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 2027
A yearly autumn show of sand sculptures carved by professionals from Japan and abroad at Ashiya Seaside Park in Fukuoka, lit up at night with sound and light.
Ashiya · 23 Oct – 8 Nov 2026
A museum of teddy bears and stuffed toys in Nasu, with the much-travelled Teddy Edward, antique Steiff bears, artist bears and a stuffed toy workshop.
Nasu
Asia's largest hot-air balloon event, where around 100 balloons rise over the Kase River each autumn in a five-day competition and festival.
Saga · 30 Oct – 3 Nov 2026
Featuring an Intangible Folk Cultural Property procession, this November festival unites a community through ceremony, dance, and spiritual communion.
3 Nov 2026Kami · KochiAsia's largest hot-air balloon event, where around 100 balloons rise over the Kase River each autumn in a five-day competition and festival.
30 Oct – 3 Nov 2026SagaThe last year of the ramen festival held in Komazawa Olympic Park since 2009, with twelve shops from around the country serving one bowl a ticket.
30 Oct – 3 Nov 2026TokyoA wind ensemble concert celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Evangelion series with music from the franchise performed without video projection.
3 Nov 2026Kobe · HyogoFive nights of projection mapping on the main hall and gate of Sensoji in Tokyo, with the temple's closed garden and its hall of ema open alongside.
30 Oct – 3 Nov 2026TokyoThe Fox's Wedding features a grand procession with white fox bride and groom, rooted in a legend of benevolent spirits said to bring marriage blessings.
3 Nov 2026Kudamatsu · YamaguchiOkayama park themed as a German forest, with animal encounters, seasonal flower gardens, German food, go-karts, archery and craft workshops.
Akaiwa · OkayamaThe Nara-Prefecture ruins where Japan's first centralised state took shape, newly inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2026.
Kashihara · NaraA Western-style botanical garden opened in 1987, with a terrace garden, display greenhouses, a rock garden and a medicinal herb garden.
Mito · IbarakiA Chinese-style landscape garden in Daishi Park, Kawasaki, built in 1987 for the sister-city tie with Shenyang, with three pavilions and a lotus pond.
Kawasaki · KanagawaA left-handed dirt racecourse in Kawasaki run by Kanagawa Prefecture and Kawasaki City, with an infield lawn, play equipment and a food court.
Kawasaki · KanagawaAn old shrine in central Kawasaki with a sacred ginkgo thought to be 1,000 years old, dedicated to victory and harmony and home to the Kawasaki Sanno Festival.
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