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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

September 2027 2

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

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

Usually in December, date not yet confirmed 1

Seasonal Decvaries Dongzhi Festival🇨🇳 China and 5 more countries

Usually in March, date not yet confirmed 1

Seasonal Marvaries Hanami🇯🇵 Japan and 8 more countries

Shared with much of the world

Celebrated in Japan and in many other countries.

December 2026 1

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

January 2027 2

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

Seasonal 1Jan New Year's Day🇦🇫 Afghanistan and 57 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
Hanami: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
New Year's Day: Ximeg, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Dongzhi Festival: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
New Year: Olga1969, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
New Year's Eve: Andreas Weith, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Mid-Autumn Festival: Shizhao, CC BY-SA 2.5, source

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