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Takamori Spring Water Tunnel Tanabata Festival
Takamori, Aso District, Kumamoto
A fantastical 'cool-evening' Tanabata festival in Takamori, Aso, where 5-meter decorations line a roughly 550-meter tunnel, with reflections on the water and trout-catching for kids.
Peace Tanabata Festival (Okinawa Peace Memorial Park)
Mabuni, Itoman, Okinawa
An event at Okinawa Peace Memorial Park in Mabuni—where the Battle of Okinawa ended—using the Tanabata custom to reflect on peace, as visitors write strips with messages of remembrance and peace.
Otaru Sakaimachi Tanabata Festival
Otaru, Hokkaido
A summer event centered on the courtyard of Otaru Art Base, lighting up the historic Sakaimachi shopping street with Tanabata decorations, a Milky Way corridor, beer garden and stage shows.
Hitachinaka Omotemachi Tanabata Festival
Hitachinaka, Ibaraki
A one-day Tanabata festival on the Omotemachi shopping street near Katsuta Station, with a pedestrian zone.
Yokohama Tanabata Festival
Yokohama, Kanagawa
A new Tanabata event at Rinko Park and Pacifico Yokohama in Minatomirai, with wish strips, stalls, gourmet food and light shows.
Funami Tanabata Festival
Nyuzen, Toyama
A Tanabata festival held the first weekend of July in the Funami district of Nyuzen, with handmade decorations heralding mountain summer.
Kofu Tanabata Festival
Kofu, Yamanashi
A summer tradition coloring Kofu's central shopping district, with colorful streamers and decorations, food stalls, and stage events.
Isshinden Tanabata Festival
Isshinden, Tsu, Mie
A handmade Tanabata festival in the Isshinden temple town before the National Treasure Senju-ji, filled with bamboo decorations, stalls and a popular mini-train.
Sumadera-mae Shopping Street Tanabata Festival
Sumadera-cho, Suma Ward, Kobe, Hyogo
A neighborhood Tanabata festival on the shopping street before the ancient Sumadera Temple, with bamboo decorations and festival stalls drawing families on summer evenings.
Takehara Tanabata Festival
Takehara City, Hiroshima
A summer festival decorating the Aifuru 316 arcade in Takehara, a 'little Kyoto.' Dance and taiko, bingo and around 30 food stalls bring lively crowds.
Seisotei Tanabata Festival
Tamashima, Kurashiki City, Okayama
A Tanabata festival at the historic Seisotei residence in Tamashima. Bamboo decorations and wish strips are displayed, and an atmospheric Seisotei Tanabata Concert is held.
Tanabata CATCH the STAR Festival
Tottori City, Tottori
A Tanabata event hosted by Tottori, the self-styled 'Star-Catching Prefecture.' Enjoy music and calligraphy at the Torigin Bunka Kaikan courtyard, then gaze at the starry sky after sunset.
Tokushima Zoo Tanabata Festival
Tokushima City, Tokushima
An annual Tanabata event at Tokushima Zoo themed around the polar bear 'Pororo,' where visitors hang wishes on bamboo and learn about the environment.
Castle Town Kumamoto Tanabata Festival
Chuo Ward, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto
A downtown Tanabata festival across central Kumamoto's shopping arcades, including Sunroad Shinshigai, with decorations, stage events, and workshops.
Nobeoka Tanabata Festival
Yamashita-cho, Nobeoka, Miyazaki
A Tanabata festival of over half a century's history that fills Nobeoka's Yamashita Shintengai arcade with handmade 'mitate-zaiku' figures and bamboo decorations made by shops and local children.