Activities Tone River Fireworks Festival 2024 Mid Sep Running for over three decades, the Tone River Fireworks Festival is a 90 minute extravaganza of light and sound in Ibaraki Prefecture...
Culture Ohara Hadaka 'Naked Man' Festival 2024 Late Sep Ohara Hadaka Matsuri is an annual ‘Naked Man Festival’ that takes place in Isumi City, Chiba. Loincloth-clad men carry portabl..
Festivals Suimu Shrine Festival 2024 Late Sep Suimu Shrine Festival has those of unlucky ages fight to push out the bad spirits that plague those ages.
Dontsuku Festival 2024 Late Sep The fertility-focused Dontsuku Festival sees a giant wooden phallus placed on a mikoshi (portable shrine) and paraded around Inatori..
Activities Sanriku Fireworks Competition 2024 Early Oct The Sanriku Fireworks Competition brings 23 different fireworks companies to Iwate Prefecture to show off their skills in the pyrotechnics..
Activities Akamatsu's Unique Firework Festival 2024 Tuesday - Oct 8th Akamatsu shrine's fireworks event, which is considered an offering at the shrine, is a traditional festival called the "Blow..
Culture Kanuma Buttsuke Autumn Festival 2024 Oct 10th - Oct 11th A festival of food, music, dance and elaborate floats celebrated each year in October.
Hakkai-san Firewalking Festival 2024 Late Oct Hakkai-san Firewalking Festival - crossing hot coals barefoot in the mountains of Niigata to ensure health and prosperity