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. · 179 events
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Nosappu Cape Hatsuhinode (First Sunrise) Pilgrimage
Nosappu Cape · Nemuro
Oct 1 – Mar 31
Ishikari City Hanakawa Chuo Shopping Street Illumination
Ishikari Hanakawa Chuo Shopping Street · Ishikari
Nov 1 – Apr 27
Lake Toya Onsen Illumination Tunnel
Lake Toya Onsen Nigiwai Plaza · Toyako
Nov 1 – Feb 28
Yoichi Illumination Kohakuiro no Yume
Around JR Yoichi Station · Yoichi
Oct 22 – Apr 21
Shirogane Blue Pond Light-up
Shirogane Blue Pond · Biei
Dec 27 – Jan 11
Tomica Plarail Festival in Sapporo
Sapporo Factory Room & Atrium · Sapporo
Oct 24 – Mar 31
Hiroo Santa Land Illumination
Hiroo Santa Land · Hiroo
Jan 30 – Feb 23
Chitose-Shikotsu Lake Ice Festival
Lake Shikotsu Onsen · Chitose
Oct 1 – Sep 30
History Mystery Solving: Folk Diver Ibaraki Town Edition
Pocket Farm Dokidoki Ibaraki Town Store · Ibaraki
Nov 12 – Jan 17
Natsuyuki Nakanishi: A Device to Gaze Gently and Linger Forever
Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki · Mito
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 – Feb 28
Uzuma Bamboo Light-up
From Tokiwa Bridge to Tomoe River Bridge on Tomoe River · Tochigi
Oct 17 – Feb 14
Ashikaga Flower Park 'Garden of Illuminated Flowers'
Ashikaga Flower Park · Ashikaga
Nov 19 – Jan 17
Utsunomiya Illumination
Orion Square, Kamagawa Promenade, Banba Dori, Orion Dori, Tobu Bashamichi Dori, Union Dori, and other locations · Utsunomiya
Jan 4
Busha Festival
Nikko Futarasan Jinja Chugushi Shrine · Nikko
Jan 11
Raito Yosakoi Festival Vol.12
Miyamirai Light Hill · Utsunomiya
Jan 15
Shunto Festival
Utsunomiya Futaarayama Shrine · Utsunomiya
Jan 8 – Feb 23
Ashigakubo Ice Pillars Illumination
Ashigakubo · Yokoze
Nov 14 – Jan 31
Ageo Illumination
JR Ageo Station Free Passage, East and West Exit Decks, JR Kita Ageo Station East and West Exits · Ageo
Sep 18 – Jan 11
Essay Manga Prescriptions to Save Me Exhibition
Kadokawa Culture Museum · Tokorozawa
Dec 5 – Jan 29
Choshi Station Front Illumination
Choshi Station Front Rotary · Choshi
Oct 24 – Jan 11
Terraced Rice Fields Light-up
Oyama Senmaida · Kamogawa
Nov 9 – Jan 9
Nishifunabashi Shotenkai Christmas Garden Illumination
Nishifunabashi Station North Exit Rotary · Funabashi
Oct 31 – Apr 4
Tokyo German Village Winter Illumination
Tokyo German Village · Sodegaura
Oct 31 – Feb 28
Mother Farm 'Mother Illumi'
Mother Farm · Futtsu
Nov 10 – Jan 31
Matsudo Christmas Fantasy
Matsudo Station West Exit Deck · Matsudo
Nov 13 – Jan 31
Makuhari Illumi ~Connecting People with City Lights~
JR Kaihin Makuhari Station South Exit Plaza, North Exit Plaza · Chiba
Nov 1 – Apr 4
Tokyo German Village Lantern Festival
Tokyo German Village · Sodegaura
Nov 13 – Jan 11
Daikanyama Address Dixsept "Winter Illumination"
Daikanyama Address Dixsept · Shibuya
Dec 1 – Jan 5
Omotesando Fendi Illumination
Omotesando Harajuku · Shibuya
Oct 24 – Feb 21
Tate Gallery Turner Exhibition: Paintings of the Sublime, Dialogue with Contemporary Art
National Museum of Western Art · Taito City
Oct 31 – Jan 10
Tokyo Mega Illumination
Oi Racecourse · Shinagawa City
Nov 5 – Feb 14
TOKYO ILLUMILIA
Sakura-dori and Yaesu Naka-dori area · Chuo City
Oct 30 – Feb 28
Shinjuku Kabukicho Kuyakusho-dori Illumination
Shinjuku Kabukicho Kuyakusho-dori Street · Shinjuku City
Oct 10 – Jan 10
Cincinnati Art Museum Exhibition: European Treasures Across the Atlantic
Ueno Royal Museum · Taito City
Oct 8 – Apr 7
Sunshine Aquarium Marine Garden Illumination
Sunshine Aquarium · Toshima City
Nov 11 – Feb 14
Hotel Metropolitan Edmont Crystal Garden
Hotel Metropolitan Edmont, I-Garden Air · Chiyoda City
Oct 5 – Apr 4
Fuji TV Illumination AURORA∞
Fuji Television Headquarters · Minato City
Oct 23 – Jan 11
Takehisa Yumeji: An Expressive Artist Shaping an Era
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo · Chiyoda City
Oct 31 – Feb 28
ARIAKE GARDEN Winter Illuminations
Ariake Garden · Koto City
Nov 19 – Feb 28
Tokyo Dome City Winter Illumination "TOKYO SNOW DOME CITY"
Tokyo Dome City · Bunkyo City
Oct 23 – Jan 17
Ukena's Strange World Exhibition
Terada Warehouse G1 Building · Shinagawa City
Nov 13 – Feb 14
80th Anniversary of French Publication "The Little Prince: A Sky Journey to Find What is Important" Exhibition
Roppongi Hills Observation Deck Tokyo City View · Minato City
Nov 14 – Mar 28
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum 100th Anniversary: Musée d'Orsay Collection "The Joy of Living Now" Exhibition
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum · Taito City
Oct 29 – Apr 4
Yomiuriland Jewellumination
Yomiuriland · Inagi
Oct 30 – Jan 11
Haruichi Furudate Haikyu!! Exhibition: Challengers
Mori Arts Center Gallery · Minato City
Aug 30 – Jan 31
Edo Machi Taito Geirakusai Festival
Asakusa Public Hall, Ueno Park Outdoor Stage, Taito Itchome Community Center, etc. · Taito City
Nov 19 – Feb 14
MIDTOWN YAESU CHRISTMAS Illumination
Tokyo Midtown Yaesu · Chuo City
Oct 11 – Apr 10
HANA Akari: HANA BIYORI x Bamboo Lights Illumination
HANA BIYORI · Inagi
Oct 3 – Feb 7
Mari Yamazaki's World: Live This Moment - Carpe Diem Exhibition
Setagaya Literary Museum · Setagaya City
Nov 1 – Feb 14
Anniversaire Omotesando "Celebrate Illumination"
Anniversaire Omotesando · Minato City
Nov 13 – Jan 11
ACN Presents Yoyogi Forest of Lights
Yoyogi Park (Cycling Course Area) · Shibuya
Oct 19 – Feb 28
Solacity Winter Illuminations
Ochanomizu Solacity · Chiyoda City
Oct 31 – Feb 21
Special Exhibition "Sex of Living Things"
National Museum of Nature and Science · Taito City
Oct 1 – Mar 31
mAAch ecute Kanda Manseibashi Illumination
mAAch ecute Kanda Manseibashi · Chiyoda City
Nov 12 – Feb 28
Park View Winter Garden
Tokyo Midtown Hibiya 6F Park View Garden · Chiyoda City
Nov 19 – Jan 11
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum 100th Anniversary: For You to Read the World
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum · Taito City
Oct 8 – Jan 31
Light Bursts Out, and Various Things Sparkle into View.
Yayoi Kusama Museum · Shinjuku City
Oct 19 – Feb 28
Watertras Illumination Fantasy Promenade Illumination ~Dreams in Lanterns~
Watertras Hiroba, Awaji Park · Chiyoda City
Oct 4 – Apr 3
Arakawa Amusement Park Illumination 'Sparkling Circus of Light and Play'
Arakawa Amusement Park · Arakawa City
Nov 12 – Feb 28
Hibiya Area Illumination
Hibiya Nakadori Street · Chiyoda City
Apr 18 – Mar 28
Setagaya Literary Museum Collection Exhibition: Chiyo Uno 30th Anniversary of Her Passing
Setagaya Literary Museum · Setagaya City
Oct 28 – Feb 8
Shōjo Manga Infinity: Moto Hagio × Ryoko Yamagishi × Waki Yamato Exhibition
The National Art Center, Tokyo · Minato City
Sep 29 – Jan 11
Collection Exhibition MOMAT Collection
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo · Chiyoda City
Nov 15 – Feb 28
Mitaka Station South Exit 5 Shopping Street Tree Illumination
Mitaka Station South Exit 5 Shopping Street · Mitaka
Nov 21 – Jan 31
Tokyo World Gate Winter Illumination
Tokyo World Gate · Minato City
Nov 9 – Feb 14
Shinjuku Park Tower Christmas
Shinjuku Park Tower · Shinjuku City
Nov 21 – Jan 31
Gotenyama Winter Illumination
Gotenyama Trust City · Shinagawa City
Nov 1 – Jan 17
Tachikawa Illumination
Sansan Road · Tachikawa
Dec 31 – Jan 1
Oji Fox Parade
Shozoku Inari Shrine · Kita City
Jan 19 – Mar 14
Special Exhibition: The Tale of Genji - Splendor of the Court
Tokyo National Museum · Taito 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
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
Oct 8 – Mar 31
MYSTERY OF TUTANKHAMEN: Experiential Ancient Egypt Exhibition
Tutankhamun Museum · Yokohama
Oct 11 – Apr 10
Yokohama Cosmo World 'Big Ferris Wheel Light Art'
Yokohama Cosmo World · Yokohama
Nov 1 – Feb 14
Yumeooka Winter Illumination
Around Kamiooka Station · Yokohama
Nov 11 – Jan 11
Yokohama Minato Mirai Winter Holiday ~DQ x FF Winter Fantasy~ Yokohama Landmark Tower Illumination
Yokohama Landmark Tower · Yokohama
Oct 2 – Mar 31
Yokohama Marine Tower Light-up 'Light of Wish'
Yokohama Marine Tower · Yokohama
Jul 18 – Jan 11
Depicted Venetian Glass - Hakone Glass no Mori Museum Collection
Hakone Glass no Mori Museum · Hakone
Nov 6 – Jan 31
Mizonokuchi Station Front Kirari Deck Illumination
Mizonokuchi Station Front Kirari Deck area · Kawasaki
Nov 1 – Feb 20
Shunsetsu Toka (Spring Festival Lanterns)
Yokohama Chinatown · Yokohama
Nov 15 – Feb 28
Isezaki Light Illumination
イセザキ・モール1・2St. · Yokohama
Nov 17 – Feb 16
Anniversaire Minatomirai Yokohama "ANNIVERSAIRE ILLUMINATION"
Anniversaire Minatomirai Yokohama · Yokohama
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
Nov 1 – Feb 14
EBINA CITY LIGHTS
Around Ebina Station (Ebina Station Free Passage, Ebina Chuo Park, West Exit Promenade, Vinawalk, etc.) · Ebina
Oct 10 – Mar 31
Shuzenji Niji-no-Sato Illumi the Night
Shuzenji Niji-no-Sato · Izu
Nov 3 – Feb 28
Illumination "Ayano Niwa"
Hamamatsu Local Beer Restaurant Meinschloss · Hamamatsu
Oct 9 – Mar 7
Toki no Sumika Illumination: Hikari no Sumika
Gotemba Kogen Toki no Sumika · Gotemba
Oct 31 – Feb 28
Zaza City Hamamatsu Illumination
Zaza City Hamamatsu West Building · Hamamatsu
Oct 30 – Feb 28
Hamamatsu Fruit Park Tokinosumika Winter Illumination 'Illusion of Water, Greenery, and Light'
Hamamatsu Fruit Park Tokinosumika · Hamamatsu
Nov 28 – Jan 11
Edward Gorey: Secret Message Exhibition
Shizuoka City Museum of Art · Shizuoka
Oct 31 – Feb 21
Nadia Park Illumination
Nadia Park · Nagoya
Oct 31 – Jan 31
Kariya Street Illumination
Around Kariya Station · Kariya
Dec 12 – Jan 31
Let's Have Fun Together! Panda Kopanda Exhibition - Nagoya PARCO Edition
Nagoya PARCO · Nagoya
Oct 24 – Jan 24
Shigeru Hasegawa: Paint Tengu
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art · Toyota
Oct 24 – Jan 24
20th Anniversary of His Death: Shoichi Ida Exhibition
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art · Toyota
Nov 13 – Feb 4
Ikeda Park Illumination
Ikeda Park · Nagoya
Oct 23 – Feb 28
Discover Washi: Illusion - Koji Shibasaki's Light
Yamazaki Mazak Museum of Art · Nagoya
Dec 1 – Jan 5
Kiho Festival of Lights Light-up
In front of Kiho Town Furusato Shiryokan Museum Plaza · Kiho
Oct 6 – Apr 5
Menard Aoyama Resort Light-up
Menard Aoyama Resort · Iga
Jan 1 – May 31
Nabana no Sato Illumination
Nabana no Sato · Kuwana
Oct 24 – Feb 28
Suwa Park Koryukan: A Gift of Light
Suwa Park Koryukan · Yokkaichi
Oct 31 – Jan 24
Valley Light-up 'Mie Akame Taki Akari'
Akame 48 Waterfalls Valley · Nabari
Oct 31 – Jan 31
British Museum Japanese Art Collection: Hyakka Ryoran ~Edo Paintings Across the Sea (Osaka)~
Osaka Nakanoshima Museum of Art · Osaka
Oct 30 – Feb 14
Harvest Hill Wonder Night Hill + Christmas Market
Sakai Green Museum Harvest Hill · Sakai
Oct 2 – Apr 2
Nagai Botanical Garden teamLab Botanical Garden Osaka Illumination
Nagai Botanical Garden · Osaka
Nov 27 – Jan 11
Ibaraki Illumi Festa Akari Illumination
Around JR Ibaraki Station and other locations · Ibaraki
Nov 20 – Feb 14
Osaka Castle Illuminage
Osaka Castle Nishinomaru Garden · Osaka
Nov 1 – Feb 28
Festival Illumination
Nakanoshima Festival Tower · Osaka
Nov 22 – Jan 17
Kongo Kirameki Illumination
KonGO! Park, Kongo Chuo Park, and other locations · Tondabayashi
Oct 31 – Apr 4
Hirakata Park 'Hikari no Yuenchi ~Flowering Illumination~'
Hirakata Park · Hirakata
Jan 1
Sumiyoshi Taisha Wakami-no-Gi and Gantan-sai Festival
Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine · Osaka
Jan 4
Sumiyoshi Taisha Toka Shinto Ritual
Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine · Osaka
Jan 7
Sumiyoshi Taisha White Horse Shinto Ritual
Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine · Osaka
Jan 9 – Jan 10
Sumiyoshi Taisha Ichiebisu Daikokusha Reisai "Ebessan" Festival
Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine · Osaka
Jan 15
Sumiyoshi Taisha Old Talisman Burning Ceremony (Tondo)
Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine · Osaka
Oct 23 – Feb 14
Kobe Illuminage
Roadside Station Kobe Fruit & Flower Park Ozo · Kobe
Oct 1 – Mar 31
Kobe Harborland Gaslight Street Illumination
Kobe Harborland Gaslight Street · Kobe
Nov 20 – Jan 11
Himeji Otemae Dori and Himeji Castle Illumination Atarayo no Yumekagami
Himeji Castle Sannomaru Hiroba · Himeji
May 29 – Feb 28
Former Foreign Settlement Illumination
Daimaru Kobe Store · Kobe
Nov 21 – Feb 28
KEYAKI Light Parade by FeStA LuCe
JR Wakayama Station, Wakayama Castle, Nankai Wakayamashi Station · Wakayama
Oct 6 – Apr 5
Ichiborigawa Illumination
Ichiborigawa River · Wakayama
Nov 21 – Feb 28
JR Wakayama Station Area Illumination
JR Wakayama Station Area · Wakayama
Oct 31 – Feb 14
Festa LuCe ~Where You Can Find the True Christmas~
Wakayama Marina City Porto Europa · Wakayama
Jan 3
Shimoatagi Shrine Oyumi Shinto Ritual
Shimoatagi Shrine · Hidakagawa
Nov 28 – Jan 12
Wake Station Front Illumination
JR Wake Station Front Rotary · Wake
Nov 28 – Jan 3
Soja Illumination
In front of JR Soja Station, Kamigatsuji Plaza, City Hall Street, Chuo Bunka-suji · Soja
Nov 26 – Jan 11
MOMOTAROH FANTASY
Okayama Station Front to Shiyakusho-suji, Hare-machi Dori, West Exit Plaza · Okayama
Oct 31 – Jan 31
Kurashiki Kirameki no Michi Illumination
Kurashiki Mirai Park · Kurashiki
Jan 5
Takura Ushi Jinja Grand Festival
Takura Ushi Jinja Shrine · Bizen
Jan 1 – Jan 3
Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine Hatsumode
Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine · 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
Oct 3 – Jan 11
Artists Gathering at the 'Cafe' - From Impressionists to Van Gogh, Lautrec, Picasso
Hiroshima Museum of Art · Hiroshima
Dec 4 – Jan 24
Hiroshima Dreamination Light-up
North and South Green Belts of Heiwa Odori Avenue, etc. · Hiroshima
Jan 15
Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine Tondo Festival
Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine · Hiroshima