The 41st Minami Community Centre Festival & the Suwa Ryokufuen Fureai Festival (Wako). Looking for a welcoming community event in Wako this October? The 41st Minami Community Centre Festival returns from October 16th to 18th, 2026, bringing together local clubs, performers, schools, organisations and residents for a weekend of exhibitions,Read More →
Information for the an exceptionally popular Halloween event with a Hot Air Balloon Ride! Which was on in Shiki city the first four years of the event, but since last year it is on in Asaka City, which borders Tokyo and is easily accessible from Ikebukuro. The annual Halloween FesRead More →
Niiza City Society of Commerce and Industry in collaboration with the City Hall host a Citizen and Industrial festival annually in October. It is on Sunday October 11th and public holiday Monday 12th 2026. Which is a really big weekend for fireworks and festivals, with dozens on. Even in Niiza,Read More →
Information for the Oedo Niiza Festival in 2026, a summer festival – that is on in Autumn! It was moved from July to September in 2025, presumably due to the extreme heat of summer in recent years. This is a relatively new festival, started in 2015. However, it replaced theRead More →
The Owada Hikawa Shrine summer festival is a wild, roaring summer festival known for its “hadaka mikoshi”, “naked portable shrine”, where men wearing only white fundoshi, white tabi, and a white haramaki carry the portable shrine through the town. The Owada Hikawa Shrine “Hadaka” Mikoshi, Naked Portable Shrine, Summer FestivalRead More →
Saikasai is the Asaka City Summer Festival. This festival is on the first Sunday of August and the preceding Saturday and Friday annually. This will be the 43rd annual occurrence. The fireworks display is usually on the middle night of the three day festival… Saikasai Due to all this festivalRead More →
Each summer Shiki City have five traditional summer festivals as well as other festivals collectively known as Shiki Summer Festivals, with a 100 plus year history. This year the first two are on earlier than ever, in June. The bank holiday weekend of the festivals is the main celebration andRead More →
Information for the cute Koinobori Carp Streamers Display on the Shingashi River and the annual boat ride under the carp streamers this year. The small, but cute display is located over the Shingashi River in Iroha water park (Iroha Shinsui Park) in Shiki City, Saitama Prefecture. There are about 80Read More →
Information for the Sakae Green Road cherry blossoms and Forest Jam Niiza, beside Nerima Tokyo. This year the cherry blossom festival is a much smaller affair than in previous years and it is only on for two days. But it is a very lively festival with lots of traditional JapaneseRead More →
The Shiki cherry blossom festival, or as they call it Sakura Festa, is relatively new. They say it it is the 9th annual Shiki Cherry Blossom Festival, but considering the 3rd, 4th and 5th were cancelled, it really is only the sixth! The trees have been around longer than thatRead More →