Kyushu Tanabata Star Festivals
20 events
20 Tanabata events in Kyushu for 2026. Featured: Oita Tanabata Festival.
Oita Tanabata Festival
Chuomachi, Oita City, Oita
The spirited Funai Pacchin warrior-float parade
Kagoshima City Science Hall Tanabata Decoration
Kagoshima, Kagoshima
An indoor Tanabata bamboo display themed on stars and the Milky Way
Usa Sora-no-Sato Tanabata Decorations
Usa, Oita
Bamboo decorations bringing color to a peace-learning site
Sasebo Yonkacho Tanabata Festival
Sasebo, Nagasaki
Arcade-wide Tanabata decorations and wish strips
Miyajidake Shrine Furin Festival
Miyaji Motomachi, Fukutsu, Fukuoka
A 'Milky Way' of light and sound from 3,000 wind chimes
Hamanmachi Tanabata Festival (Hamanomachi Arcade)
Hamanomachi, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki
Colorful wish-strips brightening the downtown arcade
Isahaya Shrine Tanabata Decorations
Isahaya, Nagasaki
A free bamboo wish-display open to all
Takamori Spring Water Tunnel Tanabata Festival
Takamori, Aso District, Kumamoto
Five-meter decorations lining a cool tunnel
Peace Tanabata Festival (Okinawa Peace Memorial Park)
Mabuni, Itoman, Okinawa
Wish-strips bearing remembrance and prayers for peace
Castle Town Kumamoto Tanabata Festival
Chuo Ward, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto
Tanabata decorations filling the castle town's central arcades
Nobeoka Tanabata Festival
Yamashita-cho, Nobeoka, Miyazaki
Unique handmade 'mitate-zaiku' figures by children and shops
Tanabata Fun Fun Market (iias Okinawa Toyosaki)
Toyosaki, Tomigusuku, Okinawa
A weatherproof indoor Tanabata market
Koshi Rakuza Horai Tanabata Market
Taku, Saga
Closing handheld fireworks and a community-revitalization market
Fukuoka Tower Tanabata Festival
Momochihama, Sawara Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka
A 'Milky Way' illumination on the seaside tower
Tsuma Shrine Tanabata Koromogae Festival
Tsuma, Saito, Miyazaki
A weaver-themed vestment rite and the great sacred camphor tree
Sengan-en Shimazu Family Traditional Tanabata
Kagoshima, Kagoshima
A 10m+ Tanabata decoration set against Sakurajima
Saga Shrine Tanabata Festival
Matsubara, Saga City, Saga
A prayer ceremony on a special stage with gagaku and kagura
Kaseda Yumepika Honmachi Tanabata Festival
Kaseda, Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima
Arcade decorations and evening stage events
Tanabata Shrine (Himekoso Shrine) Summer Festival
Osaki, Ogori, Fukuoka
Streamers at the weaver-goddess shrine and an evening Tanabata stage show
Oshima Tanabata Festival (Munakata Taisha Nakatsugu)
Oshima, Munakata, Fukuoka
Cowherd and Weaver shrines across the 'Milky Way' and a magical island night