Articles tagged: Matsuri
Japan in July 2027: Complete Month Guide — Summer Festivals, Beaches, Fuji Season
July is Japan at full summer — Gion Matsuri runs the entire month, fireworks every weekend, Mt Fuji officially opens, and the humidity makes Tokyo feel like Taipei. Here's the matsuri month plan.
2027-07-02·3 min read·Read →Osaka Tenjin Matsuri 2027: Complete Guide to Japan's Water + Fire Festival
Osaka Tenjin Matsuri runs July 24-25, 2027 — one of Japan's three greatest festivals, 1,000+ years old, climaxing with a torch-lit boat procession on the Dojima River. Here's how to plan it.
2026-10-25·3 min read·Read →Tokyo Sanja Matsuri 2027: Complete Guide to Asakusa's Biggest Festival
May 14-16, 2027 is Sanja Matsuri — Tokyo's largest and most raucous shrine festival. 100 mikoshi carried through Asakusa by 2,500 bearers, 1.8M visitors across three days. Here's how to plan it.
2026-10-25·3 min read·Read →Sendai Tanabata Matsuri 2027: Giant Paper Streamer Festival Complete Guide
Sendai Tanabata 2027 runs August 6-8 — one of Japan's Three Great Tanabata, with 3,000 giant bamboo-and-washi streamers filling the city's arcades. Here's the planning playbook.
2026-10-25·4 min read·Read →Yamagata Hanagasa Matsuri 2027: Flower-Hat Dance Festival Complete Guide
Yamagata Hanagasa 2027 runs August 5-7 — one of Tohoku's Four Great Summer Matsuri. 10,000 dancers in red flower-hats parade 1.2km down Jukkendo-dori nightly. Here's how to plan it.
2026-10-25·4 min read·Read →Aomori Nebuta Matsuri 2027: Complete Guide to Japan's Giant Lantern Festival
Aomori Nebuta Matsuri 2027 runs August 2-7 — one of Japan's three largest matsuri, with 20+ giant warrior lanterns pulled through downtown Aomori nightly. Here's exactly how to plan it from abroad.
2026-10-25·4 min read·Read →Kanda Matsuri 2027 Weekend Schedule: Shinko-sai, Mikoshi Procession & Where to Watch
Kanda Matsuri runs biennially in odd years — 2027's return is May 8-16. Saturday May 8 is Shinko-sai (gods' procession), Sunday May 9 is the 108-mikoshi parade through Kanda. Full schedule, map, and hotel booking advice inside.
2026-10-22·3 min read·Read →Japan's Three Great Festivals: Gion, Tenjin, Kanda
Three summer festivals, three capitals — ancient Kyoto, merchant Osaka, and shogunate Edo. Each one draws crowds a thousand years in the making.
2026-10-20·3 min read·Read →Best Summer Festivals (Matsuri) in Japan 2026
Japan's biggest summer matsuri — floats, drums and dancing — and how to plan your trip around them.
2026-04-28·1 min read·Read →