Starting January 17th, Gifu's annual lumination event returns to celebrate local handicrafts, amid winter scenery.

Experience the elegance of the Heian era at Yunishigawa Onsen's “Heike Akari” bamboo light festival, a hidden gem in Nikko.

The 420-year-old Ebisu Grand Festival brings its bustling atmosphere to Hiroshima's downtown core, November 18th-20th. 

The Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament brings the sport's greatest champions to Fukuoka for two weeks of intense, high-stakes competition. It's a spectacle of strength and history you have to see to believe. Ongoing from November 9-23!

On the 3rd of November every year, the Castle Festival is held to celebrate Izushi Castle Town’s samurai history. The highlight of the festival is the Daimyo Gyoretsu, a procession of feudal lords, including men dressed as spear-wielding samurai that parade through the town.