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Japanese Festivals in May

May is spring in Japan, and 80 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.

• Adachi Fireworks 足立の花火
  Tokyo · May · Fireworks festival
• Aioi Peron Matsuri 相生ペーロン祭
  Hyogo · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Aoi Koi Nobori Purojiekuto 青い鯉のぼりプロジェクト
  Miyagi · March, May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Aoi Matsuri 葵祭
  Kyoto · May · Chokusai
• Chigo Dance of Etchū 越中の稚児舞
  Toyama · May, November · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Chiryū Festival 知立まつり
  Chiryū-shi, Aichi · May · Reisai
• Cormorant Fishing 鵜飼い
  Toyama · May · Fishing technique
• Etchuyatsuo parade float festival 越中八尾曳山祭
  Toyama · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Fuji Matsuri 藤まつり
  Chiba · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Fujiwara Matsuri 藤原まつり
  Iwate · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Fukuno Yotaka Festival 福野夜高祭
  Toyama · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Fukuyama Bara Matsuri 福山ばら祭
  Hiroshima · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Fushiki Hikiyama Festival 伏木曳山祭
  Takaoka, Toyama · May · Reisai
• Hachi Ya Gion 八屋祇園
  Fukuoka · April–May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Hakata Dontaku 博多どんたく
  Fukuoka · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Hakata Matsubayashi 博多松囃子
  Fukuoka · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Hamamatsu Kite Festival 浜松まつり
  Hamamatsu, Shizuoka · May · Kite festival
• Hino Matsuri 日野祭
  Shiga · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival 弘前さくらまつり
  Shimoshirogane-chō, Aomori · April–May · Spring festival
• Hiroshima Flower Festival ひろしまフラワーフェスティバル
  Hiroshima · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Hitachi Fūryūmono 日立風流物
  Hitachi, Ibaraki · April–May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Hōran-en'ya ホーランエンヤ
  Matsue, Shimane · May · Shikinen-sai
• Itoman Hārē 糸満ハーレー
  Okinawa · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Iwase Hikiyama Kuruma Matsuri 岩瀬曳山車祭
  Toyama · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Johana Hikiyama Festival 城端曳山祭
  Nanto, Toyama · May · Reisai
• Kagobo Cherry Blossom Festival 加護坊桜まつり
  Miyagi · April–May · Spring festival
• Kakudana Flower Festival かくだ菜の花まつり
  Kakuda, Miyagi · April–May · Spring festival
• Kamezaki Shiohi Festival 亀崎潮干祭
  Kamezaki-chō, Handa, Aichi · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Kanda Matsuri 神田祭
  Tokyo · May · Tenka Matsuri
• Kaneko Jinja Sairei 金子神社祭礼
  Iruma, Saitama · April, May, June, July · Japanese festival
• Kasama No Tou Honoo Matsuri 笠間の陶炎祭
  Ibaraki · April–May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Kawatabi Ri Shinkou Matsuri 川渡り神幸祭
  Fukuoka · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Kobe Matsuri 神戸まつり
  Kobe, Hyogo · May · Japanese festival
• Kokufu-sai 国府祭
  Ōiso-machi, Kanagawa · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Kurayami Matsuri くらやみ祭
  Fuchū, Tokyo · May · Reisai
• Kusurishi Matsuri Ueki Shi 薬師祭植木市
  Yamagata · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Maizuru Hosokawa Yuusai Tanabe Shiro Matsuri まいづる細川幽斎田辺城まつり
  Kyoto · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Maizuru Tsutsujimatsuri 舞鶴つつじまつり
  Kyoto · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Man Hiroshi Tera No Shi 萬弘寺の市
  Oita · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Marugame Castle Festival 丸亀お城まつり
  Marugame, Kagawa · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Mikuni Matsuri 三国祭
  Sakai, Fukui · May · Reisai
• Mito Machinaka Fesuteibaru 水戸まちなかフェスティバル
  Ibaraki · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Mix Hitobito Tango Mixひとびとtango
  Kyoto · May · Planned event
• Miyazu Matsuri 宮津祭
  Miyazu, Kyoto · April–May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Naha Hari 那覇ハーリー
  Okinawa · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Naka Yuki Shima Matsuri 中之島まつり
  Osaka · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Nomi Shinmeigū Festival 能見神明宮大祭
  Aichi · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Odawara Hōjō Godai Festival 小田原北條五代祭り
  Kanagawa · May · Historical reenactment parade
• Okaeri Matsuri おかえり祭り
  Ishikawa · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Otabi Festival お旅まつり
  Ishikawa · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Rinku Fireworks りんくう花火
  Osaka · April, May, June, August · Fireworks festival
• Sagami River Koinobori Matsuri 泳げ鯉のぼり相模川
  Kanagawa · April–May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Sakaide Shio Matsuri さかいで塩まつり
  Kagawa · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Sakata Matsuri 酒田祭
  Yamagata · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Sanja Matsuri 三社祭
  Tokyo · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Sanjou Matsuri 三条まつり
  Niigata · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Sannō Matsuri 山王まつり
  Toyama · May–June · Reisai
• Seihaku Festival 青柏祭
  Nanao, Ishikawa · May · Reisai
• Sendai Aoba Matsuri 仙台・青葉まつり
  Miyagi · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Sengoku Noroshi Matsuri 戦国のろし祭り
  Toyama · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Serikomi Chōroku せり込み蝶六
  Toyama · May · Musical work/composition
• Shimoda Black Ship Festival 黒船祭
  Shizuoka · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Shinkawa-ichi Festival 新川市まつり
  Ube, Yamaguchi · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Shinoda No Hanabi 篠田の花火
  Shiga · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Ship Festival (Susukigisui Shrine) お船祭り (須々岐水神社)
  Nagano · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Suigō Itako Iris Festival 水郷潮来あやめまつり
  Itako, Ibaraki · May–June · Japanese festival
• Suigō Sawara Ayame Festival 水郷佐原あやめ祭り
  Katori, Chiba · May–June · Japanese festival
• Suitengū Spring Festival 水天宮春大祭
  Yanagawa, Fukuoka · May · Reisai
• Sōma Nomaoi 相馬野馬追
  Sōma-shi, Fukushima · May · Soma Shrines
• Tado Festival 多度祭
  Kuwana, Mie · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Takaoka Mikurumayama Festival 高岡御車山祭
  Takaoka, Toyama · May · Reisai
• Takehana Festival 竹鼻祭り
  Gifu · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Takigi Noh 薪能
  Nara · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Tonami Tulip Fair となみチューリップフェア
  Toyama · April–May · Exhibition
• Tori Kenshin Sha 鳥見神社
  Chiba · May, October · Wikimedia disambiguation page
• Urawa Unagimatsuri 浦和うなぎまつり
  Saitama · May · Food festival
• Yansanma Festival やんさんま祭り
  Toyama · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Yoiyasa Matsuri よいやさ祭り
  Toyama · May · Japanese festival (matsuri)
• Ōgaki Festival 大垣祭
  Ōgaki-shi, Gifu · May · Reisai
• Ōme Grand Festival 青梅大祭
  Tokyo · April–May · Japanese festival (matsuri)