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Festivals that follow the rhythm of Japan's four seasons.

By Region By Season By Prefecture

Spring65 festivals

Adachi Fireworks

Takaoka Mikurumayama Festival

KOGANEI SAKURA FESTIVAL

Numa-iri Bonden

Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival

Shinkawa-ichi Festival

Hitachi Fūryūmono

Hiroshima Flower Festival

Shingen-ko Festival

Okinawa International Movie Festival

The former film festival ended after its 2024 edition

Kurayami Matsuri

Takayama Festival

Fushiki Hikiyama Festival

Hatsuuma Festival

Kamezaki Shiohi Festival

Ōgaki Festival

Johana Hikiyama Festival

Furukawa Festival

Sagami River Koinobori Matsuri

Ended after the FY2019 edition

Suga Shrine Taisai

Tsurumi no Tamatsuri

Odawara Hōjō Godai Festival

Inuyama Festival

Emperor Jinmu Festival

Chiryū Festival

Mikumano Jinja Taisai

Seihaku Festival

Ōme Grand Festival

Osaka Asian Film Festival

Higashiyama Hanatouro

Higashiyama Hanatoro program ended with its final day on March 13, 2022

Hakata Matsubayashi

Tokiwadaira Sakura Festival

Takada Castle Site Park Cherry Blossom Festival

Bunkyō Azalea Festival

Otaue Festival at Katori Jingū

Imamiya Matsuri

Etchuyatsuo parade float festival

Kagobo Cherry Blossom Festival

Kakuda Canola Flower Festival

Koga Peach Festival

Shimoda Black Ship Festival

Eiheiji Temple Flower Festival

Hiyoshi Sannō-sai

Kumano Hongu Taisha Annual Festival

Sendai Aoba Matsuri

Summer137 festivals

Aomori Nebuta Matsuri

Hirosaki Neputa

Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival

Fuji Rock Festival

Sendai Tanabata

Guzuyaki Festival

Otaue Shinto Service

Yoshida Fire Festival

Suigō Sawara Ayame Festival

Okuribon Festival

Anjo Tanabata Festival

Iriya Asagao festival

Kemanai no Bon-odori

Suigō Itako Iris Festival

Nishimonai no Bon-odori

Lake Suwa Fireworks Festival

Kōenji Awa Odori

Mount Fuji Jazz Festival

Jindai-ji Hōzuki Festival

Ichinomiya Tanabata Festival

Aioi Peron Matsuri

Owari Tsushima Tennō Festival

Chagu Chagu Umakko

Pacific Music Festival

Tottori Shan-Shan Festival

Mibu no Hana Taue

Goshogawara Tachineputa Festival

Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival

Gozan no Okuribi

Fukagawa Matsuri

Jingu Fireworks Festival

Hachioji Matsuri

Samba Carnival of Asakusa

Yosakoi Matsuri

Itabashi Fireworks Festival

Uozu Tatemon Festival

Jantokoi Uozu Festival

Yosakoi Soran Festival

Hyakumangoku Matsuri

Tobata Gion Festival

Uwajima Ushi-oni Festival

Tsuchizaki Shinmei Shrine Festival

Shinjō Matsuri

Kitakami Michinoku Traditional Dance Festival

PL Art of Fireworks

Tondabayashi city document records the suspension as starting in FY2020 (Reiwa 2); reopening or abolition unverified

Ishidori Matsuri

Hachinohe Sansha Taisai

Sendai Tanabata Fireworks Festival

Crow-dipper sprouts

Sumiyoshi Matsuri

Ise Lobster Festival

Hitoichi no Bon-odori

Yoshiwara Gion-sai

Gold Mine Festival

Inaba Umbrella Dance

Mikuni Fireworks Festival

Ichijima Kawasuso Matsuri

Asamushi Onsen Nebuta Festival

Ungami of Shioya Bay

Kujirabune Festival

Ōminato Nebuta

Yamaage Matsuri

Tomida Ishidori Matsuri

Kokura Gion Daiko

Ubagami Daijingū Togyosai

Sunari Festival

Narita Gion Festival

Hita Gion Festival

Itako Gion Matsuri

Kusatsu International Summer Music Academy & Festival

Chikugo River Fireworks Festival

Morioka Sansa Odori

Nishinippon Ohori Fireworks Festival

Chichibu Kawase Matsuri

Asagaya Tanabata Festival

Iida-machi Toroyama Festival

Kirishima International Music Festival

Tokyo Bay Grand Fireworks Festival

Lantern Festival of Kuki

Sanuki Takamatsu Festival

Hyuga Hyottoko Summer Festival

Himeji Yukata Matsuri

Yamaga Lantern Festival

Hamasaki Gion Yamakasa

Tomigusuku Hārī

Kurosaki Gion Yamagasa

Shirongo Matsuri

Otaru Ushio Matsuri

Naniwa Yodogawa Fireworks Festival

Hokkaido Belly Button Festival

Hokkai Soran Matsuri

Nanao Gion Matsuri

Komae Tamagawa Fireworks Festival

Furukawa Matsuri

Matsumoto-Bonbon Festival

Hiroshima International Animation Festival

Yamagata Hanagasa Festival

Fukaya Festival

Shitamachi Tanabata Festival

Tsukidate Tanabata Matsuri

Ryōgoku hanabi

Historical name; revived as Sumida River Fireworks Festival in 1978

Esashi Kamomejima Festival

Shimadachi Hadaka Matsuri

Sawara Float Festival

Kōda no Himatsuri

Kō Natsu Matsuri

Abe River Fireworks Festival

Taira Tanabata Matsuri

Kumano Great Fireworks Festival

Mashiko Gion Matsuri

Issaki Hōtō Festival

Shinmei Fireworks Festival

Autumn64 festivals

Saga International Balloon Fiesta

Nagasaki Kunchi

Tokyo International Film Festival

Hirosaki Castle Chrysanthemum and Autumn Foliage Festival

Niiname-no-Matsuri

Kawagoe Hikawa Festival

Tochigi Autumn Festival

Takefu Chrysanthemum Doll Festival

Tsukurimon Festival

Hirakata Dai Kiku-Ningyō

Original large-scale exhibition closed in autumn 2005

Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri

Kakunodate Festival

Ueno Tenjin Festival

Shimōsa Miyama Seven-Year Festival

Kanda Curry Grand Prix

Yokosuka Kaikoku Fireworks Festival

Tsukuno Danjiri Matsuri

Yahagi Shrine Autumn Grand Festival

Komaneko Festival

August dance in Honmachi

Ōgaki Jūmangoku Matsuri

Yuwaku Bonbori Matsuri

Miyazaki Shrine Grand Festival

Kanuma Imamiya Shrine Festival

Owari Tsushima Autumn Festival

Niihama Taiko Festival

Kakegawa Matsuri

Haruki Danjiri Matsuri

Kumano Hayatama Matsuri

Kotohiki Hachimangū Taisai

Toyohama Chōsa Festival

Kurama Himatsuri

Boshita Festival

Nihonmatsu Lantern Festival

Urasoe Tedako Festival

Naha Great Tug-of-War Festival

Aizu Clan Parade

Matsudo Festival

Tokyo Jidai Festival

Nada no kenka matsuri

Okinawa International Carnival

Doi taikomatsuri

Tomiya Marching Festival

Yasaka Jinja Gion Matsuri

Katsuura Autumn Festival

Tajima Beef Festival

Tsuchiura All Japan Fireworks Competition

Setagaya Panmatsuri

Okuma Kabuto Festival

Shibayama Haniwa Festival

Masakado Matsuri

Winter37 festivals

Sapporo Snow Festival

Odate Amekko-ichi

Gero Ta-no-Kami Festival

Yokote’s Winter Festival

Konomiya Hadaka Matsuri

Sōunkyō Icefall Festival

Mukonage and Suminuri

Shibare Festival

Kasuga Wakamiya On-Matsuri Festival

Asahikawa Winter Festival

Chichibu Night Festival

Oku-noto no Aenokoto

Ojiya balloon festival

Katsuyama Sagichō

Night Plum Festival

Toyohashi Oni Festival

Otaru Snow Light Path

Jūninichi-machi

Tokyo Millenario

Hiburi Kamakura

Akō Gishi Festival

Arashiyama Hanatōro

Arashiyama Hanatoro program ended after its 2021 edition

Iiyama Snow Festival

Hirosaki Castle Snow Lantern Festival

Ohara Hadaka Matsuri

Kanchu Misogi Matsuri