This museum celebrates Fujiko·F·Fujio, creator of Doraemon, displaying his original works, workspace, and interactive exhibits for manga fans.
Kawasaki
A large Halloween cosplay festival centered on Ikebukuro's East Exit features stage performances, parades, and gathering spaces for participants of all ages.
Tokyo · 30 Oct – 1 Nov 2026
More than 300 original artworks and sketches from both of Arakawa Hiromu's major series, at Daimaru Sapporo from 14 October to 1 November.
Sapporo · 14 Oct – 1 Nov 2026
A Nagoya museum of Japanese export ceramics, with more than 5,000 pieces made for overseas markets in the Meiji and Taisho eras and later brought back to Japan.
Nagoya
Video game music from the Monster Hunter series receives live orchestral treatment by the Kyushu Symphony Orchestra in this touring concert event.
31 Oct 2026FukuokaOsaka Art Fireworks is a 50-minute display set to music at Marble Beach, with views over Osaka Bay, one of Japan's Top 100 Sunsets spots.
31 Oct 2026Izumisano · OsakaA town in Fukushima that calls itself the UFO village closes its shopping street for an alien costume parade, with prizes for the most convincing.
31 Oct 2026FukushimaMiyazaki's largest festival honors Emperor Jimmu with a grand autumn procession of portable shrines and floats reenacting the legendary emperor's journey.
31 Oct – 1 Nov 2026MiyazakiThe largest festival of Ube in Yamaguchi, built on the Nanban Ondo, a dance that came out of the coal mines, with parades and a float drawn at the end.
1 Nov 2026Ube · YamaguchiA large Halloween cosplay festival centered on Ikebukuro's East Exit features stage performances, parades, and gathering spaces for participants of all ages.
30 Oct – 1 Nov 2026TokyoAgricultural park in Shiga offering flower gardens, hands-on farming activities, farm animal interactions, seasonal events, and a dog park for family visitors.
Hino · ShigaThis museum celebrates Fujiko·F·Fujio, creator of Doraemon, displaying his original works, workspace, and interactive exhibits for manga fans.
Kawasaki · KanagawaOpen-air museum in Kawasaki with 25 traditional houses relocated from across Japan, plus indigo-dyeing sessions, a soba restaurant and craft displays.
Kawasaki · KanagawaMountain forest park in Miyagi with over 100 free-roaming foxes of six species, where visitors can watch and feed them, alongside other animals.
Shiroishi · MiyagiA nostalgic Taisho-era hot-spring town in the Yamagata mountains, lined with wooden inns along a gas-lit river - at its most magical under snow.
Obanazawa · YamagataA Nagoya museum of Japanese export ceramics, with more than 5,000 pieces made for overseas markets in the Meiji and Taisho eras and later brought back to Japan.
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