Tenjin Matsuri 2027
One of Japan’s Three Great FestivalsA city becomes the festival when the Tenjin Matsuri returns to Osaka this July, bringing together shrine rituals, a massive…
Tenjin Matsuri Fireworks 2027
Osaka’s most iconic summer festival fills the river with boats, lanterns, fireworks, and more than a thousand years of tradition.One of Japan’s most famous festivals returns to Osaka this July as Tenjin Matsuri once again transforms the Ōkawa River…
Festival Nights at Nishinomiya Shrine
A Month of Summer Traditions and Celebrations at Nishinomiya ShrineFrom children’s sumo and Tanabata lights to beer gardens and lantern-filled evenings, Summer Ebisu offers multiple reasons to visit Nishinomiya…
Tamatsukuri Inari Summer Festival 2027
Osaka Comedy History and a Forgotten Edo-Period MelonLantern-lit shrine grounds, children’s mikoshi, comedy heritage, and a forgotten Osaka melon come together at one of the city’s most…
Wrap Yourself in Summer
Experience and wear a yukata—one of Japan’s most timeless summer traditions.Discover why thousands of people slip into yukata each July as Umeda transforms into Osaka’s largest celebration of Japanese summer…
Osaka’s Sacred Rice Planting Festival 2027
Watch History Take RootJapan’s most important agricultural rituals unfold at Sumiyoshi Taisha. Watch oxen plow a sacred field, shrine maidens perform ancient dances.
Okoshiya Yukata Festival 2027
Summer Begins at Nishinomiya ShrineKnown locally as the Yukata Festival and Biwa Festival, Okoshiya Festival marks the arrival of summer with a mikoshi procession,…
Nishinomiya Matsuri
From Shrine Rituals to a Sea Procession: Nishinomiya’s Grand FestivalThree days of ceremonies, danjiri processions, children’s mikoshi, and a dramatic waterfront finale make Nishinomiya Matsuri the culmination of Nishinomiya…
Osaka’s Summer Finale at Sumiyoshi Taisha
Three Days, Hundreds of Stalls, One Sacred JourneyFor three days each summer, Sumiyoshi Taisha becomes one of Osaka’s largest matsuri grounds. Food stalls, dragon dances, purification rituals,…
Sakai’s Historic Big Fish Festival
A 700-Year-Old Fish Night Market & MatsuriOhama Park in Sakai will be packed with food stalls, family games, stage performances, and one of Japan’s most unusual…
Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri 2026
Float through 300 Years of TraditionWatch Kishiwada’s legendary floats thunder through narrow streets at breakneck speed by day, then glow with lantern-lit grace by night…
Horseback Archery
The Yabusame Ritual Blends the Archers' Skill with HistoryOne of Osaka’s most dramatic traditional rituals sees mounted archers thunder down a sacred course, firing arrows at wooden targets…