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Japanese Festivals in August
August is summer in Japan, and 192 festivals in this guide take place this month. Exact dates change every year — each festival's page links to its official website for the current schedule.
'86 Sapporo Hana To Midori No Hakurankai '86さっぽろ花と緑の博覧会
Hokkaido · June, August · Hakurankai
Akita Kantō 竿燈
Akita · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
All-Japan National Fireworks Competition 全国花火競技大会 (秋田県大仙市)
Akita · August · Fireworks festival- Anjin Festival Sea Fireworks 按針祭海の花火大会
Shizuoka · August · Fireworks festival 
Anjo Tanabata Festival 安城七夕まつり
Anjō, Aichi · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)- Aomori Fireworks Display 青森花火大会
Aomori · August · Fireworks festival 
Aomori Nebuta Matsuri 青森ねぶた
Aomori · August · Nebuta
Asagaya Tanabata Festival 阿佐谷七夕まつり
Tokyo · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
Atami Fireworks Festival 熱海海上花火大会
Atami, Shizuoka · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
Awa Dance Festival 阿波踊り
Tokushima · August · Type of dance
Azabu-Jūban Nōryō Matsuri 麻布十番納涼祭り
Tokyo · August · Summer festival
Chikugo River Fireworks Festival 筑後川花火大会
Kurume, Fukuoka · August · Fireworks festival- Ebisudawara えびすだわら
Akita · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Edogawa Fireworks Festival 江戸川区花火大会
Ibaraki · August · Fireworks festival
Eisa エイサー
Okinawa · August–September · Type of dance- Esashi Oiwake Museum and Esashi Yama Museum 江差追分会館・江差山車会館
Esashi, Hokkaido · August · Museum 
Fujisan Gojinka Matsuri 富士山御神火まつり
Fujinomiya, Shizuoka · August · Himatsuri
Fukagawa Matsuri 深川祭
Tokyo · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)- Fukui Fenikkusu Matsuri 福井フェニックスまつり
Fukui · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Fukushima Waraji Matsuri 福島わらじまつり
Fukushima · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
Funai Sen Kami 府内戦紙
Oita · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)- Funekko Nagashi 舟っこ流し
Morioka, Iwate · August · Summer festival 
Furukawa Matsuri 古川まつり
Miyagi · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)- Gangara Himatsuri Ri がんがら火祭り
Osaka · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) - Gesui Ryuu Usu Taiko You 下水流臼太鼓踊
Miyazaki · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Goshogawara Tachineputa Festival 五所川原立佞武多
Goshogawara, Aomori · August · Nebuta
Gozan no Okuribi 五山送り火
Kyoto · August · Pentad
Guzuyaki Festival ぐず焼き祭り
Kaga, Ishikawa · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
Hachinohe Sansha Taisai 八戸三社大祭
Hachinohe, Aomori · July–August · Reisai
Hachioji Matsuri 八王子まつり
Hachiōji-shi, Tokyo · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)- Hagi Summer Festival 萩夏まつり
Hagi, Yamaguchi · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Hanagasa Festival 花笠まつり
Yamagata · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
Hanawa Bayashi 花輪ばやし
Kazuno, Akita · August · Reisai- Hi No Kuni Matsuri 火の国まつり
Kumamoto · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) - Himeshima Bon odori 姫島盆踊り
Oita · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Hirakawa Neputa 平川ねぷた
Hirakawa, Aomori · August · Nebuta
Hirosaki Neputa 弘前ねぷた
Hirosaki, Aomori · August · Nebuta
Hitoichi no Bon-odori 一日市の盆踊
Hachirōgata-machi, Akita · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)- Hiyamaji Bon-odori 樋山路盆踊り
Oita · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Hyuga Hyottoko Summer Festival 日向ひょっとこ夏祭り
Miyazaki · August · Japanese festival- Innoshima Suigun Matsuri 因島水軍まつり
Onomichi, Hiroshima · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Ishidori Matsuri 石取祭
Kuwana, Mie · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
Ishinomaki Kawabiraki Ki Matsuri 石巻川開き祭り
Miyagi · July–August · Japanese festival (matsuri)- Issaki Hōtō Festival 石崎奉燈祭
Nanao, Ishikawa · August · Noto Kiriko Matsuri 
Itabashi Fireworks Festival いたばし花火大会
Tokyo · August · Fireworks festival
Itako Gion Matsuri 潮来祇園祭禮
Itako, Ibaraki · August · Reisai- Iwashimizu-sai 石清水祭
Yawata, Kyoto · August–September · Chokusai 
Jantokoi Uozu Festival じゃんとこい魚津まつり
Uozu, Toyama · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)- Joukamachi Shibata Furusatomatsuri 城下町新発田ふるさとまつり
Niigata · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) - Kachimai Fireworks 勝毎花火大会
Hokkaido · August · Fireworks festival - Kai Sui Nokagi Man Tou 貝吹のかぎ万燈
Aichi · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) - Kaminoyama Onsen Zenkoku Kakashi Matsuri かみのやま温泉全国かかし祭
Yamagata · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) - Kanagawa Shimbun Fireworks Festival 神奈川新聞花火大会
Kanagawa · August · Fireworks festival 
Kanda Curry Grand Prix 神田カレーグランプリ
Tokyo · August, December · Competition
Kariya Wansaka Festival 刈谷わんさか祭り
Aichi · August · Summer Matsuri
Kazuno no Bon-odori 鹿角の盆踊り
Akita · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
Kemanai no Bon-odori 毛馬内の盆踊
Kazuno, Akita · August · Bon Odori- Kenshin Kou Matsuri 謙信公祭
Niigata · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Kiryū Yagibushi festival 桐生八木節まつり
Kiryū, Gunma · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
Kitakami Michinoku Traditional Dance Festival 北上・みちのく芸能まつり
Kitakami, Iwate · August · Dance festival- Kitsuki Bon-odori 杵築盆踊り
Oita · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) - Komae Tamagawa Fireworks Festival 狛江・多摩川花火大会
Komae, Tokyo · July–August · Fireworks festival 
Komaki Akiba Matsuri 小牧秋葉祭
Aichi · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)- Kouzan Hatsuka Ebisu 甲山廿日えびす
Hiroshima · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Kujirabune Festival 富田の鯨船行事
Yokkaichi, Mie · August–September · Japanese festival (matsuri)- Kumagaya Hanabitaikai 熊谷花火大会
Saitama · August · Fireworks festival 
Kumano Great Fireworks Festival 熊野大花火大会
Kumano, Mie · August · Fireworks festival- Kumano Shrine Chigo-mai 熊野神社の稚児舞 (富山市)
Toyama · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) - Kurohone Natsu Matsuri くろほね夏まつり
Gunma · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) - Kurokawa Yoru Taka Matsuri 黒河夜高祭
Toyama · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Kōenji Awa Odori 東京高円寺阿波おどり
Suginami, Tokyo · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
Kōriyama Uneme Festival 郡山うねめまつり
Fukushima · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
Lake Suwa Fireworks Festival 諏訪湖祭湖上花火大会
Suwa, Nagano · August · Fireworks festival- Machi Asobi Fesuteibaru まち遊びフェスティバル
Kyoto · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Mahoroba Natsu Matsuri まほろば夏まつり
Miyagi · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)- Makiyama No Taimatsu 牧山の松明
Kyoto · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Matsue Suigou Matsuri Kojou Hanabitaikai 松江水郷祭湖上花火大会
Shimane · August · Fireworks festival- Matsumoto Nobonbon ・ Aoyama Sama 松本のぼんぼん・青山様
Matsumoto, Nagano · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) - Matsumoto-Bonbon Festival 松本ぼんぼん
Matsumoto, Nagano · August · Summer Matsuri 
Matsuri Tsukuba まつりつくば
Ibaraki · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)- Matsuyama Matsuri 松山まつり
Ehime · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Matsuyama Minato Matsuri 松山港まつり
Ehime · August · Fireworks festival- Matsuyama Odori 松山踊り
Okayama · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Mikuni Fireworks Festival 三国花火大会
Sakai, Fukui · August · Fireworks festival- Minatomirai Sumaatofesuteibaru みなとみらいスマートフェスティバル
Kanagawa · August · Fireworks festival 
Mito Kōmon Festival 水戸黄門まつり
Ibaraki · July–August · Japanese festival (matsuri)- Miyajima Water Fireworks Festival 宮島水中花火大会
Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima · August · Fireworks festival 
Morioka Sansa Odori 盛岡さんさ踊り
Morioka, Iwate · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)- Murayama Tokunai Matsuri むらやま徳内まつり
Yamagata · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Mushono-Dainembutsu dance 無生野の大念仏
Akiyama, Yamanashi · August · Type of dance
Nagano Binzuru 長野びんずる
Nagano · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
Nagaoka Festival 長岡まつり
Niigata · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
Nagatoro 長瀞町
Chichibu district, Saitama · August · Town of Japan
Nan'Etsu Tani Awaodori 南越谷阿波踊り
Saitama · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
Nanbu Fire Festival 南部の火祭り
Yamanashi · August · Fire festival
Nara Tōkae なら燈花会
Nara · June, August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
Naruto Awa Odori 鳴門市阿波おどり
Naruto, Tokushima · August · Form of festival- Naruto Fireworks Festival 鳴門市納涼花火大会
Naruto, Tokushima · August · Fireworks festival - Natori Natsu Matsuri なとり夏まつり
Miyagi · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) - Niigata Matsuri 新潟まつり
Niigata · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Nippon Domannaka Festival にっぽんど真ん中祭り
Aichi · August · Dance festival
Nishimonai no Bon-odori 西馬音内の盆踊
Ugo, Akita · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)- Noboribetsu Jigoku Matsuri 登別地獄まつり
Noboribetsu, Hokkaido · August · Japanese festival 
Noshiro Yakutanabata 能代役七夕
Akita · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)- O Houden No Chigo Dengaku ・ Fuuryuu 御宝殿の稚児田楽・風流
Fukushima · July–August · Japanese festival (matsuri) - Obessan おべっさん
Kyoto · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Odate Daimonji Festival 大文字まつり
Ōdate, Akita · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)- Ojima Neputa Festival 尾島ねぷた
Gunma · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Ojiya festival おぢやまつり
Niigata · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)- Okayama Momotarou Matsuri おかやま桃太郎まつり
Okayama · August, October · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Okazaki Kankou Natsu Matsuri Hanabitaikai 岡崎観光夏まつり花火大会
Aichi · August · Fireworks festival- Okinawa Zento Eisa Matsuri 沖縄全島エイサーまつり
Okinawa · August–September · Japanese festival (matsuri) - Okiyo Festival 起きよ祭り
Hyūga-shi, Miyazaki · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Okuribon Festival 送り盆まつり
Akita · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
Omoshiegarakitekesa In Tomiya おもしぇがらきてけさin富谷
Miyagi · August · Summer festival
Onmaku おんまく
Ehime · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
Ooita Tanabata Matsuri 大分七夕まつり
Oita · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)- Oomondee オーモンデー
Nagasaki · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
PL Art of Fireworks 教祖祭PL花火芸術
Osaka · August · Fireworks festival- Rice Planting Festival at Kibitsuhiko Shrine 吉備津彦神社の御田植祭
Kita-ku, Okayama · August · Otaue matsuri - Rinku Fireworks りんくう花火
Osaka · April, May, June, August · Fireworks festival 
Rokugatsu Tomoshibi 六月灯
Kagoshima · July–August · Japanese festival (matsuri)- Saitama Shika Hi Taikai さいたま市花火大会
Saitama · July–August · Fireworks festival - Sakaide Oohashi Matsuri さかいで大橋まつり
Kagawa · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) - Sakato Yosakoi 坂戸よさこい
Saitama · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) - Samaafesuta In Hisai サマーフェスタ イン ひさい
Mie · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Samba Carnival of Asakusa 浅草サンバカーニバル
Tokyo · August · Brazilian carnival
Sanuki Takamatsu Festival さぬき高松まつり
Takamatsu, Kagawa · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)- Sasebo Shiisaidofesuteibaru させぼシーサイドフェスティバル
Nagasaki · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) - Sayama Irumagawa Tanabata Matsuri 狭山入間川七夕まつり
Saitama · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) - Sazanbiichi Chigasaki Hanabitaikai サザンビーチちがさき花火大会
Kanagawa · August · Fireworks festival 
Sen Tourou Matsuri 千灯籠まつり
Nagasaki · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
Sendai Tanabata 仙台七夕
Sendai, Miyagi · August · Japanese festival
Sendai Tanabata Fireworks Festival 仙台七夕花火祭
Aoba-ku, Miyagi · August · Fireworks festival- Shinguu Nouryousai 新宮納涼祭
Ishikawa · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Shinjō Matsuri 新庄まつり
Shinjō-shi, Yamagata · August · Holiday- Shinmei Fireworks Festival 神明の花火大会
Yamanashi · August · Fireworks festival - Shiono Bishamon Dou Sairei 塩野毘沙門堂祭礼
Yamagata · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) - Shiro Ya No You Taimatsu 城屋の揚松明
Kyoto · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) - Shougawa Mizu Matsuri 庄川水まつり
Toyama · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Sunari Festival 須成祭
Kanie, Aichi · August · Reisai
Taira Tanabata Matsuri 平七夕まつり
Fukushima · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)- Takasaki Matsuri 高崎まつり
Gunma · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) - Takatsuki Matsuri 高槻まつり
Osaka · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) - Tamana Nouryou Hanabitaikai 玉名納涼花火大会
Kumamoto · August · Fireworks festival 
Tanabata 日本の七夕
Toyama · August · Japanese festival- Tanabata Edourou Festival 七夕絵どうろうまつり
Akita · August · Japanese festival - Tatara Matsuri たたら祭り
Saitama · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Teganuma Hanabitaikai 手賀沼花火大会
Chiba · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
Tejikara Fire Festival 手力の火祭
Gifu · April, August · Fire festival
Ten Ke Suga No Ishidori Matsuri 天ヶ須賀の石取祭
Mie · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
Tenkuu Noyuri Gaaden 天空のゆりガーデン
Miyagi · July–August · Japanese festival (matsuri)- Terebi Asahi ・ Roppongi Hiruzu Natsumatsuri Summer Station テレビ朝日・六本木ヒルズ 夏祭り SUMMER STATION
Roppongi, Tokyo · July–August · Summer Matsuri 
Three Great Festivals of Kyoto 京都三大祭り
Kyoto · August · Japanese festival- Three Great Summer Festivals of Osaka 大阪三大夏祭り
Osaka · June, August · Three Greats - Tochigi Natsu Matsuri とちぎ夏まつり
Tochigi · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) - Toda Hashi Hanabitaikai 戸田橋花火大会
Saitama · August · Fireworks festival 
Tokushima Awa Odori Festival 徳島市阿波おどり
Tokushima · August · Form of festival
Tokyo Bay Grand Fireworks Festival 東京湾大華火祭
Tokyo · August · Fireworks festival
Tomida Ishidori Matsuri 富田の石取祭
Yokkaichi, Mie · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)- Totsugawa No Dai You 十津川の大踊
Nara · August · Type of dance 
Tottori Shan-Shan Festival 鳥取しゃんしゃん祭
Tottori · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
Tourou Nagashi To Daihanabitaikai とうろう流しと大花火大会
Fukui · August · Fireworks festival- Toyama Matsuri 富山まつり
Toyama · August–September · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Toyokawa Tezutsu Matsuri 豊川手筒まつり
Toyokawa, Aichi · August · Fireworks festival
Tsuchiura Kirara Matsuri 土浦キララまつり
Ibaraki · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
Tsukidate Tanabata Matsuri つきだて七夕まつり
Miyagi · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)- Tsukuda Matsuri 佃祭
Tokyo · August · Literary work - Tsurusaki You 鶴崎踊
Oita · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Ubagami Daijingū Togyosai 姥神大神宮渡御祭
Esashi, Hokkaido · August · Reisai
Uneme Matsuri 采女祭
Nara · August · Reisai
Ungami of Shioya Bay 塩屋湾のウンガミ
Okinawa · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)- Uozu Tatemon Festival たてもん祭り
Uozu, Toyama · August · Reisai 
Wasshoi Hyakuman Natsumatsuri わっしょい百万夏祭り
Kokurakita-ku, Fukuoka · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
Water Lantern 灯籠流し
Nara · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
Yakan Tokubetsu Kaien Tatemono Sono Shitamachi Yuusuzu Mi 夜間特別開園 たてもの園 下町夕涼み
Koganei, Tokyo · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
Yamaga Lantern Festival 山鹿灯籠まつり
Kumamoto · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)- Yamaguchi Tanabata Chouchinmatsuri 山口七夕ちょうちんまつり
Yamaguchi · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Yanagi Matsuri 柳まつり
Hyogo · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)- Yanbe Odori 山家踊り
Oita · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) - Yassa Festival やっさ祭り
Mihara, Hiroshima · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) - Yatsugatake Hoosushoo In Kobuchisawa 八ヶ岳ホースショーinこぶちさわ
Yamanashi · July–August · Japanese festival (matsuri) - Yokkabui ヨッカブイ
Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Yokosuka Kaikoku Fireworks Festival よこすか開国花火大会
Yokosuka, Kanagawa · August, September, October · Fireworks festival- Yonago Gaina Matsuri 米子がいな祭
Tottori · July–August · Japanese festival (matsuri) 
Yoriitamayodosuitennguu Festival 寄居玉淀水天宮祭
Saitama · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
Yosakoi Matsuri よさこい祭り
Kōchi-shi, Kochi · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
Yosakoi& Neputa In Toyosato YOSAKOI&ねぷたinとよさと
Miyagi · August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
Yoshida Fire Festival 吉田の火祭
Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi · August · Himatsuri- Yoshihama No Kashima Odori 吉浜の鹿島踊り
Kanagawa · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) - Yoshihara No Mandou Kago 吉原の万灯籠
Kyoto · August · Japanese festival (matsuri) - Yoshinogawa Shi Nouryou Hanabitaikai 吉野川市納涼花火大会
Yoshinogawa, Tokushima · August · Fireworks festival
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