Nagasaki Kunchi / Okunchi

October 7th - 9th, every year

The pride of Nagasaki - the grand autumn festival integrating traditional culture and international flair.

2025 Nagasaki Lantern Festival

January 29th - February 12th, 2025

Yosakoi Sasebo Festival

October 18th - 20th, 2024

The largest Yosakoi event in Kyushu.

Takengei (Wakamiya Inari Shrine's Autumn Festival)

October 14th - 15th *held on the same date each year

Nagasaki Tall Ships Festival

Usually held on the end of April *November 4 - 5th, 2023

2024 Nagasaki Port Festival

July 27 - 28th, 2024

10,000 fireworks over two days!

The Spirit Boat Procession / Shoronagashi

August 15th (held on the same day every year)

Nagasaki's traditional summer event

Huis Ten Bosch - Kingdom of Light

A maginificent display of 10 million lights

Kujukushima Oyster Festival - Fall / Winter

Maruyama Hana Festival (Maruyama Women's Festival)

November 9th - 10th, 2024

Recreating a parade of courtesans in one of the former three largest hanamachi districts in Japan.

Doya Tanada (Rice Terrace) Festival

Usually held on the second Sunday of October

A magical scenery created by some 2,600 softly-lit lanterns along the rice terrace.

Spiny Lobster Festival, Nomozaki

September 1 - 30th, 2024

Kanoukaen

Mar 29, 2025

Nagasaki's largest fire festival, reenacting the tales of historical scrolls.

Emukae Sentourou (Thousand Lantern) Festival

August 23 - 24th, every year

Experience a festival over 500 years old with a lantern-lit night of wonder!

2025 Nomozaki Daffodil Festival

Mid/Late of January, 2025

Tateyama Park Cherry Blossom Festival

Late March - early April

It has the most cherry blossoms of any park in Nagasaki City, with approximately 700 cherry trees in full bloom when the season is at its best in late March or early April.

Mizukake Jizo Festival

August 23rd・24th every year

A Summer tradition of Emukae

Goto Kagura 【Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property】

A traditional artform unique to the Goto Islands with over 400 years of history

Nagasaki Settlement Festival

Mid-September

A festival reminiscent of the pride and prosperity of Nagasaki during the settlement period

Umegae Sake Brewery Open Warehouse in Autumn

Early November

Let's enjoy the fine taste of locally brewed sake!

Izuhara Port Festival, Tsushima Island

Celebrate the unique of history of this border island, Tsushima.

Nakashima River Summer Festival

Omura Flower Festival

Omura is filled with flowers from spring to early summer.

Haiki Tea Fair

May-June

Haiki Tea Fair has four hundred and some years of history, and still is as lively as ever.

The Huis Ten Bosch Tulip Festival

February 9th - April 7th, 2024

Enter the Flower Kingdom!

Hasami Spring Pottery Festival

Apr 29 - May 5, 2023

Local specialty ceramicware on sale - find your favorite!

Nagasaki Peiron Championship & Port Festival

July 27th - 28th, 2024

Saikai Bridge Whirlpool Festival

Mar 16 - April 7, 2024

A great contrast of whirlpools and cherry blossoms.

Saikai Bridge Whirlpool Festival

A great contrast of whirlpools and cherry blossoms.

Hirado Flounder Festival

January 27th - March 17th, 2024

Sasebo Seaside Festival

Sep 7 - 8th, 2024

Speaking of summer in Sasebo, it's Seaside Festival! Fantastic fireworks decorate the summer night sky.

Ryujin Festival(Hiyo-hiyo Matsuri)

Mid-July

The traditional ceremony which has been held for about 300 years, praying for a good haul and safety of fishermen.

Shimbara Water Festival

August 24th, 2024

Nagasaki Kite-flying Tournament

Early April

Hataage battle, a fight that has been going on since the Edo period, in which the contestants cut off their opponents' kite.

Shimabara Castle Town Hinameguri

Admire traditional Japanese dolls at the shops and homes around the castle town.

Kamigoto Church Concerts 【Church Week 2023】

December 1st - 16th, 2023

A spiritual experience that interweaves light and sound

Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony

August 9th (held on the same day every year)

A prayer for everlasting world peace.

Mt. Nakao Autumn Ceramics Festival, Hasami

Arie Hamankora Beach Festival

Burning of the fields of Kawachi Pass