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Sakaide Ohashi Festival 2025

Sakaide Ohashi Festival 2025

Early - Mid Aug

Running for almost 60 years now, the Sakaide Ohashi Festival is a multi-day summertime affair which boasts parades, dance performances,..

Kagawa 2 Free Entry
Kobe Niku Festival 2025

Kobe Niku Festival 2025

Mid Aug

The two-day Kobe Niku Festival allows visitors to indulge in everything from hamburgers and steaks through to yakiniku and yakitori,..

Hyogo 1 Free Entry
Yosakoi Festival 2025

Yosakoi Festival 2025

Early - Mid Aug

Yosakoi is a dance festival in Kochi every August. It is a Carnival-like kind of party with a unique Japanese influence only Kochi..

Kochi 9 Free Entry
Asagaya Tanabata Festival 2025

Asagaya Tanabata Festival 2025

Early - Mid Aug

Suginami Ward’s Asagaya neighborhood hosts one of the largest Tanabata Festival displays in Tokyo. Cruise down the covered sho..

Tokyo 5 Free Entry
Summer Comiket 2025

Summer Comiket 2025

Mid Aug

The Comic Market (Comiket) is a marketplace where individuals can offer their own self-produced creations to a community that appreciates..

Tokyo 1 Free Entry
Southern Island Star Festival 2025

Southern Island Star Festival 2025

Early - Mid Aug

The annual Southern Island Star Festival is a celebration of Ishigaki Island's sparkling night skies, and the event includes..

Okinawa
Zama Sunflower Festival 2025

Zama Sunflower Festival 2025

Mid Aug

Zama's Sunflower Festival in July & August boasts 550,000 blooms. Flowers, music & a range of Sunflower products.

Kanagawa 5 Free Entry
Summer Gagaku Performance in Sendai 2025

Summer Gagaku Performance in Sendai 2025

Aug 12th - Aug 13th

In mid-August,  Osaki Hachiman Shrine in Sendai hosts a program which includes performances of Gagaku music and Kagura dance, ..

Miyagi Free Entry

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