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Japanese Festivals in July

July is summer in Japan, and 144 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.

• Abare Festival あばれ祭り
  Noto, Ishikawa · July · Noto Kiriko Matsuri
• Abe River Fireworks Festival 安倍川花火大会
  Shizuoka · July · Fireworks festival
• Aizen Festival 愛染まつり
  Osaka · June–July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Aizu Tajima Gion Matsuri 会津田島祇園祭
  Fukushima · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Asamushi Onsen Nebuta Festival 浅虫温泉ねぶた祭り
  Aomori · July · Nebuta
• Ashibetsu Kenka Yamakasa 芦別健夏山笠
  Ashibetsu, Hokkaido · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Ayabe Minazuki Festival あやべ水無月まつり
  Kyoto · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Beppu Hinoumi Matsuri べっぷ火の海まつり
  Oita · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Boze ボゼ
  Toshima, Kagoshima · July · Visiting god
• Chichibu Kawase Matsuri 秩父川瀬祭
  Chichibu, Saitama · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Doragonkanuu Taikai ドラゴンカヌー大会
  Miyagi · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Fukaya Festival 深谷まつり
  Saitama · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Fussa Tanabata Matsuri 福生七夕まつり
  Tokyo · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Genpei Hi Ushi Matsuri 源平火牛まつり
  Toyama · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Gion Kashiwazaki Matsuri ぎおん柏崎まつり
  Niigata · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Gion Matsuri 祇園祭
  Kyoto · July · Goryō-e
• Gold Mine Festival 鉱山祭
  Niigata · July · Reisai
• Gujō Odori 郡上おどり
  Gujō-shi, Gifu · July, September · Form of festival
• Hachinohe Sansha Taisai 八戸三社大祭
  Hachinohe, Aomori · July–August · Reisai
• Hai Ka Bayashi 排禍ばやし
  Ibaraki · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival 博多祇園山笠
  Hakata-ku, Fukuoka · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Hakodate Port Festival 函館港まつり
  Hakodate, Hokkaido · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Hamaori-sai 浜降祭
  Chigasaki, Kanagawa · March, July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Hamasaki Gion Yamakasa 浜崎祇園山笠
  Saga · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Higashi-nagare 東流
  Hakata-ku, Fukuoka · July · Crowd
• Himi Gion Matsuri 氷見祇園祭
  Toyama · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Hinumaajisaimatsuri ひぬまあじさいまつり
  Ibaraki · June–July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• HIrano'gō Natsu-matsuri 平野郷夏まつり
  Osaka · July · Summer Matsuri
• Hita Gion Festival 日田祇園祭
  Hita, Oita · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Hokkaido Belly Button Festival 北海へそ祭り
  Furano, Hokkaido · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Ibaraki Fesuteibaru 茨木フェスティバル
  Osaka · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Ichinomiya Tanabata Festival 一宮七夕まつり
  Ichinomiya, Aichi · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Iida-machi Toroyama Festival 飯田町燈籠山祭り
  Iida-machi, Ishikawa · July · Noto Kiriko Matsuri
• Ikutama Matsuri 生國魂祭
  Osaka · July · Shinto ritual
• Inami Taishi Den Kankou Matsuri いなみ太子伝観光祭
  Toyama · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Ine Matsuri 伊根祭
  Kyoto · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Iriya Asagao festival 入谷朝顔まつり
  Iriya, Tokyo · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Ishinomaki Kawabiraki Ki Matsuri 石巻川開き祭り
  Miyagi · July–August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Iwase Ekimae Natsumatsuri 岩瀬駅前夏祭り
  Ibaraki · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Jinbo Bayashi 神保ばやし
  Chiba · February, July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Jindai-ji Hōzuki Festival 深大寺鬼燈まつり
  Jindaiji Motomachi, Tokyo · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Jōetsu Matsuri 上越まつり
  Niigata · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Kanbara Matsuri 蒲原まつり
  Chūō-ku, Niigata · June–July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Kaneko Jinja Sairei 金子神社祭礼
  Iruma, Saitama · April, May, June, July · Japanese festival
• Kashiwa Matsuri 柏まつり
  Chiba · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Kibune Matsuri 貴船まつり
  Kanagawa · July · Reisai
• Kobe Love Port ・ Minatomatsuri Kobe Love Port ・ みなとまつり
  Hyogo · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Koganei Awa Odori 小金井阿波おどり
  Koganei, Tokyo · July · Form of festival
• Kokura Gion Daiko 小倉祇園太鼓
  Kokurakita-ku, Fukuoka · July · Reisai
• Komae Tamagawa Fireworks Festival 狛江・多摩川花火大会
  Komae, Tokyo · July–August · Fireworks festival
• Komatsu Shima Minato Matsuri 小松島港まつり
  Tokushima · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Kozuru Gion-sai 小鶴祇園祭
  Ibaraki · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Kumagaya Uchiwa Festival 熊谷うちわ祭
  Saitama · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Kurikoma Dashi Matsuri くりこま山車まつり
  Miyagi · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Kurosaki Gion Yamagasa 黒崎祇園山笠
  Yahatanishi-ku, Fukuoka · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Kō Natsu Matsuri 国府夏まつり
  Aichi · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Kōda no Himatsuri 向田の火祭り
  Nanao, Ishikawa · July · Himatsuri
• Lantern Festival of Kuki 久喜の提灯祭り・天王様
  Saitama · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Maeda Gion Yamakasa 前田祇園山笠
  Fukuoka · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Mando Matsuri 万燈祭
  Aichi · July · Japanese festival
• Mashiko Gion Matsuri 益子祇園祭
  Mashiko, Tochigi · July · Goryō-e
• Matsubara No Ishidori Matsuri 松原の石取祭
  Mie · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Minamikata Hanashoubu Matsuri みなみかた花菖蒲まつり
  Miyagi · June–July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Minamikawachi Danjiri Matsuri 南河内だんじり祭り
  Osaka · July, October · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Minato Maizuru Chattamatsuri みなと舞鶴ちゃったまつり
  Kyoto · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Minoo Matsuri 箕面まつり
  Osaka · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Mito Kōmon Festival 水戸黄門まつり
  Ibaraki · July–August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Mobara Tanabata Matsuri 茂原七夕まつり
  Chiba · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Murakami Taisai 村上大祭
  Niigata · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Nakatsu Gion 中津祇園
  Oita · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Namerikawa Nebuta Nagashi ネブタ流し
  Toyama · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Nanao Gion Matsuri 七尾祇園祭
  Nanao, Ishikawa · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Nanao Port Festival 七尾港まつり
  Ishikawa · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Narita Gion Festival 成田祇園祭
  Narita, Chiba · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Ni Shima Gion 二島祇園
  Fukuoka · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Noogata Yamagasa 直方山笠
  Fukuoka · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Noto Kiriko Matsuri 能登キリコ祭り
  Ishikawa · July, October · Form of festival
• O Houden No Chigo Dengaku ・ Fuuryuu 御宝殿の稚児田楽・風流
  Fukushima · July–August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Ogawachou Tanabata Matsuri 小川町七夕まつり
  Saitama · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Okegawa Gion Matsuri 桶川祇園祭
  Saitama · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Oki-Dozen Kagura 隠岐島前神楽
  Shimane · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Omigawa Gion-sai 小見川祇園祭
  Chiba · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Omiki Chōdaishiki 御神酒頂戴式
  Tochigi · July · Ritual
• Onomichi Sumiyoshi Hanabi Matsuri おのみち住吉花火まつり
  Hiroshima · July · Fireworks festival
• Oogo Gion Matsuri 大胡祇園まつり
  Gunma · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Oouo Yoichi 大魚夜市
  Osaka · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Orochi Yama ( Matsuri ) 大蛇山 (祭り)
  Fukuoka · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Orochon no Hi Matsuri オロチョンの火祭り
  Hokkaido · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Otaru Ushio Matsuri おたる潮まつり
  Otaru, Hokkaido · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Otebi Matsuri お手火祭り
  Fukuyama, Hiroshima · June–July · Himatsuri
• Owari Tsushima Tennō Festival 尾張津島天王祭
  Aichi · July · Gion and Tenno Festivals
• Port of Toba 鳥羽港
  Toba, Mie · July · Port
• Rokugatsu Tomoshibi 六月灯
  Kagoshima · July–August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Ryuu Ke Saki No Dou Mai 龍ヶ崎の撞舞
  Ibaraki · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Saitama Shika Hi Taikai さいたま市花火大会
  Saitama · July–August · Fireworks festival
• Sannou Shiseki Kouen Ayame Matsuri 山王史跡公園あやめ祭り
  Miyagi · June–July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Sanuma Natsu Matsuri 佐沼夏まつり
  Miyagi · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Sato No Ura Gion Yamagasa 郷ノ浦祇園山笠
  Nagasaki · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Sawara Float Festival 佐原の大祭
  Katori, Chiba · July, October · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Sen Mai Kouen Ayamematsuri 浅舞公園あやめまつり
  Asamai Park, Akita · June–July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Shibukawa Heso Matsuri 渋川へそ祭り
  Gunma · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Shima Nochi Kyuu Kenshin Raku 島後久見神楽
  Shimane · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Shimodate Gion Matsuri 下館祇園祭
  Ibaraki · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Shiogama Minato Matsuri 塩竈みなと祭
  Miyagi · March, July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Shirongo Matsuri しろんご祭り
  Toba, Mie · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Shirotori Odori 白鳥おどり
  Gujō-shi, Gifu · July, September · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Shitamachi Tanabata Festival 下町七夕まつり
  Tokyo · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Shounandai Tanabata Matsuri 湘南台七夕まつり
  Kanagawa · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Showa Kinen Park Fireworks 立川まつり国営昭和記念公園花火大会
  Tachikawa, Tokyo · July · Fireworks festival
• Shōnan Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival 湘南ひらつか七夕まつり
  Kanagawa · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival 隅田川花火大会
  Tokyo · July · Fireworks festival
• Sumiyoshi Matsuri 住吉祭
  Osaka · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Suzu Deka Hikiyama 珠洲デカ曳山
  Ishikawa · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• São Paulo Sendai Tanabata Matsuri サンパウロ仙台七夕祭り
  Okinawa · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Tagajou Ato Ayamematsuri 多賀城跡あやめまつり
  Miyagi · June–July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Tanabe Matsuri 田辺祭
  Tanabe, Wakayama · July · Reisai
• TBC Summer Festival TBC夏まつり
  Miyagi · July · Summer festival
• Tenjin Matsuri 天神祭
  Osaka · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Tenkuu Noyuri Gaaden 天空のゆりガーデン
  Miyagi · July–August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Tera Hou Teitou Odori 寺方提灯踊り
  Osaka · July · 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
• Tobata Gion Festival 戸畑祇園大山笠
  Tobata-ku, Fukuoka · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Toide Tanabata Festival 戸出七夕まつり
  Toyama · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Toku Shima Hyoutan Shima Suito Matsuri 徳島ひょうたん島水都祭
  Tokushima · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Tougane Hayashi 東金囃子
  Chiba · July · Matsuri-bayashi
• Toyoda Oidenmatsuri 豊田おいでんまつり
  Aichi · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Toyohashi Gion Matsuri 豊橋祇園祭
  Aichi · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Tsuchizaki Shinmei Shrine Festival 土崎神明社祭の曳山行事
  Akita · July · Reisai
• Tsujidou Suwajinja Rei Taisai 辻堂諏訪神社例大祭
  Kanagawa · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Tsuyazaki Gion Yamakasa 津屋崎祇園山笠
  Fukuoka · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Tsuzureko big drum 綴子大太鼓
  Akita · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Ueda Wasshoi 上田わっしょい
  Nagano · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Urasoe Tedako Festival てだこまつり
  Okinawa · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Urawa Matsuri 浦和まつり
  Saitama · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Usuki Gion Festival 臼杵祇園まつり
  Oita · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Uwajima Ushi-oni Festival 和霊大祭
  Uwajima, Ehime · July · Summer Matsuri
• Yamaage Matsuri 山あげ祭
  Nasukarasuyama, Tochigi · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Yamaguchi Gion-sai 山口祇園祭
  Yamaguchi · July · 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)
• Yonago Gaina Matsuri 米子がいな祭
  Tottori · July–August · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Yoshihiro Raku 吉弘楽
  Oita · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Yoshinogawa Fesuteibaru 吉野川フェスティバル
  Tokushima · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Yuwaku Bonbori Matsuri 湯涌ぼんぼり祭り
  Ishikawa · July · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Ōgi Matsuri 扇祭
  Nachikatsuura, Wakayama · July · Reisai