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Narita Gion Matsuri

Narita, Chiba Narita, Chiba 286-0023, Chiba, Japan

For three days in July, for the last 300 years, the people of Narita and surrounding towns have gathered in the plaza in front of Shinshoji Temple in Narita to celebrate summer planting and ask for blessings from the Buddha […]

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Hiratsuka Tanabata

Hiratsuka Kanagawa Hiratsuka JR Station Takarachō 1-1 Hiratsuka Kanagawa 254 - 0034, Kanagawa, Japan

This is a celebration of the Tanabata legend, which originated in China. There are several interpretations of the legend but this is how the story is commonly told in Japan: Orihime, the daughter of the Emperor of the Universe Tentei, […]

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Slug Festival

Nakatsugawa-shi, Gifu-ken 683 Kashimo, Nakatsugawa-shi, Gifu-ken, Gifu, Gifu, Japan

Japan has great festivals ranging from fight festivals and firework festivals to ones celebrating fertility and scaring children into being good. In the little sleepy village of Kashimo in Nakatsugawa is one about slugs. Yes, slimy slugs. Though it is […]

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Miraikan Anniversary Free Admission Day

Miraikan - The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation Miraikan - The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation

To celebrate their anniversary, the Museum of Emerging Science and Technology (Miraikan) opens their doors for free on July 9th. They have a few different free entry days based on age, but this one is open to everyone. Note that […]

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July Grand Sumo Tournament (Nagoya)

Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Japan

Held every July, this is the fourth of Japan’s six annual Sumo Tournaments, known as honbasho. With sumo rankings released a few weeks before, it’s a chance to see the traditional sport up close and personal. While the fights are […]

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Mizudome-no-mai

Mizudome-no-mai is a traditional spiritual event that is known to “stop rain”, which has been around for about 680 years. It takes place after the rainy season is well and truly over, which heralds the beginning of summer. People at […]

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Nagoya Grand Sumo July Tournament

Sumo is lauded as the national sport of Japan and six times every year, around Japan, tournaments (honbasho) are held in various parts of the country. The Nagoya-basho is held in July at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, located right next […]

¥2900

Mitama Festival

The Yasukuni Shrine is notable for many things: its history, its purpose, and the intense political controversy surrounding it. For a few nights each summer, however, many people put aside their political stances and enjoy the wonderful Mitama Festival. "Mitama" […]

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Noda Tsukumai

In the Tone River area, every summer in just a few towns acrobats performs a curious centuries-old ritual that is sure to astound locals and visitors alike. This is Tsukumai, a rite meant to invite rains to bless agriculture. Noda […]

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Introducing Noh & Kyogen

Over 700 years old, noh theatre interspersed with the comic performances of kyogen, is the world's oldest theatre art. Enigmatically beautiful, both theatre styles maintain their appeal with a unique combination of cultural story, dance, music and costume. The National […]

¥3000

Natsu Biraki Music Festival, Tokyo

Natsu Biraki Music Festival in Tokyo will be held at the Arena Tachikawa Tachihi in Tachikawa. Hugely popular, mid-July music event held over three days has grown immensely over the last decade. The festival features many of Japan's most engagingly […]

¥5000

Windmill Sunflower Garden

From Saturday, July 10th until Sunday, August 1st, Chiba's Sakura Furusato Square will host a Windmill Sunflower Garden event. Approximately 15,000 sunflowers will be in full bloom during the event dates, including the Vincent sunflower variety named after none other […]

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