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Festival Guide · $10

Japan Festival Calendar & Guide

100+ matsuri across all 47 prefectures · 50+ pages

What's in this guide

✓Month-by-month festival calendar

✓Practical logistics (access, accommodation)

✓What to wear and bring

✓Photography tips for each festival

✓Hidden local matsuri beyond the tourist trail

✓Participation opportunities (not just watching)

✓Food stall guides (yatai)

✓How to connect with local communities

Festival calendar preview

January

→Nozawa Onsen Dosojin Fire Festival (Nagano)
→Sapporo Snow Festival preview events

February

→Sapporo Snow Festival (Hokkaido)
→Yokote Kamakura Snow Hut Festival (Akita)

March

→Omizutori Water Drawing Ceremony (Nara)
→Cherry blossom season begins (Kyushu)

April

→Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival (Aomori)
→Takayama Spring Festival (Gifu)

May

→Hakata Dontaku Port Festival (Fukuoka)
→Kanda Matsuri (Tokyo, odd years)

June

→Sanno Matsuri (Tokyo, even years)
→Nagoshi-no-Harae summer purification (nationwide)

July

→Gion Matsuri (Kyoto)
→Hakata Gion Yamakasa (Fukuoka)
→Fuji Rock Festival (Niigata)

August

→Awa Odori (Tokushima)
→Nebuta Festival (Aomori)
→Obon dances (nationwide)

September

→Kishiwada Danjiri Festival (Osaka)
→Moon-viewing Tsukimi (nationwide)

October

→Jidai Matsuri Procession (Kyoto)
→Nikko Autumn Festival (Tochigi)

November

→Tori-no-Ichi Rooster Fair (Tokyo)
→Autumn foliage festivals (nationwide)

December

→Chichibu Night Festival (Saitama)
→Year-end Toshikoshi Soba (nationwide)

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