Summer in Japan has many events especially the traditional shows and fireworks. People wear yukata to attend the festivals and also enjoy the beautiful flowers such as lavender, lilies, sunflowers and etc. Here is the summer events / festivals in Japan. I will keep you updated.
Date | Festival / Event | Venue | Time | Link |
14-15 Jun | Gujo Odori in Aoyama (Tokyo) | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium - Tokyo | 14 June 16:30 - 20:30 pm / 15 June 13:00 pm - 20:00 pm | Link |
14-16 Jun | Maki Summer Festival (15 Jun Fireworks) | Maki around, Niigata | Fireworks: 20:00-21:00 | Link |
22-23 Jun | Himeji Yukata Festival | Himeji Park, Hyogo | 16:30-21:30 | Link |
29-30 Jun | Lake Shikotsu Fireworks Festival | Lake Shikotsu, Hokkaido | Link | |
30 Jun - 2 Jul | Aizen Festival | Aizendo, Osaka | Link | |
1-15 Jul | Hakata Gion Yamakasa | Hakata District, Fukuoka | Link | |
1-31 Jul | Gion Festival | Yasaka Shrine, Kyoto | Link | |
3-7 Jul | Toide Tanabata Matsuri | The Toidemachi area, Main venue: In front of the Toide Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Toyama | Link | |
4-7 Jul | Maebashi Tanabata Festival | Central Area of Maebashi City, Gunma | Link | |
4-8 Jul | Shitamachi Tanabata | Kappabashi Kitchen Town, Tokyo | Link | |
5-7 Jul | Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival | JR Hiratsuka Station North Exit, Kanagawa | Link | |
5-7 Jul | Narita Gion Festival | Naritasan Shinshoji, Chiba | Link | |
6-8 Jul | Tanabata Evening at Shitennoji Temple | Shitennoji, Osaka | LED Lighting: 19:00-24:00 (8 Jul until 20:00) | Link |
06-Jul | Hokkaido Makomanai Music Fireworks Festival | Makomanai Park, near Toyohiragawa Minami 13-jo, Moerenuma park - Hokkaido | Stadium Opening: 17:00~ Fireworks: 19:50~ | Link |
10-Jul | Kamakura Fireworks Festival | Kamakura Kaihin Park | 19:20-20:10 | Link |
12-15 Jul | Hachinohe Tanabata Festival | Hachinohe City, Aomori | 17:30-19:00 | Link |
13-Jul | Famous Ghibli's Songs & Fireworks | Huis Ten Bosch, Nagasaki | 20:00-21:00 | Link |
13-14 Jul | Isesaki Tanabata Festival | Honmachi Street and Other, Gunma | 13:00-21:30 | Link |
13-14 Jul | Ota Summer Festival | Around Ota Station on Tobu Railway Isesaki Line, Gunma | Link | |
13-14 Jul | Onishi Summer Festival | Onishi, Fujioka-shi, Gunma | Link | |
13-16 Jul | Mitama Matsuri (Firework 15 Jul) | Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo | Link | |
13-Jul | Tamamura Fireworks | West of the Joyo Elementary School , Gunma | 19:30 onwards | Link |
13-Jul | The 37th Nakafurnoa Lavender Festival & Firework Display | Nakafurano - Hokkaido | Fireworks: 20:00-21:00 | Link |
13-Jul | Ise Shrine Dedication Fireworks Festival | Miyagawa Tsutsumi Park - Mie | 19:15-21:00 | Link |
13-Jul | Echizen Summer Festival | Echizen Fishing port square, Fukui | 18:30-21:00 | Link |
13-14 Jul | Kiyotake Kyodo Matsuri | Okanoshita Park, Miyazaki | Link | |
13, 20 , 27 Jul | Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise Symphony of Fireworks 2019 | Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise | 20:30-20:40 | Link |
13-14 Jul | Yokohama Sparkling Twilight | Chinatown / Kannai / Yamashita Park, Yokohama | 11:30-20:30 | Link |
14-Jul | Hakodate Port Fireworks | Hakodate Port, Hokkaido | 19:45-20:45 | Link |
14-Jul | Lavender Festival (Shikisai Festival) | Kamifurano, Hokkaido | Fireworks Display: 8 p.m. onward | Link |
14-Jul | Sanoyoi Fire Carnival | Greenland amusement park, Kumamoto | Fireworks: 20:30 | Link |
14-15 Jul | Shiogama Minato Matsuri | Shiogama City (Shiwahiko Shrine, Shiogama Shrine, downtown area, Shiogama Port area) etc. - Miyagi | 14th Jul Fireworks: 20:00-20:50 | Link |
14-Jul | Starlight Illusion | Wakayama Marina City, Wakayama | 20:00~ | Link |
15-Jul | Nagoya Port Fireworks Festival | Nagoya Port | 19:30-20:20 | Link |
19-23 Jul | Kumagaya Uchiwa Matsuri | Kumagaya, Saitama | Link | |
19 Jul - 16 Aug | Sapporo Summer Festival | Odori Park, Hokkaido | Link | |
20-27 Jul (20, 24, 27) | Yamaguchi Gion Matsuri | Yasaka Shrine, Yamaguchi | Link | |
20-Jul | Kurashiki Tenryo Summer Festival | Kurashiki Station, Okayama | 9:30-21:30 | Link |
20-Jul | Chitose Doshin Firework Festival | Chitose-shi Salmon Park, Hokkaido | 19:45 | Link |
20 Jul - 2 Aug | Misasa Onsen Fireworks Festival | Misasa Onsen, Tottori | 20:25 | Link |
20 Jul - 31 Aug | Ryukyumura Summer Festa | Ryukyu Mura - Okinawa | Link | |
20-Jul | Chiran Neputa Matsuri | Chiran town shopping street, Kagoshima | Gion Festival: 15:00-17:30 Nebuta 19:00-21:00 |
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21-Jul | Kitami Bonchi Festival | Kitami City (Tokoro Riverside), Hokkaido | Fireworks: 19:40-20:40 | Link |
21-Jul | Suigosai Summer Festival | Togokohan Park, Tottori | Fireworks: 20:30 | Link |
22-Jul | Adachi Firework Festival | Arakawa riverside, Tokyo | 19:30-20:30 | Link |
23-Jul | Katsushika Noryo Fireworks Festival | Shibamata Ballpark (Edogawa Riverside), Tokyo | 19:20-20:20 | Link |
24-27 Jul | Kagurazaka Matsuri | Kagurazaka Dori - Tokyo | Link | |
Hozuki Market (24-25 Jul) | 17:30-22:00 | |||
Awa Odori Taikai (26-27 Jul) | 19:00-21:00 | |||
24-Jul | Tenjin Shrine Summer Festival | Tenjin Shrine, Wakayama | 19:30-21:00 | Link |
25-Jul | Tenjin Festival | Osaka Tenmangu | Link | |
25-Jul | Shin Yokohama Fireworks Festival | Shin-Yokohama, Yokohama | 19:30-20:00 | Link |
26-Jul | Doshin UHB Fireworks Festival | Toyohiragawa river between Horohirobashi and Minami -ohashi, Hokkaido | 19:40-20:30 | Link |
26-Jul | Kitahata Furusato Summer Festival | Kitahata Junior High School, Saga | 18:30-21:30 | Link |
26-28 Jul | Otaru Ushio Festival | Otaru Port No. 3, Hokkaido | 26 Jul 20:00-20:30 28 Jul 20:00-20:40 |
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26-28 Jul | Mobara Tanabata Festival | Mobara Station, Chiba | Link | |
26-28 Jul | Tobata Gion Yamagasa Festival | Tobata, Kitakyushu | Link | |
26-28 Jul | Monbetsu Port Festival | Monbetsu Port, Hokkaido | Link | |
26-28 Jul | Beppu Sea of fire Festival | Beppu station road, Kaimonji park, Beppu Spa beach other, Oita | Link | |
26-28 Jul | Muroran Port Festival | Muroran Port, Hokkaido | Link | |
27-28 Jul | Ogose Festival | Near Ogose Station, Saitama | Link | |
27-28 Jul | Hita Gion Festival | Yasan Shrine, Oita | Link | |
27-Jul | Hiroshima Port Firework | Hiroshima Port | 20:00-21:00 | Link |
27-Jul | Onomichi Sumiyoshi Fireworks Festival | Onomichi Suido Channel (near Sumiyoshi Shrine), Hiroshima | 19:30-21:00 | Link |
27-Jul | Tomioka Summer Festival | 5 minutes on foot from the Joshu-Tomioka Station on the Joshin Dentetsu, Gunma | Link | |
27-Jul | Fukushima Fireworks | Shinobugaoka Ryokuchi Park, Fukushima | 19:30-20:30 | Link |
27-Jul | Kuwana Suigo Fireworks Festival | Kuwana, Mie | 19:30-21:00 | Link |
27-28 Jul | Oyama Summer Festival | Oyama, Tochigi | Fireworks: 28 Jul: 19:10-20:45 | Link |
27-Jul | Tomari Summer Festival | Near the Tomari Fishing Port , Tottori | Fireworks: 20:30 | Link |
27-Jul | Shigaraki Fire Festival | Toki Shrine in Shigaraki, Shiga | 10:30-22:00 | Link |
27-Jul | Kihoku Lantern Festival | Fureai Square Mandoro, Mie | 15:00-21:00 | Link |
27-Jul | Sumida River Fireworks Festival | Sumida river near Asakusa Station | 19:00-20:25 | Link |
27-28 Jul | Nago Summer Festival | Nago fishing port, Okinawa | Fireworks: 20:00-20:15 | Link |
27-28 Jul | Yonago Gaina Festival | Yonago Station, Tottori | Link | |
27-28 Jul | Nagasaki Port Festival | Nagasaki Seaside Park, Nagasaki | 9:00-22:00 | Link |
27-28 Jul | Minato Maizuru Chatta Festival | Higashi Maizaru Station, Kyoto | Fireworks: 28 Jul | Link |
28-Jul | Wakayama Port Fireworks | Wakayama Port, Wakayama | 20:00-21:00 | Link |
28-Jul | Minato Matsuri Firework Display | Wakayamako, Wakayama | 20:00-21:00 | Link |
30-Jul | Shirahama Fireworks Festival | Shirahama, Wakayama | 20:00-20:40 | Link |
30 Jul - 1 Aug | Sumiyoshi Matsuri | Sumiyoshi Taisha, Osaka | July 30: 20:00 - July 31: 17:00- Aug 1: around 14:00 - |
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Date | Festival / Event | Venue | Time | Link |
01-Aug | Ogoto Onsen Fireworks Festival | Ogoto Onsen Port, Shiga | 20:00 - 20:30 | Link |
01-Aug | Hikone & Kita-Biwako Great Firework Festival | Matsubara Swimming Beach, Shiga | 19:45-20:30 | Link |
01-Aug | Koto Fireworks Festival | Arakawa Sunamachi Riverside Park | 19:30-20:30 | Link |
1-3 Aug | The Nagaoka Fireworks Festival | Shinano River, Niigata | Link | |
1-3 Aug | Asahikawa Summer Festival | Ribeline Line Asahikawa Park, Peace Commercial Shopping Park, Showa Dori, Hokkaido | Link | |
1-4 Aug | Amami Festival | Amami Cultural Center , Gotenhama park, Kagoshima | Link | |
1-4 Aug | Sansa Odori Festival | Morioka Chuodori, Iwate | 18:00-21:00 | Link |
1-5 Aug | Hakodate Port Festival | Hakodate Bay Area, Hokkaido | Fireworks (1
Aug):19:45-21:00 Parade (2,3 Aug): 16:00-21:30 |
Link |
1-7 Aug | Hirosaki Neputa Festival | Dotemachi Street Course and Around Hirosaki Station Course | 1-4 Aug : Dotemachi Course 19:00~ | Link |
5-6 Aug: Station Front Course 19:00~ | ||||
7 Aug: Dotemachi Nanukabi Course 10:00~ | ||||
1-31 Aug | Fantastic Summer Garden/U-jo (Crow Castle) Togenkyo | Okayama Korakuen Garden・Okayama Castle | 18:00-21:30 | Link |
02-Aug | Lake Saiko’s Fireworks Festival (Mt.Fuji) | Saiko Maehama, Yamanashi | Lantern 19: 00 ~ | Link |
Fireworks 19: 30 ~ | ||||
2-3 Aug | Nagaoka Fireworks Festival | Nagaoka city, Chousei Bridge downstream, Shinano River | 19:15 – 21:15 | Link |
02-Aug | Haruna Festival and Fireworks | Lake Haruna, Gunma | 18:30-21:30 | Link |
02-Aug | Minato Mirai Smart Festival 2019 | Rinko Park, Yokohama | 18:30-20:00 | Link |
2-7 Aug | The Nebuta Festival | Aomori City Hall | Link | |
2-4 Aug | Fukushima Waraji Matsuri | Route 13 (Shinobu-dori) | Link | |
Central Fukushima City | ||||
2-4 Aug | Hachioji Festival | Hachioji Station North Exit - Tokyo | Fireworks: 28 July | Link |
2-4 Aug | Shimizu Minato Matsuri | Shimizu station | Link | |
2-4 Aug | Ichinoseki Summer Festival | Ichinoseki Omachi · Jishumachi mall, Iwate | Link | |
03-Aug | Makuhari Beach Fireworks Festival | Makuhari Seaside Park, Chiba | 19:30-20:30 | Link |
03-Aug | Mt. Akagi-yama Summer Festival | Akagi Park, Lakeside of Ono, Mt. Akagi-yama, Gunma | 10:00-17:20 | Link |
03-Aug | Miyazaki Summer Evening Fireworks | Miyazaki City - Oyodo River | Fireworks: 19:50:00 | Link |
3, 10, 17 Aug | Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise Symphony of Fireworks 2019 | Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise | 20:30-20:40 | Link |
3-4 Aug | Mito Komon Festival | The Lake Senba, Uwaichi - Ibaraki | Link | |
3-5 Aug | Numata Matsuri | Numata city area, Gunma | Link | |
3-6 Aug | Akita Kanto Festival | Kanto Odori, Akita | 18:15-22:00 | Link |
03-Aug | Itabashi Fireworks Festival | Itabashi, Tokyo | 19:00-20:30 | Link |
03-Aug | Kobe Port Fireworks Festival | Meriken Park, Kobe | 19:30-20:30 | Link |
03-Aug | Edogawa Fireworks Festival | In front of Shinozaki Metropolitan Park by the Edogawa Riverside, Tokyo | 19:15-20:30 | Link |
03-04 Aug | Takasaki Festival | Central Area of Takasaki City, Gunma | Fireworks: 3 Aug 19:30-20:20 | Link |
03-04 Aug | Matsue Suigo Festival | Matsue Station, Shimane | Link | |
03-Aug | Ashikaga Summer Festival | Ashikaga Station, Tochigi | Fireworks: 19:00 - 20:45 | Link |
3-4 Aug | Okayama Momotaro Festival | Okayama City Center | Link | |
3-4 Aug | Sasebo Seaside Festival | JR Sasebo Station, Nagasaki | 11:00-22:00 | Link |
3-4 Aug | Kurayoshi Utsubuki Festival | Kurayoshi, Tottori | Link | |
3-5 Aug | Numata Festival | Central Area of Numata City, Gunma | Link | |
05-Aug | Chikugogawa Fireworks Festival | Chikugogawa riverside, Kurume City, Fukuoka | 19: 40-21:10 | Link |
05-Aug | Nagahama & Kita-Biwako Great Fireworks | Nagahama Port, Shiga | 19:30-20:30 | Link |
05-Aug | Sendai Tanabata Fireworks Festival | The bank of the Hirosegawa River, Sendai | 19:00-20:30 | Link |
5-7 Aug | Hanagasa Festival | Toka Machi, Honmachi, and Nanuka Machi Dori sections of town to Bunsho Kan Mae, Yamagata | Link | |
6-8 Aug | Sendai Tanabata Festival | Shimin Hiroba Square, Kotodai Park and along Juzenji Dori street, Sendai | 6-7 Aug 10:00 - 22:00, 8 Aug 10:00 - 21:00 | Link |
08-Aug | Lake Biwa Great Fireworks Festival | Vicinity of Otsu Port, Shiga | 19:30-20:30 | Link |
10-Aug | Meiji Jingu Gaien Fireworks Festival | Meiji Jingu Gaien, Shinjuku, Tokyo | 19:30-20:30 | Link |
10-Aug | Naniwa Yodogawa Fireworks Festival | Yodogawa River, Osaka | 19:40- | Link |
10-Aug | Kumagaya Fireworks Display | Arakawa riverside (downstream the large Arakawa Bridge), Saitama | 19:00-21:00 | Link |
10-Aug | Maebashi Fireworks | Riverbed near Owatari Bridge on Tone River, Gunma | 19:00 onwards | Link |
10-Aug | Jingugaien Fireworks Festival | Jingu Stadium, Tokyo | 19:30-20:30 | Link |
10-Aug | Naniwa Yodogawa Fireworks Festival | Yodogawa River, Osaka | 19:40-20:40 | Link |
10-Aug | Famous Ghibli's Songs & Fireworks | Huis Ten Bosch, Nagasaki | 20:00-21:00 | Link |
11-Aug | Yukuhashi Bon-Odori Ekimae Night Marche | JR Kyushu Yukuhashi Station West Exit / East Exit, Fukuoka | 15:00 - 21:00 | Link |
11-Aug | Kameoka Hozugawa River Firework Display | Kameoka, Kyoto | 19:30-20:30 | Link |
12-15 Aug | Tokushima Awa Odori Festival | Tokushima Station | 18:00-23:00 | Link |
13-Aug | Kanmon Straits Fireworks Festival | Shimonoseki-shi, Yamaguchi | 19:40 | Link |
13-14 Aug | Isesaki Festival | Honmachi Street and Other Places, Gunma | Link | |
13-15 Aug | Tottori Shanshan Festival | JR Tottori Station, Tottori | 13rd 17:00-20:00 14th 16:00-21:00 15th 19:00-21:00 |
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14-15 Aug | Ojima Neputa Festival | Main Street of Ojima Shopping Street, Gunma | 14:00-22:00 | Link |
15-Aug | Hitoyoshi Fireworks Festival | JR Hitoyoshi Station, Kumamoto | 19:30-21:00 | Link |
15-Aug | Kisarazu Port Festival Fireworks Display | Kisarazu Port Inner Harbor, Chiba | 19:10-20:30 | Link |
15-Aug | Yoshinogawa Festival and Fireworks | Okawabashi Bridge, Yoshinogawa River, Nara | 14:00 - 21:00 Fireworks: 20:00 - 21:00 |
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15-Aug | Lake Suwa Fireworks Festival | Suwa City Kohan Park, Nagano | 19:00 | Link |
16-Aug | Gounokawa Matsuri | Gotsu station, Shimane | Link | |
16-17 Aug | The 12th Minato Mirai Bon Odori Dance Festival | Rinko Park, Yokohama | 16:30-20:30 | Link |
17-Aug | Kumano Fireworks Festival | Kumanoshi Station, Mie | 19:10-21:30 | Link |
24-25 Aug | Noboribetsu Jigoku Matsuri | Gokuraku Street & Hell Valley, Noboribetsu Onsen | Link | |
24-Aug | Miyajima Water Fireworks Festival | Miyajima off shore from the O-torii Gate, Hiroshima | 19:30 - 20:30 | Link |
24-Aug | The 29th Doshin Tokachigawa Fireworks | Obihiro City, Tokachi River, Hokkaido | 19:00-19:45 | Link |
24-Aug | Kanagawa Shimbun Fireworks Festival | Marine Park, Yokohama | 19:00-20:00 | Link |
24-25 Aug | Tokyo Koenji Awa Odori | Koenji Station | 17:00-20:00 | Link |
24-25 Aug | Harajuku Omotesando Genki Matsuri Super Yosakoi Festiva | Omotesando Harajuku /Meiji Shrine / Yoyogi Park / NHK zelkova tree-lined street, Tokyo | Link | |
25-Aug | Yokkaichi Fireworks | Yokkaichi-shi Fuso, Mie | Link | |
31-Aug | Akitakata Fireworks Festival | Haji Dam Nodogoe Park, Hiroshima | Opening 17:00 ~ Fireworks 19:30 ~ |
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31-Aug | Omagari Fireworks Festival | Omagari Station, Akita | 18:50-20:30 | Link |
31 Aug - 1 Sep | Tokyo Big Bon Odori Festival | Komazawa Olympic Park, Tokyo | Link | |
07-Sep | National New Year Fireworks Festival | Kamisuwa Onsen Lake Suwa, Nagano | 19:00-20:30 | Link |
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