May
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Thursday
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Hamamatsu Kite Festival (free)
A Kite Battle Festival! How cool is that!? The Hamamatsu Kite Battle takes place in the spring at the Nakatajima Dunes, near Hamamatsu City, which o See Details
Hamamatsu
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Friday
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Hakata Dontaku (free)
The Hakata Festival (in Japanese "Hakata Dontaku" 博多どんたく) happens during Japan's "Golden Week", a week in which See Details
Fukuoka
Hamamatsu Kite Festival (free)
A Kite Battle Festival! How cool is that!? The Hamamatsu Kite Battle takes place in the spring at the Nakatajima Dunes, near Hamamatsu City, which o See Details
Hamamatsu
3
Saturday
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Hakata Dontaku (free)
The Hakata Festival (in Japanese "Hakata Dontaku" 博多どんたく) happens during Japan's "Golden Week", a week in which See Details
Fukuoka
Hamamatsu Kite Festival (free)
A Kite Battle Festival! How cool is that!? The Hamamatsu Kite Battle takes place in the spring at the Nakatajima Dunes, near Hamamatsu City, which o See Details
Hamamatsu
4
Sunday
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Hamamatsu Kite Festival (free)
A Kite Battle Festival! How cool is that!? The Hamamatsu Kite Battle takes place in the spring at the Nakatajima Dunes, near Hamamatsu City, which o See Details
Hamamatsu
5
Monday
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Hamamatsu Kite Festival (free)
A Kite Battle Festival! How cool is that!? The Hamamatsu Kite Battle takes place in the spring at the Nakatajima Dunes, near Hamamatsu City, which o See Details
Hamamatsu
8
Thursday
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Kanda Matsuri (free)
The Kanda Festival (in Japanese; Kanda Matsuri "神田祭") is hosted by the Kanda Myojin Shrine and happens on the Saturday and Sunday cl See Details
Akihabara
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Friday
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Kanda Matsuri (free)
The Kanda Festival (in Japanese; Kanda Matsuri "神田祭") is hosted by the Kanda Myojin Shrine and happens on the Saturday and Sunday cl See Details
Akihabara
10
Saturday
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Kanda Matsuri (free)
The Kanda Festival (in Japanese; Kanda Matsuri "神田祭") is hosted by the Kanda Myojin Shrine and happens on the Saturday and Sunday cl See Details
Akihabara
Cormorant Fishing in Gifu (free)
Japanese Cormorant Fishing (in Japanese; Ukai "鵜飼い"), May 11th and October 15th. This event happens in many places throughout Japan See Details
Nagoya
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Sunday
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Kanda Matsuri (free)
The Kanda Festival (in Japanese; Kanda Matsuri "神田祭") is hosted by the Kanda Myojin Shrine and happens on the Saturday and Sunday cl See Details
Akihabara
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Monday
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Kanda Matsuri (free)
The Kanda Festival (in Japanese; Kanda Matsuri "神田祭") is hosted by the Kanda Myojin Shrine and happens on the Saturday and Sunday cl See Details
Akihabara
13
Tuesday
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Kanda Matsuri (free)
The Kanda Festival (in Japanese; Kanda Matsuri "神田祭") is hosted by the Kanda Myojin Shrine and happens on the Saturday and Sunday cl See Details
Akihabara
14
Wednesday
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Aoi Matsuri (free)
On May 15th the Aoi Matsuri or Hollyhock Festival takes place in a few places around Japan but the three most famous being at Shimogamo-jinja Shrine See Details
Kyoto North
Sanja Matsuri (free)
Ready to Rock-n-Roll Japanese Festival style? The Sanjya Matsuri is a high octane event that hundreds of thousands of spectators show up for. Tough See Details
Asakusa
15
Thursday
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Sanja Matsuri (free)
Ready to Rock-n-Roll Japanese Festival style? The Sanjya Matsuri is a high octane event that hundreds of thousands of spectators show up for. Tough See Details
Asakusa
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Friday
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Nikko Toshogu Shrine Spring Grand Festival (free)
The highlight of the Nikko Toshogu Shrine Spring Grand Festival is the procession of Hyakumono-Zoroe Sennin Gyoretsu (line of one thousand worriors See Details
Nikko
Sanja Matsuri (free)
Ready to Rock-n-Roll Japanese Festival style? The Sanjya Matsuri is a high octane event that hundreds of thousands of spectators show up for. Tough See Details
Asakusa
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Saturday
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Nikko Toshogu Shrine Spring Grand Festival (free)
The highlight of the Nikko Toshogu Shrine Spring Grand Festival is the procession of Hyakumono-Zoroe Sennin Gyoretsu (line of one thousand worriors See Details
Nikko
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Wednesday
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Takigi Noh in Nara (free)
We all know or have heard of "Noh" theater... an elaborate and magnificent Japanese style theater with incredibly beautiful costumes and s See Details
Nara
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Thursday
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Takigi Noh in Nara (free)
We all know or have heard of "Noh" theater... an elaborate and magnificent Japanese style theater with incredibly beautiful costumes and s See Details
Nara
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Friday
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Mifune Matsuri (free)
This is a "Historical" event in which a re-enactment of a time when the Emperor visited this area. Up to twenty lavishly decorated boats w See Details
Kyoto West
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Saturday
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The "Bonfire Noh" Bonfire Noh (in Japanese: "Takigi Noh" 薪能) event is extremely poplular to please buy tickets early and sho See Details
Kyoto East