Festivals of the Fall Season

Festivals in Japan are popular tourist attractions. Most of the autumn festivals are related to the harvest and fall foliages. Here are some major ones held in autumn months.

September - November

Festivals of Kakudate (Kakudate Town, Akita)

Kishiwada Danjiri Festival (Kishiwada-city, Osaka)

Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Grand Festival (Kamakura-city, Kanagawa)

Aizu Matsuri (Aizuwakamatsu-city, Fukushima)

Nihonmatsu Lantern Festival (Nihonmatsu-city, Fukushima)

Nagasaki Kunchi (Nagasaki-city, Nagasaki)

Takayama Fall Festival (Takayama-city, Gifu)

Nagoya Festival (Nagoya-city, Aichi)

Nikko Toshogu Fall Festival in Nikko-city, Tochigi

Kawagoe Festival (Kawagoe-city, Saitama)

Jidai Matsuri (Kyoto-city)

Shuri Castle Festival in Naha-city, Okinawa

Karatsu Kunchi (Karatsu-city, Saga)

Meiji Jingu Shrine Fall Grand Festival (Tokyo)

Hakone Daimyo Procession (Hakone, Kanagawa)