Mid of August 16th-18th. A nice not overly crowded (but still) matsuri showing huge paper-maché floats being pushed through the streets....

9th-12th August the largest, the original yosakoi event takes place in Kochi, Shikoku. Probably only a must see for yosakoi fans, but in...

3rd/4th August. In course of its summer festival Naka Megruo brings up a nice Yosakoi event with an atmosphere rather different from...

12-18th July: Not only Tokyo provides big matsuri events - head for Kuki in Saitama (1h trainride from Tokyo station) for the Chohin...

9th and 10th of July: The Hozuki Ichi (ほおずき市, hozuki-ichi) is a summer tradition that has been held since the Edo period. At Asakusa's...

7th July: Sure there is Tanabata Matsuri in Asakusa around Kappabashi area. If you like it there, Hiratsuka might be worth a visit where...

7th of July (Tanabata) Not a big thing but pretty nice to see for a short visit. After sunset candles will be lit up at Zenjoji which...

27th July 2019. Technically not a matsuri but I don't want to miss listing one, if not the most crowded event in Tokyo. Furthermore...

Early August. The star festival. Asagaya Tanabata Matsuri means: a lot of decorations in the shopping mall/ street and matsuri action...

15th July. On Odaiba hundreds (thousands?) of lanterns will be illuminated to form figures and pictures at the beach. Though it is hard...