2026 Nagasaki Lantern Festival

February 6th - February 23rd, 2025

Huis Ten Bosch - Count Down Fireworks

December 31st, 2025

Celebrate New Year’s Eve with Japan’s Largest Fireworks Spectacle

The Huis Ten Bosch Tulip Festival

Early February - Early April

Enter the Flower Kingdom!

Huis Ten Bosch - Kingdom of Light

A maginificent display of 10 million lights

Kanoukaen

Mar 29, 2025

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

Kyushu's Largest Fireworks Festival

Experience the Spectacular 22,000 Fireworks - Western Japan’s Largest Show Only at Huis Ten Bosch

Tateyama Park Cherry Blossom Festival

March 25th - April 4th, 2025

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.

Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony

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

A prayer for everlasting world peace.

Mikawachi Ware Fair

November 21st - 24th, 2025

A wide selection of Mikawachi Ware ranging from everyday use to artistic treasures!

Kira Kira Festival

November 21st - December 25th, 2025

Must-check winter tradition with a million illuminations around Sasebo city.

Kujukushima Oyster Festival - Fall / Winter

Yosakoi Sasebo Festival

October 17th - 19th, 2025

The largest Yosakoi event in Kyushu.

Emukae Sentourou (Thousand Lantern) Festival

August 23 - 24th, 2025
*Held on the same day 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

Nagasaki Peiron Championship & Port Festival

July 27th, 2025

Shimabara Winter Night Fantasia

December 7th, 2024 - January 11th, 2025
*Light-up Time: 17:30-22:00

Seasonal tradition illminated with 200,000 light-ups in Shimabara city.

Tabira Park Hikari No Festa

December 6th, 2025 - January 12th, 2026
Light-up time is 17:00-21:00.

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.

2025 Nagasaki Port Festival

July 26 - 27th, 2025

10,000 fireworks over two days!

Nagasaki Tall Ships Festival

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

Haiki Tea Fair

[Hatsuichi] May 9 (Fri.)～11 (Sun.), 2025
[Nakaichi] May 23 (Fri.)～25 (Sun.), 2025
[Atoichi] May 30 (Fri.)-June 1 (Sun.), 2025
*Umeichi is cancelled.

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

Mt. Nakao Autumn Ceramics Festival, Hasami

October 25th - 26th, 2025

Nagasaki Kunchi / Okunchi

October 7th - 9th, every year

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

The Spirit Boat Procession / Shoronagashi

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

Nagasaki's traditional summer event

Goto Camellia Festival

February 22nd - March 2nd, 2025

Enjoy the winter of Goto painted with the color of camellia.

Bayside of Light - Nagasaki Christmas 2024

Jufuku-ji "The Inverted Autumn Leaves"

November 15th - 24th, 2025

Must-see in the season of autumn leaves.

Hasami Porcelain Festival

Apr 29 - May 5, 2025

A Golden Week Tradition in Hasami Town, Nagasaki - a Porcelain Festival held in Japan's Second Largest Porcelain Producer!

Isahaya Akari Fantasia

Omura Flower Festival

March 20th - June 20th, 2025

Omura is filled with flowers from spring to early summer.

Sasebo Seaside Festival

Sep 6 - 7th, 2025

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

Goto Kagura 【Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property】

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

Kamigoto Church Concerts 【Church Week 2025】

November 23th - December 20th, 2025

A spiritual experience that interweaves light and sound

Shimbara Water Festival

August 9th - 10th, 2025

Kujukushima Sunset Cruise

Enjoy the spectacular contrast of sunset and islands.

Huis Ten Bosch One-Million Rose Festival

April 26 (Sat) - June 1 (Sun) , 2025

You wil be amazed at rose field spread out before your eyes

Hirado Flounder Festival

January 25th - March 16th, 2025

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.

Nagushiyama Azalea Festival

Every April

Breathtaking views of a hundred thousand azaleas, set against the backdrop of the northern Kujukushima Islands.

Cave of Light

December 7th, 2024 - March 2nd, 2025