Best Events And Festivals (Omatsuri) In Asia
Here're best Events And Festivals (Omatsuri) in Asia. We released a ranking of reviews about Events And Festivals (Omatsuri) posted by travel influencers who have actually been to Asia.
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Around 100 colorful hot air balloons starting to expand at the dry riverbed in the morning glow. Then, they rise to the autumn sky above the Saga Plain. Its scenery is very impressive!
Name
Saga International Balloon Fiesta
Address
Kase River Side, Ogino Kase-cho, Saga-shi, SagaGoogle Map
How to get there
20 min walk from JR Saga Balloon Station. By car or taxi, 20 min from Saga Station, 30 min from Saga Airport.
Parking
Parking area is available
Shoju-in Temple has a wind-bell (Furin) festival every summer. There're many wind-bells in the precinct and they make refreshing sounds all around. You can also enjoy finding the different patterns of 47 prefectures in Japan, and painting on wind-bells!◎Wind-bell Festival 7/1~9/18 in 2017
Name
Shoju-in Temple
Address
149 Kawakami Okuyamada Ujitawara-cho, Tsuzuki-gun, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
0774-88-3601
Hours
8:30-16:30
How to get there
By bus, 30 min from JR Uji Station or Kintetsu Shintanabe Station to Ichumae, and change bus to Okuyamada for 15 min, then walk 10 min. By car, 60 min from Kyoto city. Free parking area is available.
Parking
Parking area is available
Nagaoka Firework is one of the three biggest fireworks in Japan. The power is overwhelming at all. The fireworks spreading as far as the eyes can see.
Name
Nagaoka Firework Festival
Address
Okamura-machi, Nagaoka-shi, NiigataGoogle Map
How to get there
30 min walk from JR Nagaoka Station. 60 min by car from Niigata city. Take bus from the extra parking area.
They have held it every August for more than 30 years in Otsu, Shiga Pref. Skyrockets is of course powerful, and the directions that makes the most of its location above the lake is worth seeing.
Name
Lake Biwa Firework Festival
Address
1-1 Chagasaki, Otsu-shi, ShigaGoogle Map
How to get there
On foot, 15 min from JR Ōtsu Station, 10 min from JR Ōtsukyo Station, or 5 min from JR Hamaōtsu Station.
Parking
Nearby toll parking area is available
Kiyomizu-dera is one of the most famous spots for autumn leaves in Kyoto. I visited several places to light up the autumn leaves, but this place is a spot for autumn leaves that can only be said to be true.
Name
Kiyomizu-dera Temple
Address
1-294 Kiyomizu Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-551-1234
Hours
6:00-18:30
Fee
Adult 400 yen、Child 200 yen
How to get there
By bus, 10 min from Kyoto Station to Gojōzaka, then 10 min walk. By car or taxi, 15 min from Kyoto Station.
Parking
Nearby toll parking area is available
Kobe Luminarie had been refraining from attending during the coronavirus pandemic, but they have expanded the number of locations and changed to a distributed Luminarie. The Port Tower, which has undergone earthquake-proofing work, can be seen, and Kobe is back! That's what it feels like. Everyone, please come and check it out.
Autumn foliage viewing in the city. A spacious and calm scene weaved by Japanese style structures and maple leaves. The reflected autumn colors on the water surface are also beautiful.
Name
Shirotori Garden
Address
2-5 Atsuta Nishi-machi Atsuta-ku, Nagoya-shi, AichiGoogle Map
Tel
052-681－8928
Hours
9:00-17:00
Closed
Mon
Fee
Adult 300 yen、Child 0 yen
How to get there
Parking
Toll parking area is available
You can enjoy Gion-bayashi (traditional festival music), Yamahoko floats that are hardly seen, and food stalls! The main Shijo Street becomes pedestrian precinct from Horikawa to Higashi-Oji.
Name
Gion Matsuri Festival
Address
Gion-machi Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
How to get there
8 min walk, from Gionshijo Station
A sky lantern event held on August 18th and 19th in Yodogawa, Osaka. (It's held around 7/7 every year, but it was postponed because of rain this year.) About 3000 sky lanterns flew to the night sky, it was so wonderful scenery.
Name
Osaka Tanabata Sky Lantern Festival
Address
2 Nishinakajima Yodogawa-ku, Osaka-shi, OsakaGoogle Map
Fee
Adult 6250 yen、Child 2250 yen
How to get there
7 min walk from Hankyu Minamikata Station. 7 min walk from Subway Nishinakajima Station. By car or taxi, 12 min from Osaka Station.
Kihoku Tōrō Matsuri is a summer festival in Kihoku town. The biggest highlights of firework are Saiun Kujaku and Saishoku Senrin, which you can see only here. In 2018, it was postponed for the typhoon, and held on September 8th.
Name
Kihoku Tōrō Festival
Address
Nagashima Kihoku-cho, Kitamuro-gun, MieGoogle Map
How to get there
15 min walk from JR Kii Nagashima Starion. By car or taxi, 60 min from Tsu Station.
Parking
Free parking area is available
It's since 2003. There're over 2500 wind bells hung in the precinct, and the orchestra of cool sounds when the wind blow. You can forget the heat of summer while you eating shaved-ice and listening to such tones.◎Wind Bells are displayed to the end of August.
Name
Ofusa Kannon Temple
Address
6-22 Ousa-cho, Kashihara-shi, NaraGoogle Map
Hours
9:00-16:00
Fee
Adult 300 yen、Child 300 yen
How to get there
8 min by bus from Yamatoyagi Station to Ousa, then 5 min walk. 40 min by car from Nara city.
Parking
Free parking area is available
The event 'Fantasy Garden in Autumn' is held more scale-up than the previous in Koraku-en garden that is one of 3 famous gardens in Japan. Okayama castle and Japanese umbrellas are illuminated and the famous garden is enveloped in fantasy world.
Name
Korakuen Garden
Address
1-5 Korakuen Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama, Okayama-shi, OkayamaGoogle Map
Tel
086-272-1148
Hours
7:30-18:00,8:00-17:00
Fee
Adult 400 yen、Child 0 yen
How to get there
Parking
Parking area is available
Hyakudan-kaidan' (one hundred steps) is a wooden architecture and a tangible cultural property of Tokyo. It was built in the beginning of Showa era as a banquet room. The interiors of the seven Japanese rooms are worth seeing! During summer, the collaboration exhibition with lights like Japanese festivals and artistic lights wins popularity. Some people wear yukata, summer kimono, and enjoy it.
Name
Meguro Gajoen
Address
1-8-1 Shimomeguro, Meguro-ku, TokyoGoogle Map
Tel
03-3491-4111
How to get there
5 min walk from Meguro Station. By car or taxi, 15 min from Shinagawa Station, 20 min from Tokyo Station, or 25 min from Haneda Airport.
Parking
Toll parking area is available
After enjoy 'PORTO EUROPE' with a townscape of Europe, and Kuroshio Market, you can see the fireworks for the finishing of a day.
Name
Wakayama Marina City
Address
1527 Kemi, Wakayama-shi, WakayamaGoogle Map
Hours
10:00-
How to get there
10 min by car, or 15 min by bus from JR Nankai Station
Parking
Toll parking area is available
From November 10th to 18th, we can enjoy illuminations here. There're beautiful nature, such as Iwaya-do Shrine made up by a natural huge stone, and some waterfalls. They're illuminated and reflected beautifully on the river surface.
Name
Iwaya-do Park
Address
81-8 Iwaya-cho, Seto-shi, AichiGoogle Map
How to get there
By car or taxi, 20 min by Owari Seto Station, or 50 min from Nagoya Station.
Parking
Parking area is available
Thirty tree shelves and 1200 dolls of Ohina-sama. I was so fascinated with them. One of the enjoyments is delicious Zenzai (sweet soup of azuki bean) we eat while we looking at them. This impressive Hina Matsuri Festival is hold till March 31st.
Name
Kasuisai Temple
Address
2915-1 Kuno, Fukuroi-shi, ShizuokaGoogle Map
Tel
0538-42-2121
Fee
Adult 500 yen、Child 0 yen
How to get there
10 min by bus from Fukuroi Station to Kasui. By car or taxi, 20 min from Kakegawa Station or 40 min from Shizuoka Airport.
Parking
Parking area is available
Son'ei-ji Temple has wind bell festival from 5/18 to 8/31. We can visit this temple in the cool sounds during this season. We can enjoy 'Gankake Fūrin' which the visitors can hang a oblong card with wishes he writes, and also they sell some wind bells.
Name
Son'ei-ji Temple
Address
2777 Toyosawa, Fukuroi-shi, ShizuokaGoogle Map
Tel
0538-43-3601
How to get there
15 min by car or taxi from Aino Station
Parking
Parking area is available
You can see the biggest illumination in Japan in Nabana no Sato. There're two tunnels, the one is as long as 200m fantastic gallery of light, and another is 100m and has different themes every year. And the theme for this year is cherry blossom.
Name
Nabana no Sato
Address
270 Komaeurushibata Nagashima-cho, Kuwana-shi, MieGoogle Map
Tel
0594-41-0787
Hours
9:00-22:00
How to get there
By car, 10 min from Nagashima IC. By bus, 10 min from Kuwana Station.
Parking
Free parking area is available
The tickets are sold out in a few minutes and tourists come from all over the world. It is one of the representative winter event in Japan. Living World Heritage where the villagers live is enveloped in lights.
Name
Shirakawago
Address
Ogi-machi Shirakawa-mura, Ono-gun, GifuGoogle Map
Tel
05769-6-1311
How to get there
10 min by car from Shirakawago IC. By bus, 50 min from Takayama Station.
Parking
Parking area is available
Kenrokuen Garden is a symbolic spot of Kanazawa, which has easy access for the opening of Hokuriku Shinkansen Superexpress. For they often have light-up event in a year, I think it's good to visit during such events. I like especially autumn! I took the first pic in autumn, the second in winter. ◎The bus following a circular route from Kanazawa Station is useful!
Name
Kenrokuen Garden
Address
1 Kenroku-machi, Kanazawa-shi, IshikawaGoogle Map
Tel
076-234-3800
Hours
7:00-18:00,8:00-17:00
How to get there
10 min by bus from Kanazawa Station. By car, 30 min from Kanazawa Nishi (West) IC, 30 min from Kanazawa Higashi (East) IC, or 20 min from Kanazawa Morimoto IC.
