Japanese Festivals

Tanabata is known as the Japanese Star Festival, and many cities around Japan hold Tanabata festivals in early July or August. Here is a list of well-known Tanabata festivals.

Numerous fireworks events are held throughout Japan, especially during the summer. It's nice to watch artistic fireworks displays, feeling a nice cool breeze on a hot summer night. Japanese fireworks displays are just breathtaking, and it's also fun to eat various food from the festival vendors. Here is some of the most popular fireworks events...

May 5th is Children's Day in Japan and is also Japanese Boy's Festival called tango-no-sekku. Traditionally, families of boys hang up carp streamers (koinobori) outside their houses around the holiday. So many different designs and sizes of koinobori are displayed at Japanese koinobori festivals. Visit the festivals to see colorful koinobori...

On Setsubun day, bean throwing ceremonies are held at shrines and temples all over Japan. People visit there to throw beans or pick up beans. It'll be an interesting experience for you to see the bean throwing ceremony. Visit temples and shrines near you. Here is a list of famous bean throwing festivals in Japan.

Ume (Asian plums) blossoms can be viewed from late January to March in Honshu region, Japan. White or pink ume blossoms are beautiful in gardens, parks, shrines and temples, and more.

It's the website of Tagata Jinja Shrine in Aichi prefecture. The shrine holds one of the most popular fertility festivals in Japan.