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Japanese Festivals in January

January is winter in Japan, and 39 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.

• Amahage アマハゲ
  Yuza, Yamagata · January · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Amamehagi あまめはぎ
  Wajima, Ishikawa · January–February · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Atagosya no Hi Matsuri 愛宕社の火祭り
  Toyama · January · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Boro-ichi ボロ市
  Setagaya, Tokyo · January, December · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Camellia Festival 椿祭り
  Ōshima-machi, Tokyo · January, March · Flower festival
• Chakkirako チャッキラコ
  Kanagawa · January · Type of dance
• Dainichido Bugaku 大日堂舞楽
  Kazuno, Akita · January · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Donto-Sai どんと祭
  Miyagi · January · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Doyadoya saa ドヤドヤサー
  Kimotsuki, Kagoshima · January · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Ebisu Festival (Tokushima) えびす祭り (徳島市)
  Tokushima · January · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Ebisu-kō えびす講
  Osaka · January · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Gero Ta-no-Kami Festival 下呂の田の神祭
  Gero, Gifu · January · Reisai
• Hatsuuma Festival 初午祭
  Kirishima, Kagoshima · January · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Ichinose Takahashi no Harukoma 一之瀬高橋の春駒
  Yamanashi · January · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Icu Matsuri ICU祭
  Tokyo · January, October, November · University festival
• Konomiya Hadaka Matsuri 国府宮はだか祭り
  Inazawa, Aichi · January · Hadaka Matsuri
• Kuzusou 国栖奏
  Nara · January · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Miyako (Kurikaesi) Ko Betsu Jinja No Onda Shoku 都々古別神社の御田植
  Fukushima · January · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Mount Wakakusa 若草山
  Nara · January · Mountain
• Mukonage and Suminuri 婿投げ・墨塗り
  Tōkamachi-shi, Niigata · January · Folk festival
• Nagasaki Lantern Festival 長崎ランタンフェスティバル
  Nagasaki · January · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Nanokado Hadaka Mairi 七日堂裸まいり
  Yanaizu, Fukushima · January · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Nenbutsuji 陀々堂の鬼はしり
  Nara · January · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Okera-sai 白朮祭
  Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto · January · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Oniyo 鬼夜
  Fukuoka · January · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Sai No Kami Matsuri 塞の神まつり
  Toyama · January · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Shinno No Yuki Matsuri 新野の雪まつり
  Nagano · January · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Shinohara You 篠原踊
  Nara · January · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Shuusei Oni Kai 修正鬼会
  Oita · January · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Somin-sai 蘇民祭
  Iwate · January, March · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Sou Tani Kyougen 惣谷狂言
  Nara · January · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Sōunkyō Icefall Festival 層雲峡氷瀑まつり
  Kamikawa, Hokkaido · January · Winter festival
• Tenryuu Mura No Shimotsuki Kagura 天龍村の霜月神楽
  Nagano · January · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Toga Hatsuuma Festival 利賀のはつうま
  Nanto, Toyama · January · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Tsubame Taue Odori 津島の田植踊
  Fukushima · January · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Tōka Ebisu 十日えびす
  Nishinomiya, Hyogo · January · Japanese festival
• Yaya Matsuri やや祭り
  Shōnai-machi, Yamagata · January · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Yunishigawa Onsen Kamakura Snow House Festival 湯西川温泉かまくら祭
  Nikkō-shi, Tochigi · January–February · Planned event
• Ōsō Shrine Tug-of-War 大送神社の綱引き
  Kyoto · January · Japanese festival (matsuri)