All festivals

Festivals in Japan in November

Dates are computed from each festival’s rule, so future years work too

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• 2–4 November 2026Saga

  Karatsu Kunchi

  唐津くんち

  Fourteen lacquered, gilded floats — hauled, on the second day, down onto soft sand.

• 2–3 November 2026Kagoshima

  Ohara Festival

  おはら祭

  Troupes in festival coats and summer kimono dance their way along the streetcar avenue through Tenmonkan, the heart of Kagoshima, to the folk songs Ohara-bushi and Kagoshima Hanya-bushi, in what the city calls the largest festival in southern Kyūshū. It began in 1949 to mark the city’s 60th anniversary. Held every year on 2 November (the evening festival) and 3 November, Culture Day (the main festival).

• 3 November 2026Kanagawa

  Hakone Daimyō Procession

  箱根大名行列

  A daimyō’s procession in the style of the Odawara domain calls “Shita ni, shita ni” through the hot-spring town of Hakone-Yumoto.

• 7–8 November 2026Miyazaki

  Saito Kofun Festival

  西都古墳まつり

  A torchlit procession in ancient dress carries a mythic flame across a field of burial mounds.