kunchi: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
Aomori Nebuta Matsuri: Fisherman, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Kanda Matsuri: Jose Fernando, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Hachinohe Sansha Taisai: 8-Forest, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Mibu no Hana Taue: Kuma83 ( talk ), Public domain, source
Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival: Shin-改 T, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Hitachi Furyumono: papakuro at Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, source

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