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Colorful fireworks in front of the Tokyo Skytree (Photo: Anne Lauenroth)

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Overview of summer festivals in Japan.

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Yodogawa Fireworks Festival 2025

Yodogawa Fireworks Festival 2025

Early Aug

Firework viewing, called hanabi in Japanese, at Yodogawa River is a real crowd pleaser. One of top ten ways to spend your summer..

أوساكا 3 Free Entry
Beppu Fireworks Festival 2025

Beppu Fireworks Festival 2025

Late Jul

The Beppu Fireworks Festival is a must-see summer event. It is held annually on either the last weekend of July or first weekend..

أويتا 2 Free Entry
Enshu Hamakita Flying Dragon Festival 2025

Enshu Hamakita Flying Dragon Festival 2025

Late May

A festival held in honor of the dragon god of the Tenryu River, in Hamakita in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture. The culmination..

شيزوكا Free Entry
Morito no Hama bon Dance Festival 2025

Morito no Hama bon Dance Festival 2025

Mid Aug

Morito no Hama's yearly summer beach festival and dance competition on the shores of Morito beach in Hayama, Kanagawa prefecture...

كانغاوا 1 Free Entry
Tejikara Summer Fire Festival 2025

Tejikara Summer Fire Festival 2025

Early Aug

The Tejikara Summer Fire Festival is an event held every second Sunday of August along the banks of the Nagara River in Gifu.

جيفو 2 Free Entry
Kintaikyo Fireworks Festival 2025

Kintaikyo Fireworks Festival 2025

Early Aug

Beautiful, colorful and fun - a great way to enjoy one of Japan's most famous & historical bridges enjoying one of Japan's..

ياماجوشي 1 Free Entry
Miyajima Fireworks Festival [Discontinued] 2019

Miyajima Fireworks Festival [Discontinued] 2019

Aug 24th 2019

Hiroshima's most famous fireworks display. 60 minutes of amazing, colorful bursts shot from the water in front of the huge red..

هيروشيما 2 Free Entry
Kure Fireworks Festival 2025

Kure Fireworks Festival 2025

Late Jul

The Kure Fireworks Festival takes place every August by the city port. Spectators here will enjoy an hour of pyrotechnics over the..

هيروشيما
Minato Kobe Marine Fireworks Festival 2025

Minato Kobe Marine Fireworks Festival 2025

Late Oct

Minato Kobe Fireworks Festival offers beautiful fireworks without the crowds. Check out my favorite spots to watch and enjoy.

هيوغو 1 Free Entry
Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri 2025

Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri 2025

Mid Sep

The Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri is the largest, if not greatest, danjiri matsuri (float festival) in Japan. Celebrating 300 year..

أوساكا 7 Free Entry
Yatsuo Hikiyama Festival 2025

Yatsuo Hikiyama Festival 2025

Saturday - May 3rd

Lantern covered floats roll their way through the old streets of Yatsuo, at the Hikiyama Festival.

توياما 2 Free Entry
Lake Yamanaka Fireworks Festival 2025

Lake Yamanaka Fireworks Festival 2025

Early Aug

Four simultaneous firework displays lasting one hour at the Firework Festival at Lake Yamanaka, one of the Five Fuji Lakes in Yamanashi..

ياماناشي 2 Free Entry
Sendai Tanabata Fireworks Festival 2025

Sendai Tanabata Fireworks Festival 2025

Early Aug

16,000 fireworks light up the sky over the Hirose River every August 5th evening. This is the kickoff for 3 days of Tanabata F..

ميياغي 4 Free Entry
Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival 2025

Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival 2025

Late Jul

The Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival around the Tokyo Skytree is one of Japan's major summer fireworks displays, held each year..

طوكيو 10 Free Entry
Nagaoka Festival 2025

Nagaoka Festival 2025

Early Aug

Nagaoka Festival and Fireworks a tradition since 1946 to commemorate victims of war and earthquakes.

ناغانو 1 Free Entry
Okazaki Fireworks Festival 2025

Okazaki Fireworks Festival 2025

Early Aug

Fireworks Festivals or Hanabi-kai are some of the most spectacular festivals in Japan. Okazaki is one of those places which hosts..

أيشي 1 Free Entry
Tsuchiura All Japan Fireworks Competition 2025

Tsuchiura All Japan Fireworks Competition 2025

Early Nov

The Tsuchiura Fireworks Competition is one of the top three fireworks displays in Japan. Come and witness the freshest new display..

إيباراكي 11 Free Entry
Gion Matsuri 2025

Gion Matsuri 2025

Jul 1st - Jul 31st

Enjoy centuries old traditions, lively parades, mouth-watering street food, and contagious fun at one of Japan’s most popular ..

كيوتو 5 Free Entry
Akita Kanto Festival 2025

Akita Kanto Festival 2025

Aug 3rd - Aug 6th

The Kanto Matsuri is also known as the pole lantern festival. It is a Tanabata related celebration in Akita City held annually from..

أكيتا 1 Free Entry
Adachi Fireworks 2025

Adachi Fireworks 2025

Late Jul

Annually over 600,000 people assemble to watch one of the most popular firework festivals by the Arakawa river in Tokyo's Adachi..

طوكيو 1 Free Entry
Fukagawa Hachiman Matsuri 2025

Fukagawa Hachiman Matsuri 2025

Mid Aug

The Fukagawa Hachiman Matruri is one of the three biggest festivals held in Toyo. Nicknamed mizu-kake matsuri, literally water throwing..

طوكيو 6 Free Entry
ULTRA JAPAN 2025

ULTRA JAPAN 2025

Mid Sep

ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL is Japan's largest EDM festival. The world's greatest DJ's unite and battle in Tokyo's Odaiba..

طوكيو 2 ¥15,000
Hamaori-sai 2025

Hamaori-sai 2025

Mid Jul

Every year on Marine's Day, about 40 omikoshi will leave from the shrines around the city of Chigasaki and bath into the ocean...

كانغاوا 3 Free Entry
Fuji Rock Festival 2025

Fuji Rock Festival 2025

Late Jul

The biggest outdoor music festival in Japan, Fuji Rock Festival takes places in Naeba, Niigata prefecture each summer.

نيجاتا 2 ¥18,000
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