2025 Nagasaki Lantern Festival

January 29th - February 12th, 2025

Kanoukaen

Mar 29, 2025

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

Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony

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

A prayer for everlasting world peace.

The Spirit Boat Procession / Shoronagashi

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

Nagasaki's traditional summer event

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.

Nagasaki Tall Ships Festival

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

Mikawachi Ware Fair

Middle of November

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

Nakashima River Summer Festival

Izuhara Port Festival, Tsushima Island

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

Saikai Bashi Bridge Whirlpool Festival

Mar 20th - April 6th, 2025

A great contrast of whirlpools and cherry blossoms.

Yosakoi Sasebo Festival

October 17th - 19th, 2025

The largest Yosakoi event in Kyushu.

Nagasaki Kunchi / Okunchi

October 7th - 9th, every year

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

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!

Mizukake Jizo Festival

August 23rd・24th every year

A Summer tradition of Emukae

Takengei (Wakamiya Inari Shrine's Autumn Festival)

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

Umegae Sake Brewery Open Warehouse Spring

Early February

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

Shiman-rokusennichi Festival

August 8th - 10th every year

The summer festival of Fukuishi Kannon

Nagasaki Peiron Championship & Port Festival

July 27th - 28th, 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.

Gion Festival(Yasaka Shrine Summer Festival)

Mid-July

A Summer tradition of Uku Island. The festival has a ceremony to drive away bad luck.

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.

Ainoura-Atago Fair

Late February

A traditional event that celebrates the arrival of spring.

Mikawachi-yaki (ware) HAMAZEN Festival

May 1st - May 5th, 2025

Take a walk through this scenic townscape of Mikawachi kiln mountain, and enjoy touring around the porcelain factories.

Saikai bashi Bridge Autumn Festival

Late October to early November every year

Enjoy autumn events at the Saikai Bashi Bridge Park!

Mt. Nakao Autumn Ceramics Festival, Hasami

Goto Kagura 【Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property】

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

Emukae Sentourou (Thousand Lantern) Festival

August 23 - 24th, every year

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

Ohashi Kannon Spring Festival

March 23, 2025

Enjoy the excellent contrast of magnificent nature and the stone bridge.

Tohka Ebisu Festival

January 10th every year

A special festival with an eight hundred-year history and tradition, praying for better luck and thriving business.

Shimabara Castle Town Hinameguri

February 1st - March 3rd, 2025

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

Nagasaki Settlement Festival

Mid-September

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

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.

Shimbara Water Festival

August 24th, 2024

Hizen Emukae Mayudama Festival

March 9th - 23th, 2025

The colorful Mayudama decorate the spring in Emukae.

Burning of the fields of Kawachi Pass

Shindenan Spring Public Viewing

Sasebo Kunchi Festival

November 1-3

An annual autumn festival of Kameyama Hachiman-gu

Kamigoto Church Concerts 【Church Week 2024】

December 1st - 16th, 2023

A spiritual experience that interweaves light and sound

Arie Hamankora Beach Festival