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Warai Festival 2026

Warai Festival 2026

Mid Oct

Warai festival is celebrated every year at Niu shrine in Wakayama. The leader, dressed as clown, guides the participants to the..

Oita 1 Free Entry
Naha Tug-of-War Festival 2026

Naha Tug-of-War Festival 2026

Mid Oct

Every October, Naha hosts its annual Tug-of-War Festival, where competing teams face off with a 200-meter long rope – a Guinne..

Okinawa 5 Free Entry
Shinshu Matsumoto Soba Festival 2026

Shinshu Matsumoto Soba Festival 2026

Mid Oct

The Shinshu Matsumoto Soba Festival is an annual event which has been running for almost 20 years now, and it brings soba restaurants..

Nagano Free Entry
Niimi City Samurai Parade 2026

Niimi City Samurai Parade 2026

Thursday - Oct 15th

Niimi City Samurai Parade a 300 year tradition that is celebrated every year on October 15th. A festival that brings the locals..

Okayama 1 Free Entry
Ehime Saijo Festival 2026

Ehime Saijo Festival 2026

Mid Oct

The Saijo Festival is held at the Kamo, Ishioka, Isono and Iizumi shrines in the middle of October, to give thanks for an abundant..

Ehime Free Entry
Moving of the Seto Canal Carp 2026

Moving of the Seto Canal Carp 2026

Mid Oct

Hida embraces the arrival of winter by organizing an event to remove carp from the canal. The labor-intensive and—perhaps time..

Gifu Free Entry
Miyajima Fireworks Festival 2026

Miyajima Fireworks Festival 2026

Mid Oct

Hiroshima's most famous fireworks display. Amazing, colorful bursts shot from the water in front of the huge red tori gate in..

Hiroshima 2 Free Entry
Niihama Taiko Festival 2026

Niihama Taiko Festival 2026

Mid Oct

Niihama Drum Festival is one of the top three festivals in Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku — an autumn taiko festival celebrating th..

Ehime 3 Free Entry

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