Festivals in Japan

List of Major Festivals in Japan from May to August

Festivals in Japan are major tourist attractions. Check out this list os festivals in Japan before you plan a trip to Japan.
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Japanese Festivals in May

• Hakata Dontaku (Fukuoka-city, Fukuoka)
• Kobe Festival (Kobe City, Hyogo)
• Aoi Matsuri Festival (Kyoto)
• Sanja Matsuri Festival (Asakusa, Tokyo)
• Aoba Festival (Sendai, Miyagi)
• Itoman Harei (Itoman-city, Okinawa)
  *Okinawa Hari (hare) Festivals

Japanese Festivals in June

• Atsuta Festival (Nagoya City, Aichi)
• Yosakoi Soran Festival (Sapporo City, Hokkaido)
• Hyakumangoku Festival (Kanazawa-city, Ishikawa)
• Sanno Festival (Hie Shrine, Tokyo)

Japanese Festivals in July

• Mt. Fuji Open Ceremony (Yamanashi and Shizuoka)
  *Climbing Mt. Fuji
• Hakata Gion Yamakasa (Fukuoka-city, Fukuoka)
• Lavendar Festival (Kamifurano Town, Hokkaido)
• Hiratsuka Tanabata Fetival (Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa)
  *Tanabata Festival
• Yokohama Port Festival (Yokohama-city, Kanagawa)
• Gion Festival (Kyoto)
• Osaka Tenmangu Shrine Tenjin Festival (Osaka-city, Osaka)
• Sumida River Firework Festival (Tokyo)

*More Fireworks Displays in Tokyo
• Yonago Gaina Festival (Yonago-city, Tottori)
• Chochin (paper lanterns) Festival (Kawagoe-city, Saitama)
• Ashino-ko Lake Festival (Hakone, Kanagawa)

Japanese Festivals in August

• Aomori Nebuta Festival (Aomori City, Aomori)
• Sendai Tanabata Festival(Sendai City, Miyagi)
• Yosakoi Festival (Kochi-city, Kochi)
• Awa Dance (Tokushima-city, Tokushima)
• Kyoto Daimonji Gozan Okuribi (Kyoto-city, Kyoto)
• Eisa Festival (Okinawa)

• Obon Festival
• Japan Summer Rock Festivals

Japanese Festivals: January - April / Japanese Festivals: September - December