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Major festivals, seasonal traditions, conventions, fireworks and cultural events across Japan, with sourced dates and practical planning context. Always recheck the official organizer before travel.

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MAY3
UpcomingPREVIEWFestivals · Matsuri · Shizuoka

Hamamatsu Festival

浜松まつり

May 3–5, 2027

Hamamatsu Festival is a Golden Week festival combining large daytime kite battles at Nakatajima with ornate evening palace-float processions.

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AUG27
UpcomingPREVIEWFestivals · Matsuri · Aichi

Nippon Domannaka Matsuri 2027

Aug 27–29, 2027

Nippon Domannaka Matsuri 2027 is Nagoya’s three-day Domatsuri dance festival, scheduled for August 27–29, 2027 — Nagoya / Sakae / Aichi.

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Map of the event area for Nagaoka Festival Grand Fireworks in Nagaoka / Shinano River, Niigata
AUG2
UpcomingPUBLICFireworks · Niigata

Nagaoka Festival Grand Fireworks

長岡まつり大花火大会

Aug 2–3, 2027

Nagaoka Festival Grand Fireworks spreads its displays across the broad Shinano River corridor. The spectacle carries a strong local meaning of remembrance, recovery and hopes for peace, giving the large-scale fireworks a significance beyond their colour and size in the night sky.

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JUL31
UpcomingPREVIEWFestivals · Matsuri · Mie

Ishidori Matsuri 2027

石取祭

Jul 31 – Aug 1, 2027

Ishidori Matsuri returns to Kuwana on July 31–August 1, 2027. Mie Prefecture's official tourism authority publishes the exact 2027 dates.

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JUL24
UpcomingPREVIEWFestivals · Matsuri · Aichi

Owari Tsushima Tenno Matsuri 2027

尾張津島天王祭

Expected Date: Jul 24–25, 2027

Owari Tsushima Tenno Matsuri is held on the fourth Saturday and Sunday of July. The festival is famed for evening boats covered with hundreds.

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OCT9
UpcomingPREVIEWFestivals · Matsuri · Gifu

Takayama Autumn Festival 2027

秋の高山祭（八幡祭）

Oct 9–10, 2027

Takayama Autumn Festival 2027 is the autumn half of Takayama Festival, centered on Sakurayama Hachimangu with ornate yatai floats.

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SEP1
UpcomingPREVIEWFestivals · Matsuri · Toyama

Owara Kaze no Bon

越中八尾 おわら風の盆

Sep 1–3, 2027

Owara Kaze no Bon is Three September nights of restrained street dancing, shamisen.

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NOV3
UpcomingPREVIEWFestivals · Matsuri · Mie

65th Ujisato Matsuri 2026

第65回 氏郷まつり

Nov 3, 2026

65th Ujisato Matsuri 2026 is Matsusaka’s 65th Ujisato Matsuri, confirmed for November 3, 2026 with a 200-plus-person warrior procession.

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OCT23
UpcomingPREVIEWFestivals · Matsuri · Mie

Ueno Tenjin Matsuri 2026

上野天神祭

Oct 23–25, 2026

Ueno Tenjin Matsuri is confirmed for October 23-25, 2026 in central Iga-Ueno. Regional and shrine sources describe attendance of around or above.

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JAN9
UpcomingPREVIEWMarket · Nagano

Matsumoto Ame Ichi 2027

令和9年 松本あめ市

Expected Date: Jan 9–10, 2027

Matsumoto Ame Ichi 2027 is Matsumoto’s current downtown event calendar lists the 2027 Ame Ichi for January 9–10 as a planned two-day New Year market.

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MAY3
UpcomingPREVIEWFestivals · Matsuri · Ishikawa

Seihakusai 2027

青柏祭 2027

Expected Date: May 3–5, 2027

Seihakusai is the May 3–5 spring festival of Ōtokonushi Shrine in Nanao. Its enormous deka-yama floats are designated an important intangible folk.

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JUL2
UpcomingPREVIEWFestivals · Matsuri · Ishikawa

Abare Matsuri 2027

あばれ祭

Expected Date: Jul 2–3, 2027

See Noto’s kiriko lantern floats and fire-lit mikoshi festival.

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