Japan Festival Map

• Sapporo Snow Festival · Hokkaido · Ice and Snow Festival
• Asahikawa Winter Festival · Hokkaido · Shrine and Temple Festivals
• Yosakoi Soran Festival · Hokkaido · Folk Dance and Music Festivals
• Hakodate Port Festival · Hokkaido · Port and Maritime Festivals
• Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival · Aomori · Flower and Blossom Festivals
• Matsushima Lantern Floating Fireworks · Miyagi · Fire Festivals
• Sendai Pageant of Starlight · Miyagi · Lantern Festival
• Yonezawa Uesugi Festival · Yamagata · Local Food Festivals
• Chichibu Night Festival · Saitama · Civic Light and Fireworks Festivals
• Washinomiya Saibara Kagura Festival · Saitama · Masked Performance Festivals
• Gozan Okuribi · Kyoto · Ghost Festival

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Use this Japan festival map to compare traditions, customs, foods, months, cultural themes, and regional festival guides.

• Top festivals
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Top festivals

• Shrine and Temple Festivals
• Fire Festivals
• Lantern Festival
• Port and Maritime Festivals
• Flower and Blossom Festivals
• Local Food Festivals
• Folk Dance and Music Festivals
• Ice and Snow Festival

Best months

• September
• October
• November
• December
• April
• May

Popular customs

• snow lantern displays
• ice-and-snow park visits
• winter market
• portable shrine procession
• festival float procession
• shrine blessings
• collective dance
• street procession
• dress display
• boat procession

Enriched local festival guides

• Sapporo Snow Festival
• Sendai Tanabata Festival
• Akita Kanto Festival
• Aizu Tajima Gion Festival
• Aizu Painted Candle Festival
• Gion Matsuri
• Aizen Festival
• Ako Gishi Festival
• Akagoka Ekin Festival
• Hakata Gion Yamakasa
• Nagasaki Lantern Festival

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• Sapporo Snow Festival
• Asahikawa Winter Festival
• Yosakoi Soran Festival
• Hakodate Port Festival
• Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival