Hokkaido Tanabata Star Festivals

6 events

6 Tanabata events in Hokkaido. All with 2026 dates.

Ended

Jul 4-5, 2026

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.

Ended

Jul 7, 2026

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.

Ended

Aug 1, 2026

Rekka Tanabata Festival (Asahikawa Summer Festival)

Asahikawa, Hokkaido

A spirited nighttime Tanabata parade of floats and bearers along the Heiwa-dori pedestrian mall, held as part of the Asahikawa Summer Festival.

Ended

Aug 4-7, 2026

Obihiro Tanabata Fest in Hirokoji

Obihiro, Hokkaido

One of Hokkaido's largest Tanabata events, filling the Hirokoji arcade overhead with colorful streamers.

Ended

Aug 7, 2026

Tanabata "Rosoku-morai" at the Historical Village of Hokkaido

Atsubetsu-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido

A seasonal program at an open-air museum recreating Meiji-Taisho townscapes, where families experience Hokkaido's unique Tanabata custom "Rosoku-morai."

Ended

Aug 7, 2026

Itsukushima Shrine Tanabata Water Festival

Kushiro, Hokkaido

A Tanabata ritual in the precincts of Itsukushima Shrine, the first shrine of old Kushiro Province, with wish-strips by day and a Milky Way illumination at night.