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Tanabata Fun Fun Market (iias Okinawa Toyosaki)
Toyosaki, Tomigusuku, Okinawa
A market event held around Tanabata at the large iias Okinawa Toyosaki mall, with wish-strip decorating, yukata rental, and a nighttime stargazing program.
Uenohara Tanabata Night Bazaar
Uenohara, Yamanashi
A summer evening festival across four spots in Uenohara's shopping streets, now in its 26th year; stalls of fried chicken, yakisoba and shaved ice, game corners, and a photo perk for those in yukata.
Kanazawa Motenashitai Tanabata Festival
Kanazawa, Ishikawa
A citizen-volunteer Tanabata event, in its 19th year in 2025, held on an early-July Saturday at the Tsuzumi Gate of Kanazawa Station; wish-writing, bamboo decoration, and servings of gold-leaf Kaga hojicha tea.
Tanabata Festival at Tree Picnic Adventure Ikeda
Ikeda, Fukui
Held at an adventure park in the forests of Ikeda; Tanabata-themed activities include a nighttime zipline, a 'Milky Way' touch pool, and flowing somen noodles.
Koshi Rakuza Horai Tanabata Market
Taku, Saga
A Tanabata-themed festival and market by the Taku Confucius Temple, one of Japan's three great Confucian temples; food, goods, live music and painting, with a closing handheld-fireworks finale.
Chiba Minato Tanabata Festival
Chiba City, Chiba
A Tanabata festival at a waterfront plaza near Chiba Minato Station, with local bamboo, wish strips and bamboo-lantern crafts.
Wada Hachimangu Tanabata Festival
Fukui City, Fukui
A Tanabata festival at Soja Wada Hachimangu in Fukui City, with a handmade market, a matchmaking visit, and a Tanabata concert.
Matsumoto Tanabata (Tanabata Dolls)
Matsumoto, Nagano
Matsumoto's month-late Tanabata, centered on Aug 7, with the rare custom of hanging paper and wooden Tanabata dolls under the eaves.
Sumiyoshi Taisha Tanabata Festival
Sumiyoshi, Sumiyoshi Ward, Osaka
A Tanabata night event at the head shrine of all Sumiyoshi shrines, with special openings of normally closed halls and gardens lit by illuminations and projection mapping.
Fukuoka Tower Tanabata Festival
Momochihama, Sawara Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka
A Star Festival event at the 234-meter Fukuoka Tower, where a roughly 150-meter 'Milky Way illumination' lights up and the plaza bustles with food stalls and festival games.
Samegai Trout Farm Tanabata Festival
Maibara, Shiga
A Tanabata event at a historic trout farm along the Jizo River, said to be a source of the 'Milky Way'; large bamboo for wishes plus kids' fish-catching and feeding experiences.
Hatamono Shrine Tanabata Festival
Kuraji, Katano, Osaka
At Hatamono Shrine, which enshrines the Weaver Princess in Katano—a town tied to the Tanabata legend—this historic festival draws crowds with about 80 stalls and giant bamboo decorations.
Tsuma Shrine Tanabata Koromogae Festival
Tsuma, Saito, Miyazaki
A traditional 'koromogae' rite held around Tanabata at Tsuma Shrine in Saito, where the deity's vestments are changed to summer robes, accompanied by Tanabata decorations.
Hakodate Tanabata "Rosoku-morai" (Candle Begging)
Hakodate, Hokkaido
A Hakodate Tanabata night custom, similar to Halloween, in which children go from house to house singing to receive candy and candles.
Fuchi Rokusho Sengen Shrine Tanabata Wind Chime Festival
Fuji, Shizuoka
A Tanabata wind chime festival at Fuchi Rokusho Sengen Shrine in Fuji, where over 2,000 chimes bring a cool breeze of summer.