Best Traditional Culture Spot List

One of the three major Edo festivals. Also known as the ”water throwing festival” for as its name suggests spectators throw water on Omikoshi (portable shrine) bearers; it is a festival held annually at Tomioka Hachimangu Shrine.

A festival of sound and light that brightens the summer night skies of Morioka

A Brilliant Firework Festival with an Ever-changing Theme

A festival of fire unfolds at Nachi Falls

Watch Performers Dancing to the Beat of Drums and Shamisens in Koenji’s Streets

Enjoy an ancient Nara ritual at the summit. The Wakakusa Yamayaki Festival is held every January

The Festival Connected with the Tokugawa Shogun Visits to the Kanda Shrine

The Kabuki-za theater is a large-scale theater where kabuki, a traditional Japanese play, is performed.

Feel the Summer Atmosphere in Kyoto as it Reverberates with the Sound of Japanese Instruments

Specializing in Nogaku (Noh and Kyogen), a traditional Japanese performing art.

See the Night Sky Illuminated with Over 20,000 Fireworks

Enjoy Fireworks from the Banks of the Arakawa River

A Must-See Performance with Colorful Costumes and Spectacular Dancing

Watch 100 Portable Shrines Being Carried Around Asakusa

An exhibition center where Chichibu Yomatsuri, one of Japan's three major hikiyama (float) festivals, is introduced through historical material and a live performance.

An ancient ritual practice in which several deer are chased down to have their antlers trimmed

A place to experience the over 370-year-old Kawagoe Festival year round.

Rakugo is a type of humorous storytelling which depicts the daily lives of townspeople, fairy tales, and more. This is an old tradition which has been loved in Japan since the Edo period. Ikebukuro Engei-jo is a place in Ikebukuro where you can enjoy rakugo. There are chair seats available, so you can sit for a long time without trouble. Let yourself get sucked into the world created by the rakugo storyteller.