Culture Narita Gion Matsuri 2025 Elizabeth S Narita Gion Festival, celebrated for three days in July, features elaborate festival floats, omikoshi portable shrine process...
Culture Noda Tsukumai 2025 Elizabeth S In July, Noda City and other towns on the Tone River celebrate summer with a centuries-old nighttime tradition Calle day Tsuk...
Activities Windmill Sunflower Garden 2025 Kim Bergström From Saturday, July 10th until Sunday, August 1st, Chiba's Sakura Furusato Square will host a Windmill Sunflower Garden event...
Culture Kashiwa Matsuri 2025 Joe Robinson Kashiwa Matsuri is a huge festival with a wide range of street food, music, games, dance, and floats. Despite all the drinki...
Activities Teganuma Fireworks 2025 Elizabeth S Teganuma Fireworks Festival held in early August most years is jointly hosted by Abiko and Kashiwa Cities. The 90 minute show...
Shikoda Dragon Dance Ritual 2025 Elizabeth S Saikoin, a usually quiet Shingon Buddhist temple in Kashiwa City is the site of a centuries-old tradition to bring rain to th...
Nightlife Summer Sonic Tokyo 2025 Celine Ong Summer Sonic is a three-day rock festival that's held simultaneously in both Tokyo and Osaka.
Culture Ohara Hadaka 'Naked Man' Festival 2025 Celine Ong Ohara Hadaka Matsuri is an annual ‘Naked Man Festival’ that takes place in Isumi City, Chiba. Loincloth-clad men carry portab...
Activities Tokyo Game Show 2025 Francesco Agresti Experience one of the biggest annual video game trade shows in the world.
Mihamaen Lantern Festival 2025 Kim Bergström The Mihamaen Lantern Festival is set to include around 200 lanterns decorated by local children, plus bamboo lights and tradi...
