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Paantu Festival in Okinawa 2025

Paantu Festival in Okinawa 2025

Early Oct

Okinawa's Miyakojima island celebrates the Paantu festival – an ancient form of exorcism involving supernatural creatures,..

Okinawa 2 Free Entry
Dontsuku Festival 2025

Dontsuku Festival 2025

Early Oct

The fertility-focused Dontsuku Festival sees a giant wooden phallus placed on a mikoshi (portable shrine) and paraded around Inatori..

Shizuoka Free Entry
Tsurugi Horai Festival 2025

Tsurugi Horai Festival 2025

Oct 4th - Oct 5th

The Tsurugi Horai Matsuri is a festival held every October in Tsurugi, Hakusan. It has been running annually for over 800 years,..

Ishikawa 4 Free Entry
Ueda Battlefield Half Marathon 2025

Ueda Battlefield Half Marathon 2025

Sunday - Oct 5th

History and endurance meet at the Ueda Battlefield Half Marathon, taking place in early October in the scenic city of Ueda, Nagano..

Нагано
Rice Field Art in Gyoda 2025

Rice Field Art in Gyoda 2025

Early Jul - Early Oct

Guinness World Record holding rice field art closest to both Tokyo and a rugby world cup stadium.

Сайтама 8 Free Entry
Tsubame Sanjo Factory Festival 2025

Tsubame Sanjo Factory Festival 2025

Early Oct

Tsubame Sanjo is a region of Niigata Prefecture well known for its manufacturing industry, specifically for metalwork, blacksmithing..

Niigata 4 Free Entry
Yakitori Japan Festival 2025

Yakitori Japan Festival 2025

Early Oct

The Yakitori Japan Festival in Yamaguchi's Nagato City celebrates this much-loved foodie favorite, and the two-day event will..

Нагано Free Entry

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