Chubu Tanabata Star Festivals
29 events
29 Tanabata events in Chubu for 2026. Featured: Orimono Thanksgiving Ichinomiya Tanabata Festival, Anjo Tanabata Festival.
Orimono Thanksgiving Ichinomiya Tanabata Festival
Ichinomiya, Aichi
Gorgeous streamer contest, Tanabata dance, and citizen parade
Anjo Tanabata Festival
Anjo, Aichi
Countless bamboo decorations and wish strips under evening illumination
Niigata Hakusan Shrine Tanabata Wind Chime Festival
Chuo Ward, Niigata City, Niigata
Grounds adorned with over 1,000 colorful chimes and wish strips
Plantopia Tanabata Festival
Echizen, Fukui
Wishes on large bamboo at the garden entrance and a Tanabata quick-draw lottery
Twinkling Star Tanabata Festival
Sakai, Fukui
A free, no-reservation Tanabata in a science hall wrapped in the Milky Way
Tanabata Decorations at Kanzo Yashiki & Miyakoen
Enzan, Koshu, Yamanashi
Tanabata decorations set against a historic cultural-property residence
Tanabata Festival at the Ando Residence
Minami-Alps, Yamanashi
Tanabata in a 300-year-old residence with traditional local Tanabata dolls
Numazu Nakamise Tanabata Festival
Numazu, Shizuoka
Spectacular giant Tanabata decorations filling the arcade
Gosen Hachimangu Tanabata Wind Chime Festival
Gosen, Niigata
About 5,000 wind chimes, an umbrella sky, and night illumination
Shimizu Tanabata Festival
Shimizu Ward, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka
Arcades lined with huge, elaborately handmade bamboo decorations
Funami Tanabata Festival
Nyuzen, Toyama
Handmade decorations and evening lanterns coloring the mountain village
Kofu Tanabata Festival
Kofu, Yamanashi
Streamers across the central arcade with stalls and stage events
Uenohara Tanabata Night Bazaar
Uenohara, Yamanashi
Night stalls across four shopping-street venues on a summer evening
Kanazawa Motenashitai Tanabata Festival
Kanazawa, Ishikawa
Bamboo from Yuhidera decorated with wishes, displayed until the old-calendar Tanabata
Tanabata Festival at Tree Picnic Adventure Ikeda
Ikeda, Fukui
The 'Shooting Star Zip' nighttime zipline racing through the dark
Wada Hachimangu Tanabata Festival
Fukui City, Fukui
The Tanabata matchmaking visit and an evening Tanabata concert
Matsumoto Tanabata (Tanabata Dolls)
Matsumoto, Nagano
Matsumoto's rare Tanabata dolls and the unique 'Katari' figure
Fuchi Rokusho Sengen Shrine Tanabata Wind Chime Festival
Fuji, Shizuoka
Over 2,000 wind chimes lining the approach, illuminated at night
Nagano Tanabata Festival
Nagano City, Nagano
Illuminations of Orihime, Hikoboshi, and Cygnus with handmade decorations
Fukumitsu Tanabata Festival
Nanto, Toyama
Big-drum performances, folk-song processions, Tanabata street, and fireworks
Neagari Tanabata Festival
Nomi, Ishikawa
Three 18m jumbo decorations and an evening dance contest
Endoji Tanabata Festival
Nishi Ward, Nagoya, Aichi
Contest of unique papier-mache figure decorations and street food
Takaoka Tanabata Festival
Takaoka, Toyama
A roughly 10m jumbo Tanabata and illuminated lantern decorations at night
Hida-Takayama Tanabata Festival
Takayama, Gifu
Bamboo decorations coloring the Old Town in month-late Tanabata charm
Horyu Tanabata Kiriko Festival
Horyu, Suzu, Ishikawa
Giant kiriko floats wading into the sea toward a torch in the climax
Kyoden Tanabata Festival
Uozu, Toyama
The sasayose bonfire of decorations, floating lanterns, and close fireworks
Ryotsu Tanabata Festival & Kawabiraki
Sado, Niigata
Marching bands, children's floats, Ondeko drumming, and fireworks finale
Mizunami Mino-Genji Tanabata Festival
Mizunami, Gifu
Basara dancing and citizen group dances amid the decorations
Murakami Tanabata Festival
Murakami, Niigata
Traditional procession of neighborhood floats and lion dances