This year's festivals, with exact dates.
Yama, Hoko, Yatai festivals, where floats parade through town, and Furyu-odori, with their colorful dances. We work out each festival's dates from its annual rule and public information, and show how certain each date is.
Upcoming festivals
Sorted by date from today. Festivals in progress are marked.
Two UNESCO-listed festival traditions
Both are Important Intangible Folk Cultural Properties of Japan, passed down by local communities.
Browse by region
From Aomori in the north to Miyazaki in the south. The darker the color, the more festivals in that prefecture.
How certain is each date? We show it for every festival
Most festivals follow a rule such as “the first Saturday of August.” We check each rule against past records and label how certain every date is.
1
Official
Dates announced by the organizers or the local tourism association.
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Calculated
Dates calculated from the annual rule (a fixed date, the first Saturday of a month, etc.). Please also check official sources before you go.
9
Unconfirmed
Because of the lunar calendar, biennial or irregular schedules, the rule alone can't pin down the dates. Treat them as an estimate.
3
Not held in 2027
Due to its cycle or other reasons, this festival is not expected to be held in 2027.