Activities Himenosawa Park Flower Festival 2024 Apr 20th - May 6th From late April to mid-May the azalea garden at Shizuoka's Himenosawa Park is in full bloom, and around 60,000 azaleas color..
Culture Enshu Hamakita Flying Dragon Festival 2024 Saturday - May 25th A festival held in honor of the dragon god of the Tenryu River, in Hamakita in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture. The culmination..
Festivals Acao Rose Festa 2024 Apr 27th - May 30th The Acao Rose Festa is billed as one of the best rose events in the Kanto region, with around 4000 roses covering an incredible..
Culture Firefly Viewing at Okawa Onsen Takegasawa Park 2024 Late May - Early Jun Fireflies are a beloved symbol of early summer in Japan, and their incredible bioluminescent glow has captured the imagination of..
Nightlife Bentenjima Fireworks Festival 2024 Early Jul Bentenjima is a large island in Lake Hama. It holds one of the bigger, free, firework festivals in the area, usually on the first..
Culture Matsukawa Tarai Race 2024 Early Jul Tarai-bune, also known as "tub boats," are traditional Japanese wooden boats which were traditionally used for fishing. The Matsukawa..
Activities Kanzanji Lanterns & Fireworks 2024 Late Aug A fireworks display in the Kanzanji area of Lake Hamana
Dontsuku Festival 2024 Late Sep The fertility-focused Dontsuku Festival sees a giant wooden phallus placed on a mikoshi (portable shrine) and paraded around Inatori..