Scheduled
Gifu Prefecture・Gifu City
Gifu Nobunaga Festival
An autumn festival honoring Lord Nobunaga with a samurai procession and events throughout the city
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Scheduled
Miyazaki Prefecture・Saito City
Saito Kofun Festival
A Saito festival illuminated by torches among the kofun and dances of Japanese mythology
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Ibaraki Prefecture・Tsuchiura City
Tsuchiura All Japan Fireworks Competition
Tsuchiura’s grand stage, where pyrotechnicians’ skill and creativity compete in the autumn night sky
Scheduled
Kyoto Prefecture・Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto
Kanikakuni Festival
An autumn gathering tracing the flowers offered at the monument and the memories of Gion
Scheduled
Fukushima Prefecture・Sukagawa City
Sukagawa Taimatsu Akashi
Sukagawa’s night sky and a torch-lit festival that carries on memories of the Warring States period
Scheduled
Ehime Prefecture・Ozu City
Rurihime Festival
Shirataki’s chigo procession and flower mikoshi carry on the legend of Princess Ruri
Scheduled
Hyogo Prefecture・Ako City
Ako Gishi Festival
A Chūshingura festival with the 47 loyal retainers walking through the Ako castle town
Cancelled
Kumamoto Prefecture・Yatsushiro City
Yatsushiro National Fireworks Competition
A national fireworks competition where pyrotechnicians showcase their skills beneath Yatsushiro’s autumn sky
Ended
Oita Prefecture・Nakatsu City
The puppet dances and sumo at Koyora Shrine
Nakatsu’s triennial festival, where ancient puppets dance and the gods wrestle