Festivals, fireworks, illuminations, autumn leaves, cherry blossoms and food events across Japan, listed by prefecture.
Dates and venues come from the organisers' official pages and are checked before they're listed. · 304 events
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MINIATURE LIFE Exhibition 2: Tatsuya Tanaka's World of Metaphor
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art · Sapporo
May 26 – Nov 3
Lake Akan Forest Night Walk KAMUY LUMINA
Lake Akan Lakeside Forest
Oct 1 – Mar 31
Ishikari City Hanakawa Chuo Shopping Street Illumination
Ishikari Hanakawa Chuo Shopping Street · Ishikari
Jun 1 – Oct 31
Natsutoro Light-up
Jozankei Shrine (Main Venue *for guests only*), Jozan Gensen Park, Ashi no Fureai Taro no Yu, Iwato Kannon-do, Yukemuri-zaka, etc. · Sapporo
Oct 8 – Oct 31
Akan Ainu Art Week
Akan-ko Ainu Kotan · Kushiro
Oct 22 – Apr 21
Shirogane Blue Pond Light-up
Shirogane Blue Pond · Biei
Oct 23 – Nov 29
Escape from a Home Center Surrounded by Zombies
Real Escape Game Sapporo Store · Hokkaido
Oct 24 – Mar 31
Hiroo Santa Land Illumination
Hiroo Santa Land · Hiroo
Oct 29 – Nov 3
Akarenga Cho-sha e Ikanain? GO! GO! 9
Former Hokkaido Government Office (Red Brick Office)
Oct 31 – Nov 4
Obihiro Chrysanthemum Festival
Tokachi Plaza · Obihiro
Oct 17 – Nov 23
Photo Exhibition: Mitsuaki Iwago's Japan Cat Walk
Aeon Mall Shimoda · Oirase
Oct 24 – Nov 8
Nakano Momijiyama Autumn Leaves Light-up
Nakano Momijiyama · Kuroishi
Oct 24 – Nov 8
Hirakawa City Saruga Park Autumn Leaves Festival
Saruga Park · Hirakawa
Oct 30 – Nov 8
Hirosaki Castle Chrysanthemum and Autumn Leaves Festival
Hirosaki Park (Main Venue: Hirosaki Castle Botanical Garden) · Hirosaki
Oct 31 – Mar 14
Rieko Shiga: Nanumokanumo
Aomori Museum of Art · Aomori
Sep 12 – Nov 8
Gege Akutami 'Jujutsu Kaisen' Exhibition Iwate Venue
Iwate Museum of Art · Morioka
Jul 18 – Oct 31
Kenji Miyazawa 130th Birthday: Fairy Tale Village Forest Light-up 2026
Kenji Miyazawa Fairy Tale Village · Hanamaki
Oct 3 – Dec 14
15th Anniversary Special Exhibition: "Morioka Domain Products Exhibition - The True Strength of Nambu Brand"
Morioka History and Culture Museum, 2nd Floor Special Exhibition Room · Morioka
Oct 16 – Nov 1
Shuccho Kaki Goya Kaki Bugyo Food Festival
AEON Mall Morioka
Oct 26 – Nov 15
Motsuji Temple Autumn Leaves Festival
Motsuji Temple · Hiraizumi
Sep 26 – Nov 8
Shinsuke Yoshitake Exhibition Kamoshirenai
Tohoku Fukushi University Gallery Minimori · Sendai
Oct 1 – Dec 15
Hoshi Akari Light-up
Yakurai Garden · Kami
Oct 1 – Nov 30
Hayama Shrine Shichi-Go-San Festival
Hayama Shrine · Kesennuma
Oct 10 – Dec 27
Pokemon x Crafts Exhibition: A Grand Discovery of Beauty and Skill
Tohoku History Museum · Tagajo City
Oct 24 – Nov 15
AKIU LUMINA
Akiu Town (Tenshukaku Nature Park, Rairai-kyo Gorge, Sasaki Museum & Doll Museum, etc.) · Sendai
Oct 24 – Nov 3
Rekimin Autumn Festival 2026
Sendai City Museum of History and Folklore, Tsutsujigaoka Park · Sendai
Oct 24 – Nov 23
Miyagi Matsushima Rikyu Autumn Leaves Light-up
Miyagi Matsushima Rikyu · Matsushima
Oct 30 – Nov 23
NAKED Matsushima National Treasure Zuigan-ji Temple Autumn Night Visit
Zuigan-ji Temple · Matsushima
Oct 31 – Nov 1
Tohoku Bread Festival
Mitsui Outlet Park Sendai Port · Sendai
Oct 31 – Nov 3
Sendai Oimo Expo
Nishi Park · Sendai
Oct 3 – Nov 29
Special Exhibition: Gon Gitsune 40th Anniversary - The World of Ken Kuroi's Picture Book Original Drawings
Akita Museum of Art · Akita
Oct 3 – Jan 31
Art Deco Vessels - "Focusing on Lalique Wine Glasses"
Omura Museum of Art · Semboku
Oct 10 – Dec 6
Special Exhibition "Hara Yasusaburo Collection: Hokusai x Hiroshige"
Akita Museum of Modern Art · Yokote
Aug 3 – Oct 30
Q1 selection corridor 2026 "Kata to Jutsu idea & method"
Yamagata Creative City Center Q1 1st, 2nd, 3rd Floor Corridor Q1 corridor · Yamagata
Oct 1 – Nov 30
Tendo Autumn Festival
Various locations in Tendo City · Tendo
Oct 20 – Nov 8
Nanyo Chrysanthemum Festival (Flower Park Venue)
Flower Park Venue (Nanyo City Chuo Flower Park) · Nanyo
Oct 25 – Nov 8
Hojusan Autumn Light-up
Hojusan Risshaku-ji Temple · Yamagata
Oct 1 – Sep 30
History Mystery Solving: Folk Diver Ibaraki Town Edition
Pocket Farm Dokidoki Ibaraki Town Store · Ibaraki
Oct 3 – Dec 20
Rei Kamoi - "The Artist's True Face Captured by Camera"
Kasama Nichido Museum of Art, Special Exhibition Hall · Kasama
Oct 10 – Dec 13
THE HEADLINERS 2026: The Era of Kyun-Hatsuryoku
Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, B1F Special Exhibition Room · Kasama
Oct 10 – Jan 24
Ibaraki Flower Park Illumination Moonlight Rose Garden: A Magical Door Opening on a Moonlit Night
Ibaraki Flower Park · Ishioka
Oct 24 – Nov 21
Satomi Kakashi Festival
Satomi Fureai-kan · Hitachiota
Oct 30 – Nov 1
Night Park OARAI
Oarai Sun Beach · Oarai
Oct 31 – Nov 3
To to Kurashi. Kasama New Pottery Fair
Kasama Craft Hills Special Venue · Kasama
Oct 31· Fireworks
Suigo Itako Fireworks Festival
Suigo Hokusai Park · Itako
Sep 18 – Nov 23
Yunishigawa Onsen Heike Akari Light-up
Yunishigawa Riverside Venue, Heike no Sato Venue · Nikko
Oct 17 – Feb 14
Ashikaga Flower Park 'Garden of Illuminated Flowers'
Ashikaga Flower Park · Ashikaga
Oct 23 – Nov 8
Miya-no-Ichi Commercial Festival
Shopping street stores, Banba-dori, etc. · Utsunomiya
Oct 24 – Feb 28
Uzuma Bamboo Light-up
From Tokiwa Bridge to Tomoe River Bridge on Tomoe River · Tochigi
Oct 30 – Nov 1
Niku Niku Park Utsunomiya
Banba Shimin Hiroba · Utsunomiya
Oct 31 – Nov 3
Mashiko Autumn Pottery Fair
Various locations in Mashiko Town · Mashiko
Oct 10 – Nov 23
Night Bloom
Gunma Flower Park+ · Maebashi
Oct 17 – Nov 30
Autumn Yuka Momiji Special Exhibition: Reflection, World Reflected on the Floor
Hotoku-ji Temple · Kiryu
Oct 23 – Nov 23
Karuizawa Toy Kingdom 'Za! Festival'
Karuizawa Toy Kingdom · Tsumagoi
Oct 24 – Jan 31
Raran Fujioka Illumination
Roadside Station Raran Fujioka · Fujioka
Oct 30 – Feb 28
Takasaki Light Pageant
Takasaki Station West Exit Pedestrian Deck · Takasaki
Oct 31
Runapa de Halloween
Maebashi City Chuo Jido Yuen Runapa-ku · Maebashi
Oct 31· Fireworks
Tosuibashi Fireworks Festival
Tonegawa Riverside Tone Sports Ground · Oizumi
Oct 31
Tomioka Lantern Festival
Former Tomioka Warehouse Plaza, Tomioka Silk Mill, and various locations in Tomioka City · Tomioka
Jan 8 – Feb 23
Ashigakubo Ice Pillars Illumination
Ashigakubo · Yokoze
Oct 1 – Oct 31
Okabe Cosmos Halloween Fair
Roadside Station Okabe · Fukaya
Sep 12 – Nov 29
Kawaguchi City Museum of Art Opening Commemorative Special Exhibition: Mika Ninagawa 'Light of Beginning'
Kawaguchi City Museum of Art · Kawaguchi
Sep 18 – Jan 11
Essay Manga Prescriptions to Save Me Exhibition
Kadokawa Culture Museum · Tokorozawa
Oct 11 – Oct 31
Musashi Kyuryo National Forest Park: Light and Forest Story Chapter 1, Forest Halloween Night
Musashi Kyuryo National Forest Park · Namegawa
Oct 31 – Nov 3
Kissaten Tokorozawa Tea Fes
Tokorozawa Sakura Town · Tokorozawa
Oct 31 – Dec 25
Moominvalley Christmas
Moominvalley Park · Hanno
Oct 31 – Nov 1
Yorii Autumn Festival (Munakata Shrine Autumn Grand Festival)
Munakata Shrine, Yorii Town Area · Yorii
Oct 31 – Nov 1
Sajidai Festival & Auto Jamboree
Saitama Institute of Automotive Technology · Ina
Sep 18 – Oct 31
Shisui Premium Outlets Halloween Laser Mapping Show
Shisui Premium Outlets · Shisui
Sep 16 – Nov 23
Chiba City 900th Anniversary Special Exhibition: Moon and Stars - Art Connecting Time
Chiba City Museum of Art · Chiba
Oct 24 – Jan 11
Terraced Rice Fields Light-up
Oyama Senmaida · Kamogawa
Oct 31
BOTANICA DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS (Day of the Dead)
BOTANICA MUSEUM · Chiba
Oct 31 – Apr 4
Tokyo German Village Winter Illumination
Tokyo German Village · Sodegaura
Oct 31 – Feb 28
Mother Farm 'Mother Illumi'
Mother Farm · Futtsu
Sep 16 – Nov 27
VIVANT IMMERSIVE MISSION (Tokyo)
CREATIVE MUSEUM TOKYO · Chuo City
Sep 15 – Nov 8
Edo-Tokyo Museum Renewal Commemorative NHK Taiga Drama Special Exhibition: 'Toyotomi Brothers!' (Tokyo)
Edo-Tokyo Museum · Sumida City
Sep 9 – Dec 13
Louvre Museum Exhibition: Renaissance
The National Art Center, Tokyo · Minato City
Sep 26 – Dec 6
Meiji Jingu Gaien 100th Anniversary: Approaching the Giant Murals of the Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery
Meiji Jingu Museum · Shibuya
Sep 12 – Nov 23
Ukiyo no Tawamure: Laughing Ukiyo-e and the Whirlwind of Bakumatsu and Meiji Eras
Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts · Machida
Sep 19 – Nov 8
Suikoden Exhibition
Tokyo Station Gallery · Chiyoda City
Aug 30 – Jan 31
Edo Machi Taito Geirakusai Festival
Asakusa Public Hall, Ueno Park Outdoor Stage, Taito Itchome Community Center, etc. · Taito City
Oct 1 – Nov 17
Chuo Ward Tourism and Commerce Festival
Various locations in Chuo Ward · Chuo City
Sep 15 – Nov 9
Tokyo Unkai - Yakumo - x TOKYO MOON
Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo · Bunkyo City
Sep 19 – Nov 8
Re: Encountering Horror Exhibition - The World of Film Art (Tokyo)
Gallery AaMo · Bunkyo City
Oct 1 – Mar 31
mAAch ecute Kanda Manseibashi Illumination
mAAch ecute Kanda Manseibashi · Chiyoda City
Sep 29 – Dec 20
Special Exhibition: Utagawa Hiroshige - Edo's Best Angles
Tokyo National Museum · Taito City
Apr 18 – Mar 28
Setagaya Literary Museum Collection Exhibition: Chiyo Uno 30th Anniversary of Her Passing
Setagaya Literary Museum · Setagaya City
Sep 29 – Jan 11
Collection Exhibition MOMAT Collection
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo · Chiyoda City
Sep 15 – Nov 8
Journey to Asia at the Museum: Colorful Asia
Tokyo National Museum · Taito City
Sep 10 – Nov 8
Dark Arts Halloween
Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo - The Making of Harry Potter · Nerima City
Oct 3 – Dec 20
Marimekko: Art of Printmaking - Beauty, Dream, Love Exhibition
Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum · Minato City
Oct 3 – Feb 7
Mari Yamazaki's World: Live This Moment - Carpe Diem Exhibition
Setagaya Literary Museum · Setagaya City
Oct 3 – Dec 20
Yumeji's Japan: The Depicted Utopia
Takehisa Yumeji Museum · Bunkyo City
Oct 4 – Apr 3
Arakawa Amusement Park Illumination 'Sparkling Circus of Light and Play'
Arakawa Amusement Park · Arakawa City
Oct 5 – Apr 4
Fuji TV Illumination AURORA∞
Fuji Television Headquarters · Minato City
Oct 8 – Apr 7
Sunshine Aquarium Marine Garden Illumination
Sunshine Aquarium · Toshima City
Oct 8 – Jan 31
Light Bursts Out, and Various Things Sparkle into View.
Yayoi Kusama Museum · Shinjuku City
Oct 10 – Dec 27
Art Brut Touring Exhibition: Sozo Training! - Drawing Out, Connecting, In This Place
Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery · Shibuya
Oct 10 – Nov 3
Kagurazaka Machitobi Festival
Kagurazaka Dori Area · Shinjuku City
Oct 10 – Jan 10
Cincinnati Art Museum Exhibition: European Treasures Across the Atlantic
Ueno Royal Museum · Taito City
Oct 10 – Dec 20
International Art Exhibition TOKYO ATLAS
Daiba, Aomi, Tennozu · Minato City
Oct 10 – Dec 6
60th Anniversary Special Exhibition 3: The Best of Yamatane Collection I - From Yokoyama Taikan, Takeuchi Seiho to Uemura Shoen, Hayami Gyoshu
Yamatane Museum of Art · Shibuya
Oct 11 – Apr 10
HANA Akari: HANA BIYORI x Bamboo Lights Illumination
HANA BIYORI · Inagi
Oct 14 – Dec 6
700th Anniversary Special Exhibition: Daitoku-ji Temple, The Peerless Zen Temple of Japan
Tokyo National Museum · Taito City
Oct 19 – Feb 28
Solacity Winter Illuminations
Ochanomizu Solacity · Chiyoda City
Oct 19 – Feb 28
Watertras Illumination Fantasy Promenade Illumination ~Dreams in Lanterns~
Watertras Hiroba, Awaji Park · Chiyoda City
Oct 23 – Jan 11
Takehisa Yumeji: An Expressive Artist Shaping an Era
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo · Chiyoda City
Oct 23 – Jan 17
Ukena's Strange World Exhibition
Terada Warehouse G1 Building · Shinagawa City
Oct 24 – Feb 21
Tate Gallery Turner Exhibition: Paintings of the Sublime, Dialogue with Contemporary Art
National Museum of Western Art · Taito City
Oct 24 – Dec 20
Special Exhibition: Ashikaga Kabasakiji Temple and Unkei – Two Dainichi Nyorai Statues
Hanzomon Museum · Chiyoda City
Oct 24 – Dec 13
Takao-san Momiji (Autumn Leaves) Festival
Mount Takao · Hachioji
Oct 28 – Feb 8
Shōjo Manga Infinity: Moto Hagio × Ryoko Yamagishi × Waki Yamato Exhibition
The National Art Center, Tokyo · Minato City
Oct 29 – Nov 29
Showa Kinen Park Autumn Night Stroll
Showa Kinen Park · Tachikawa
Oct 29 – Apr 4
Yomiuriland Jewellumination
Yomiuriland · Inagi
Oct 30 – Feb 28
Shinjuku Kabukicho Kuyakusho-dori Illumination
Shinjuku Kabukicho Kuyakusho-dori Street · Shinjuku City
Oct 30 – Nov 8
Yakiimo Festival Tokyo
Nakano Shikinomori Park · Nakano City
Oct 30 – Jan 11
Haruichi Furudate Haikyu!! Exhibition: Challengers
Mori Arts Center Gallery · Minato City
Oct 30 – Nov 22
The Nitten Exhibition
The National Art Center, Tokyo · Minato City
Oct 30 – Nov 3
Tokyo Ramen Festa Final
Komazawa Olympic Park Central Plaza · Setagaya City
Oct 31
Tamagawa Riverside Wine Fes
Setagaya City Hyogojima Park · Setagaya City
Oct 31 – Jan 10
Tokyo Mega Illumination
Oi Racecourse · Shinagawa City
Oct 31 – Nov 29
Yakushi Pond Autumn Leaves Festival
Machida Yakushiike Park Shikisai no Mori Yakushiike · Machida
Oct 31 – Nov 1
Kanda Curry Grand Prix "Grand Prix Final"
Ogawa Plaza · Chiyoda City
Oct 31 – Feb 28
ARIAKE GARDEN Winter Illuminations
Ariake Garden · Koto City
Oct 31 – Nov 8
National Grand Pottery Fair (Toritsu Toneri Park Venue)
Toritsu Toneri Park (Path from Toneri Koen Station to Second Parking Lot) · Adachi City
Oct 31 – Feb 21
Special Exhibition "Sex of Living Things"
National Museum of Nature and Science · Taito City
Oct 31 – Nov 1
Japan Steam Expo
STUDIO EASE Meguro · Shinagawa City
Oct 31 – Nov 1
Hamura Citizens and Industry Festival
S&D Sports Park Fujimi (Hamura City Fujimi Park) · Hamura
Oct 31
Kototoi Sanpo Halloween Festival
Sakamoto Asagao Hiroba · Taito City
Oct 31 – Nov 1
Zen Niku Matsuri & Mayo Fes in Koto Ward
Kiba Park Multi-purpose Plaza · Koto City
Jul 1 – Jun 20
Fujiko F Fujio Museum 15th Anniversary Doraemon! Exhibition of Secret Gadgets That Grant Wishes
Kawasaki City Fujiko F Fujio Museum · Kawasaki
Oct 1 – Oct 31
Nicolai Bergmann Hakone Gardens Halloween
Nicolai Bergmann Hakone Gardens · Kanagawa
Jul 18 – Nov 8
Discover! Animals Living in Satoyama
Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History · Odawara
Sep 29 – Mar 31
Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise LIGHTIA ~Nanairo no Kiseki~ Illumination
Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise · Yokohama
Jun 17 – Apr 7
Monet 100 Years After His Death / 25th Anniversary Exhibition: New Eyes - Monet and 21st Century Art
Pola Museum of Art · Hakone
Jun 13 – Dec 6
Takehiko Miyanaga: Iki, Iki, Iki (Spirit, Vigor, Breath)
Hadano City Takehiko Miyanaga Memorial Museum · Hadano
Oct 1 – Oct 31
Tsure Chuka Ankake Festival
Yokohama Chinatown · Yokohama
Aug 1 – Nov 23
Marie Antoinette Style
Yokohama Museum of Art · Yokohama
Sep 26 – Nov 1
Field Halloween Party
Kanagawa Prefectural Hana Garden · Hiratsuka
Jul 18 – Jan 11
Depicted Venetian Glass - Hakone Glass no Mori Museum Collection
Hakone Glass no Mori Museum · Hakone
Sep 19 – Nov 23
110th Anniversary of Birth: Kudo Kojin Exhibition - Poetry of the Northern Land and Life
Hiratsuka Museum of Art · Hiratsuka
Jun 17 – Apr 7
Cézanne Legend
Pola Museum of Art · Hakone
May 30 – Mar 21· Fireworks
Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise Fireworks Symphonia
Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise · Yokohama
Oct 2 – Mar 31
Yokohama Marine Tower Light-up 'Light of Wish'
Yokohama Marine Tower · Yokohama
Oct 8 – Mar 31
MYSTERY OF TUTANKHAMEN: Experiential Ancient Egypt Exhibition
Tutankhamun Museum · Yokohama
Oct 10 – Nov 23
Aiming for Abundant Sericulture - Exhibition of Silkworm Tools
Silk Museum · Yokohama
Oct 10 – Nov 8
Hana Garden Rose Festival ~Autumn~
Kanagawa Prefectural Hana Garden · Hiratsuka
Oct 11 – Apr 10
Yokohama Cosmo World 'Big Ferris Wheel Light Art'
Yokohama Cosmo World · Yokohama
Oct 23 – Nov 1
Kawasaki Yoichi Food Festival
Kawasaki Station East Exit Area · Kawasaki
Oct 29 – Dec 6
ZEN NIGHT KAMAKURA
Kencho-ji Temple · Kamakura
Oct 30 – Nov 1
Kawasaki Citizen's Festival
Fujimi Park area in Kawasaki Ward · Kawasaki
Oct 30 – Nov 1
Yokohama Coffee Festival
Nippon Maru Memorial Park (Sailing Ship Nippon Maru / Yokohama Port Museum) · Yokohama
Sep 19 – Dec 20
The Great Thief's House
Niigata Prefectural Bandaijima Art Museum · Niigata
Sep 18 – Nov 8
Tatsuya Tanaka Exhibition: Miniature Life Mitate Mind (Niigata)
Niigata City Niitsu Art Museum · Niigata
Oct 31 – Nov 23
Koshiji Momiji (Autumn Leaves) Festival
Nagaoka City Koshiji Momiji Garden · Nagaoka
Oct 31 – Nov 30
Momijidani (Autumn Leaves Valley) Light-up
Yahiko Park · Yahiko
Sep 28 – Dec 27
Seibu Ryokudo Illumination
Seibu Ryokudo · Fukui
Sep 19 – Nov 8
Miffy 70th Anniversary Exhibition
Fukui Prefectural Museum of Art · Fukui
Jul 10 – Nov 3
Special Exhibition: Sauropods - The Largest Land Animals That Shook the Earth
Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum · Katsuyama
Oct 5 – Apr 4
Hana no Eki Yuri no Sato Park Light-up and Projection Mapping
Hana no Eki Yuri no Sato Park · Sakai
Oct 31 – Nov 1
Kuzuryu Momiji (Autumn Leaves) Festival ~Connecting and Expanding! Chubu Jukan Expressway~
Kuzuryu National Recreation Area · Ono
Oct 31 – Jan 15
Nishiyama Park Illumination ~Familin Nishiyama~
Nishiyama Park · Sabae
Sep 1 – Nov 15
Togakushi Soba Festival
Togakushi Shrine Chusha and surrounding Togakushi area · Nagano
Oct 16 – Apr 15
KARUIZAWA PRINCE SHOPPING PLAZA ILLUMINATION
Karuizawa Prince Shopping Plaza · Karuizawa
Oct 24 – Nov 23
Komoro Castle Ruins Kaikoen Momiji (Autumn Leaves) Festival
Komoro Castle Ruins Kaikoen · Komoro
Oct 31 – Nov 8
Takato Castle Site Momiji (Autumn Leaves) Festival
Takato Castle Site Park · Ina
Sep 22 – Nov 15
Our Renoir: The Painter of Happiness Loved by Japan
Shizuoka City Museum of Art · Shizuoka
Oct 9 – Mar 7
Toki no Sumika Illumination: Hikari no Sumika
Gotemba Kogen Toki no Sumika · Gotemba
Oct 10 – Mar 31
Shuzenji Niji-no-Sato Illumi the Night
Shuzenji Niji-no-Sato · Izu
Oct 10 – Dec 6
Special Exhibition: The World of Kawanabe Kyosai, Goldman Collection
Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art · Shizuoka
Oct 30 – Feb 28
Hamamatsu Fruit Park Tokinosumika Winter Illumination 'Illusion of Water, Greenery, and Light'
Hamamatsu Fruit Park Tokinosumika · Hamamatsu
Oct 31 – Feb 28
Zaza City Hamamatsu Illumination
Zaza City Hamamatsu West Building · Hamamatsu
Sep 19 – Nov 29
Van Gogh's Drawbridge and Impressionist Painters - Wallraf-Richartz Museum Collection
Nagoya City Art Museum · Nagoya
Sep 14 – Nov 15
NAKED Tenku no Otsukimi 2026 Chubu Electric Power MIRAI TOWER
Chubu Electric Power MIRAI TOWER · Nagoya
Sep 21 – Dec 6
Pokemon Observatory Exhibition
Toyohashi Museum of Natural History · Toyohashi
Oct 3 – Nov 15
Special Exhibition: "Traveling Rivers and Seas - Transportation, Distribution, Rivers and Seas in Tokai"
Kariya City History Museum · Kariya
Oct 3 – Nov 8
Ichinomiya Daidai Festa Grand Gathering
Various locations in Ichinomiya · Ichinomiya
Oct 3 – Dec 6
Nonhoi Park Autumn Festival
Toyohashi Zoo and Botanical Park (Nonhoi Park) · Toyohashi
Oct 3 – Dec 13
Toyota Collection Special Exhibition: "Japonism in Full Bloom - Civilization and Enlightenment of Technology and Art"
Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology, Special Exhibition Room · Nagoya
Oct 8 – Nov 15
Sparkling Boxes
Tokugawa Art Museum
Oct 8 – Dec 13
The Traveling Marquis Tokugawa Yoshichika
Tokugawa Art Museum · Nagoya
Oct 10 – Nov 3
Inazawa Sand Festa
Kiso Sansen National Government Park, Sariopark Sobue · Inazawa
Oct 10 – Dec 6
Living Through the Sengoku Period: Hosokawa Family and Eisei Bunko Treasures
Toyota City Museum, Exhibition Rooms 1 & 2 · Toyota
Oct 10 – Dec 6
Connecting to the Future: Important Cultural Property Watanabe Kazan Related Materials
Tahara City Museum · Tahara
Oct 10 – Dec 20
Dreaming Architecture - Fragments of Architecture in Ancient Chinese Mingqi
Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum · Seto
Oct 17 – Oct 31
Moricoro Halloween
Moricoro Park (Aichi Earth Expo Memorial Park) · Nagakute
Oct 17 – Nov 29
Singing with the Seasons: Idemitsu Museum of Arts Masterpiece Exhibition
Okazaki City Museum of Art · Okazaki
Oct 17 – Dec 13
Yayoi Faces and Body Expressions
Aichi Asahi Ruins Museum, Main Building (Special Exhibition Room) · Kiyosu
Oct 17 – Nov 23
Noritake Kinashi Exhibition: TOUCH SERENDIPITY - Meaningful Coincidence
Matsuzakaya Nagoya Store · Nagoya
Oct 23 – Nov 1
Anbi Exhibition
Anjo Citizen's Gallery · Anjo
Oct 23 – Feb 28
Discover Washi: Illusion - Koji Shibasaki's Light
Yamazaki Mazak Museum of Art · Nagoya
Oct 24 – Jan 24
Shigeru Hasegawa: Paint Tengu
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art · Toyota
Oct 24 – Nov 3
Umehara Residence Special Opening
Umehara Residence · Minamichita
Oct 24 – Jan 24
20th Anniversary of His Death: Shoichi Ida Exhibition
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art · Toyota
Oct 31 – Feb 21
Nadia Park Illumination
Nadia Park · Nagoya
Oct 31 – Jan 31
Kariya Street Illumination
Around Kariya Station · Kariya
Oct 31 – Nov 1
Handa Hakko Biyori
Handa Red Brick Building · Handa
Oct 31
Minamichita Town Industrial Festival
Toyohama Fishing Port Landfill · Minamichita
Oct 31 – Nov 1
Ee Janai Ka Toyohashi Festival
Toyohashi Station to Toyohashi Park Area · Toyohashi
Sep 19 – Nov 15
Special Exhibition: Kan'ei - Beauty Fostered by Peace (Commemorating the 400th Anniversary of the Kan'ei Imperial Visit)
The Museum of Kyoto · Kyoto
Oct 6 – Nov 29
The Tale of Genji: Splendor of the Imperial Court Special Exhibition
Kyoto National Museum · Kyoto
Oct 8 – Apr 11
30th Anniversary: 100 Years After His Death, Claude Monet Exhibition
Asahi Group Oyamazaki Villa Museum of Art · Oyamazaki
Oct 10 – Feb 21
Manpuku-ji Temple Night Special Viewing & Light Art Installation
Obaku-shu Daihonzan Manpuku-ji Temple · Uji
Oct 23 – Dec 5
NAKED meets Nijo Castle
Former Imperial Villa Nijo Castle · Kyoto
Oct 23 – Dec 13
Kodai-ji Temple Autumn Night Special Viewing
Kodai-ji Temple · Kyoto
Oct 24 – Dec 29
Sagano Romantic Train: Train of Light Fantasy
Sagano Romantic Train · Kyoto
Oct 30 – Nov 3
Autumn Used Book Festival
Hyakumanben Chion-ji Temple · Kyoto
Oct 31
Gracia Week Marche
JR Nagaokakyo Station Bambio Hiroba Park · Nagaokakyo
Oct 31 – Nov 1
Fukuchiyama Il Miraito
Fukuchiyama Castle · Fukuchiyama
Oct 31 – Dec 13
Autumn Leaves Light-up and Kondo/Kodo Night Special Viewing
Toji Temple (Kyoogokoku-ji Temple) · Kyoto
Oct 2 – Apr 2
Nagai Botanical Garden teamLab Botanical Garden Osaka Illumination
Nagai Botanical Garden · Osaka
Oct 10 – Dec 20
NHK Sunday Art Museum 50th Anniversary Exhibition
Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka · Osaka
Oct 10 – Nov 29
ENLIGHTENMENT JAPAN
Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts · Osaka
Oct 29 – Nov 1
Noodle Revolution!! Haitoku Mashimashi Festival
Ōgimachi Park · Osaka
Oct 30 – Feb 14
Harvest Hill Wonder Night Hill + Christmas Market
Sakai Green Museum Harvest Hill · Sakai
Oct 30 – Nov 8
Yakiimo Festival Osaka
Osaka Castle Park · Osaka
Oct 31· Fireworks
Osaka Art Fireworks
Rinku Park Special Venue · Izumisano
Oct 31 – Jan 31
British Museum Japanese Art Collection: Hyakka Ryoran ~Edo Paintings Across the Sea (Osaka)~
Osaka Nakanoshima Museum of Art · Osaka
Oct 31 – Nov 1
Namba Sotofes
Namba Parks · Osaka
Oct 31
Yao Kawachi Ondo Festival at Miseruba Yao Venue
Miseruba Yao · Yao
Oct 31
Yao Kawachi Ondo Festival
Yao Elementary School, LINOAS, and Kintetsu Yao Station Plaza · Yao
Oct 31 – Apr 4
Hirakata Park 'Hikari no Yuenchi ~Flowering Illumination~'
Hirakata Park · Hirakata
Oct 31· Fireworks
Rinku Fireworks Festival
Rinku Park · Izumisano
Sep 12 – Nov 23
Autumn Special Exhibition: "Yayoi Period Middle Society as Seen Through Earthenware"
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Archaeology · Harima
Aug 29 – Nov 29
Lightscape in Rokko: Botanical Lights - Autumn Leaves
Rokko Garden Terrace Nature Experience Observation Deck Rokko Shidare Night View · Kobe
Sep 19 – Nov 29
Forest of Light ~Night Art Walk~ Illumination
Rokko Alpine Botanical Garden · Kobe
Aug 29 – Nov 29
Kobe Rokko Meets Art 2026 Beyond
ROKKO Mori no Ne Museum · Kobe
Sep 19 – Nov 23
Kamen Rider x Power of Nature Exhibition
Kobe Maritime Museum · Kobe
Sep 12 – Nov 29
Special Exhibition: Shigeru Mizuki's Soulful Manga Exhibition
Kobe Fashion Museum · Kobe
Sep 1 – Nov 30
TOTTEI PARK Illuminight - AUTUMN LEAVES
TOTTEI PARK 'Green Hill' · Kobe
Oct 1 – Mar 31
Kobe Harborland Gaslight Street Illumination
Kobe Harborland Gaslight Street · Kobe
May 29 – Feb 28
Former Foreign Settlement Illumination
Daimaru Kobe Store · Kobe
Oct 3 – Nov 22
Hyogo Prefectural Flower Center Dahlia Exhibition
Hyogo Prefectural Flower Center · Kasai
Oct 10 – Dec 13
Tove and Moomin Exhibition: In Search of Something Special
Kobe City Museum · Kobe
Oct 10 – Dec 27
National Museum Collection Dialogue: Kojiro Matsukata x Tokutaro Yamamura - The Passion of Collecting - Rodin to Japan, Gutai to the World
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art · Kobe
Oct 11 – Dec 12
Yamada-no-Sato Ishigaki Matsuri Terraced Rice Field Light-up
Near Center Miharashi · Shiso
Oct 18 – Nov 22
Hyogo Prefectural United Chrysanthemum Exhibition
Hyogo Prefectural Flower Center · Kasai
Oct 23 – Feb 14
Kobe Illuminage
Roadside Station Kobe Fruit & Flower Park Ozo · Kobe
Oct 30 – Nov 3
Himeji National Pottery Fair
Otemae Park · Himeji
Oct 31· Fireworks
Night Fantasy Illusion
Hyogo Prefectural Takasago Seaside Park · Takasago
Oct 31 – Nov 3
Akashi Meat Festa
Hyogo Prefectural Akashi Park West Lawn Plaza · Akashi
Oct 6 – Apr 5
Ichiborigawa Illumination
Ichiborigawa River · Wakayama
Oct 30 – Nov 1
Hashigui-iwa Rock Light-up
Hashigui-iwa Rocks · Kushimoto
Oct 31 – Feb 14
Festa LuCe ~Where You Can Find the True Christmas~
Wakayama Marina City Porto Europa · Wakayama
Oct 31 – Nov 1
Odoru-nya ~ Kishu Yosakoi Festival
Wakayama Castle Area · Wakayama
Sep 16 – Oct 31
LECT Halloween Illumination
LECT 1F Food Garden · Hiroshima
Jun 24 – Mar 29
Special Exhibition: Unraveling the JMSDF! - What is the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force?
JMSDF Kure Museum (Tetsu no Kujira-kan) · Kure
Sep 12 – Jan 11
Émile Gallé - Japonism and the Beauty of Ceramics
Shimose Museum · Otake
Jun 26 – Nov 10
Summer and Autumn Special Exhibition: Tsukumogami - Tools That Became Yokai!
Yumoto Koichi Memorial Japan Yokai Museum (Miyoshi Mononoke Museum) · Miyoshi
Oct 3 – Jan 11
Artists Gathering at the 'Cafe' - From Impressionists to Van Gogh, Lautrec, Picasso
Hiroshima Museum of Art · Hiroshima
Oct 31 – Dec 20
Sera Kogen Farm Candle Night
Sora no Hanabatake Sera Kogen Hana no Mori · Sera
Oct 31 – Nov 1
Hiroshima Bread Festa
Central Event Plaza, Hiroshima Gate Park · Hiroshima
Jul 24 – Dec 6
Yamaguchi Seasonal 2026 / Ryuichi Sakamoto + YCAM Forest Symphony
Joei-ji Temple · Yamaguchi
Aug 29 – Nov 29
Ito Hirobumi Museum Special Exhibition: "Human Resource Strategy for a New Era - Ito Hirobumi's Leadership in Discovering, Nurturing, and Utilizing Talent"
Ito Hirobumi Museum · Hikari
Oct 31 – Nov 1
Yamaguchi Yurameki Corridor Light-up
Koyama Park · Yamaguchi
Sep 5 – Dec 25
Tenjin Underground Mall '50th Anniversary Illumination'
Tenjin Underground Mall · Fukuoka
Oct 23 – Dec 6
Autumn Rose Fair & Momiji (Autumn Leaves) Festival
Ishibashi Culture Center Rose Garden, Japanese Garden, and others · Kurume
Oct 23 – Nov 3
Kokura Castle Bamboo Light-up
Kokura Castle and Rekishi-no-Michi, Toranomon · Kitakyushu
Oct 28 – Nov 23
Nomiyama Kannon-ji Temple Autumn Leaves Festival
Nomiyama Kannon-ji Temple · Sasaguri
Oct 31 – Nov 3
Hakata Old Town Light-up Walk Sennen Koya
Hakata Sennen-mon Gate, etc. · Fukuoka
Oct 31 – Nov 1
Torigai Hachimangu Autumn Festival Torifes
Torigai Hachimangu Shrine · Fukuoka
May 16 – Nov 10
teamLab: Ruins and Heritage - Bath House Tea Ceremony
Mifuneyama Rakuen · Takeo
Sep 19 – Nov 8
Special Exhibition: Yamatai-koku Revived - Exploring the Countries of the Wajinden VIII: Toyo no Kuni and Tango no Kuni
Yoshinogari Historical Park · Yoshinogari
Oct 29 – Feb 14
Saga Light Fantasy
Saga City Center · Saga
Sep 14 – Nov 3· Fireworks
Huis Ten Bosch Shower of Lights
Huis Ten Bosch · Sasebo
Jul 17 – Oct 31
Glover Garden Lantern Night
Glover Garden Moving Walkway No. 1, Miura Tamaki Plaza · Nagasaki
Oct 1 – Nov 29
Hario Transmitting Station Light-up and Night Public Opening
Hario Transmitting Station · Sasebo
Oct 12 – Dec 31
Glover Garden Lantern Night
Glover Garden · Nagasaki
Oct 31
Onakao Terraced Rice Fields Fire Festival
Onakao Terraced Rice Fields · Nagasaki
Oct 31
Togitsu Charm Discovery "Autumn Festival"
Togitsu Kururi Wharf · Togitsu
Oct 30 – Nov 3
Miyama Craft Week
Miyama Community Center and Togo Hiroba Parking Lot · Hioki
Oct 31 – Nov 3
Izumi Machi Terrace ~Light Festival Connecting with Bamboo Lanterns~
Izumi Station East Exit to Honmachi Shopping Street, Izumi Fumoto Samurai Residences, etc. · Izumi
Oct 31
Tokunoshima Town Dondon Festival
Kametsu New Fishing Port Special Plaza · Tokunoshima