Summary of Recommended Seasonal Events in Sapporo!
This article will introduce our carefully selected events for you to enjoy in Sapporo!
A Sapporo dance festival with its roots in the Yosakoi festival mixed with Hokkaido’s Soran-bushi.
Sapporo / Summer festivals & Events
The largest Gion Festival in the Kanto area with its musical accompaniment, dashi(float) and yatai (food stalls)
Saitama / Summer festivals & Events
A legendary Tanabata takeover at this vibrantly decorated shopping arcade in summer.
Nakano, Suginami, Nerima / Summer festivals & Events
See, smell, and taste! The popular event with iris and lavender.
Saitama / Summer festivals & Events
Legendary taiko drum performance that ignites the city of Kokura in excitement.
Kitakyushu / Summer festivals & Events
A pyramid of lanterns atop the Nobori Yamagasa in an unforgettable spectacular.
Kitakyushu / Summer festivals & Events
An ancient Shinto ritual of over 800 years, offering a glimpse back into the valiant samurai culture.
Kamakura / Summer festivals & Events
A summer festival boasting one of the largest scales and crowds in Tokyo, with a bustling shopping street filled with events.
Roppongi, Azabu / Summer festivals & Events
A festival of light that adorns the night of Kudan with 30,000 lanterns.
Kudanshita, Korakuen / Summer festivals & Events
Unforgettable display and colors as they light up the waters at this Lake Suwa summer tradition.
Nagano / Summer festivals & Events
One of the best fireworks displays in Kanto region, with 25,000 fireworks shot up in the night sky
Ashikaga / Summer festivals & Events
With over 100 years of history, Omagari Hanabi is Japan’s largest firework competition, held on the last Saturday of every August, attracting nearly 700,000 visitors.
Akita / Summer festivals & Events
A summer tradition of Naniwa, coloring the Yodogawa, the symbol of the "Water Metropolis Osaka".
Osaka / Summer festivals & Events
A traditional summer evening spectacle in Tokyo.
Asakusa / Summer festivals & Events
A gorgeous "Fireworks of Prayer" that envelops the audience in emotion.
Niigata / Summer festivals & Events
Refreshing the rainy season. Karuizawa Hoshino Area holds an annual event during the rainy season.
Nagano / Summer festivals & Events
The largest summer festival in Nagano Prefecture, held every August. It's a large-scale Bon Odori event involving the participation of the local community.
Nagano / Summer festivals & Events
It is one of the three major festivals in Tohoku that has continued for over 400 years that known affectionately as "Tanabata-san" by the locals.
Sendai / Summer festivals & Events
Tanabata Festival held fantastically around the Heijo Palace remains in the summer evening.
Nara / Summer festivals & Events
Spiritual and ghastly fires illuminate the ancient city at night. A traditional event where spirits depart to the afterlife.
Kyoto / Summer festivals & Events
The regular summer event that captures more than 1 million spectators.
Nakano, Suginami, Nerima / Summer festivals & Events
The original boat race competition with fiersome athletes.
Nagasaki / Summer festivals & Events
A summer event in the historical town Nara where more than 10,000 candles add a mystic ambience to the town.
Nara / Summer festivals & Events
It is one of the three major festivals in the Tohoku region, with "Kanto" lanterns resembling rice ears or rice bales used to pray for a good harvest.
Akita / Summer festivals & Events
”Shan, shan,” bells ring in the biggest summer festival in Tottori City.
Tottori / Summer festivals & Events