СПИСОК ТРАДИЦИОННЫХ ФЕСТИВАЛЕЙ ЯПОНИИ

СПИСОК

ТРАДИЦИОННЫХ ФЕСТИВАЛЕЙ ЯПОНИИ

(по месяцам)

January

3rd

Tamaseseri (Ball-Catching Festival)

6th

Dezome-shiki (New Year’s Parade of Firemen)

7th

Usokae (Bullfinch Exchange)

9th~11th

Second Sunday

Yamayaki (Grass Burning on Mt. Wakakusayama)

The Sunday closest to January 15th

Toh-shiya (Archery Contest) at Sanjusangen-do Temple

17th

Bonden-sai (Bonden Festival)

February

For 7 days, starting in the second week

Sapporo Snow Festival

3rd

Setsubun Mantoro (Lantern Festival)

15th & 16th

Kamakura Snow Festival, Yokote

Third Saturday

Saidai-ji Eyo Hadaka Matsuri
(Naked Festival at Saidai-ji Temple)

17th~20th

Hachinohe Enburi

March

1st~14th

Omizutori (Water-Drawing Festival)

Weekend in mid-March

Sagicho Matsuri (Sagicho Festival)

Weekend in mid-March

Dai Himonjiyaki at Aso Fire Festival

April

Second Sunday ~ Third Sunday

Kamakura Festival

14th & 15th

Takayama Festival

16th & 17th

May

3rd & 4th

Hakata Dontaku Festival

3rd & 4th

Takoage-Gassen (Kite-Fighting Contest)

11th & 12th

Takigi O-Noh (Bonfire Noh performance)

11th ~ October 15th

Ukai (Cormorant Fishing)

The Saturday and Sunday closest
to May 15th

15th

Aoi Matsuri (Hollyhock Festival)

17th & 18th

Shunki Reitaisai (Grand Festival of Spring), Nikko

Third Sunday and preceding Friday and Saturday

Asakusa Sanja Matsuri

Third Sunday

June

1st & 2nd

Takigi Noh (Bonfire Noh performance), Kyoto

14th

Otaue Rice Planting Festival

Second Saturday

Chagu Chagu Umako Horse Festival

10th~16th

July

1st~15th

Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival

14th

Nachi-no-Hi-Matsuri

1st~29th

22nd~24th

Warei Taisai Festival & Uwajima Ushi-Oni Matsuri

23rd~25th

Soma-Nomaoi (Wild Horse Racing)

24th & 25th

Tenjin Matsuri Festival

Late July ~
Early August (June 17th according to the lunar calendar)

Miyajima Kangensai Festival

Last Saturday (held in case of light rain but postponed if the weather is bad)

Sumida River Fireworks Display

August

[Aomori Nebuta Matsuri] : 2nd~7th
[Hirosaki Neputa Matsuri] : 1st~7th

Aomori Nebuta Matsuri and Hirosaki Neputa Matsuri

Mid-July ~ Early September

Gujo Odori Dance Performance

3rd ~ 6th

Akita Kanto Matsuri

6th

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony (The Memorial Ceremony for the Atomic Bomb Victims and the Peace Memorial Ceremony of Hiroshima City)

6th

Yamagata Hanagasa Matsuri

6th~8th

Sendai Tanabata Matsuri (Star Festival)

12th~15th

Awa-Odori Folk Dance Festival in Tokushima

15th & 16th

Yamaga Toro Matsuri (Yamaga Lantern Festival)

16th

Daimonji Gozan Okuribi (Daimonji Bonfire)

26th & 27th

Dai-Chochin Matsuri (Giant Lantern Festival)

September

1st~3rd

Owara Kaze-no-Bon Festival

14th~16th

October

7th~9th

Nagasaki Kunchi Festival

For three days in early October

9th & 10th

Takayama Matsuri Autumn Festival

11th~13th

Ikegami Honmonji O-Eshiki

11th~13th

Nada no Kenka Matsuri (Nada Fighting Festival)

17th

Nikko Toshogu Shrine Shuki Taisai Grand Autumn Festival

22nd (postponed in case of rain)

Jidai Matsuri (Festival of the Ages)

22nd (postponed in case of rain)

Kurama no Hi-Matsuri (Kurama Fire Festival)

November

3rd

Hakone Daimyo Gyoretsu
(Feudal Lord's Procession in Hakone)

2nd~4th

Karatsu Kunchi Festival

The days of the Tori or Rooster in November (the date changes each year, so please check the Japanese calendar)

Tori-no-Ichi (Rake Fair)

December

2nd & 3rd

Chichibu Yomatsuri (Chichibu Night Festival)

13th & 14th

17th~19th

Hagoita-Ichi (Battledore Fair)

15th~18th

Kasuga Wakamiya On-Matsuri

31st

Oga no Namahage (Oga Namahage Festival)

31st

Okera-Mairi Festival

ТРАДИЦИОННЫЕ МЕРОПРИЯТИЯ

February

3rd or 4th

Setsubun (Bean-Throwing Festival)

March

3rd

Hina-Matsuri (Doll Festival)

April

8th

Hana-Matsuri (Floral Festival)

July

7th

Tanabata(Star Festival)

13th-15th

O-Bon (Lantern Festival)

November

15th

Shichi-Go-San (Children's Shrine-Visiting Day)