Wasshoi Hyakuman Summer Festival
It’s Kitakyushu’s largest festival with fireworks, dance performances, food, drink and game stalls, parade with a marching band and more! On Aug. 2 (Fri.) the festival opens to 10,...
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Wasshoi Hyakuman Summer Festival
It’s Kitakyushu’s largest festival with fireworks, dance performances, food, drink and game stalls, parade with a marching band and more! On Aug. 2 (Fri.) the festival opens to 10,...
Gokoku Shrine Mitama Matsuri
A festival for thanking one’s ancestors and fallen soldiers. See walls of carefully painted lanterns lit up at night, all 6,000 of which are sponsored by worshippers. Enjoy a Japan...
Tenjin Summer Festival
Attended by 46,000 people last year! Experience a traditional Japanese festival complete with nostalgic games, festival food stalls and bon odori (group festival dance). Live music...
Hakata Riverain Summer Festival
Celebrate Hakata Riverain’s 20th year! Come in yukata and watch stage events, join paper fan making and ceramic painting workshops, and win prizes at festival games. Hungry? Festiv...
Hakozaki Shrine Nagoshi Festival
Join the festivities at Hakozaki Shrine’s 32nd Nagoshi Festival! Participate in a ritual called Chinowa-kuguri where visitors walk through a large bamboo ring wrapped with cogon gr...
Tobata Gion Oyamagasa
A traditional festival with over 210 years of history. Huge floats 10 m tall and 2.5 t are carried through the town at day, changing to “Pyramids of Light” at night. These pyramids...
Sunset Live 2019
Sunset Live is Kyushu’s most popular outdoor music festival, now in its 27th year. Enjoyed by over 15,000 people every year, Sunset Live first began as a small party in the parking...
Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine Summer Tenjin Festival
Celebrate the birth of Tenjin-sama, Shinto god of literature. Children march with mikoshi (portable shrines) and walk through woven hoops for good health. Watch the yukata (summer ...
Hawaiian Festival in Fukuoka 2019
Hele mei hoohiwahiwa (come celebrate)! Join the celebration of Fukuoka and Hawaii’s 38th anniversary as sister states (prefectures). Fukuoka-born former Hawaiian governor George Ar...
Kokura Gion Daiko
The energetic sounds of taiko drums fill the town of Kokura during Kokura Gion Daiko festival which celebrates its 400th anniversary this year. It is also registered as one of the ...