2025 Nagasaki Lantern Festival

January 29th - February 12th, 2025

2024 Nagasaki Port Festival

July 27 - 28th, 2024

10,000 fireworks over two days!

Bayside of Light - Nagasaki Christmas 2024

2025 Nomozaki Daffodil Festival

Mid/Late of January, 2025

The Huis Ten Bosch Tulip Festival

February 9th - April 7th, 2024

Enter the Flower Kingdom!

Nagasaki Kunchi / Okunchi

October 7th - 9th, every year

The pride of Nagasaki - the grand autumn festival integrating traditional culture and international flair.

Kujukushima Oyster Festival - Fall / Winter

Kira Kira Festival

November 29th - December 22nd, 2024

Must-check winter tradition with a million illuminations around Sasebo city.

Huis Ten Bosch - Kingdom of Light

A maginificent display of 10 million lights

The Spirit Boat Procession / Shoronagashi

August 15th (held on the same day every year)

Nagasaki's traditional summer event

Kanoukaen

Mar 29, 2025

Nagasaki's largest fire festival, reenacting the tales of historical scrolls.

Kamigoto Church Concerts 【Church Week 2024】

December 1st - 16th, 2023

A spiritual experience that interweaves light and sound

Spiny Lobster Festival, Nomozaki

September 1 - 30th, 2024

Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony

August 9th (held on the same day every year)

A prayer for everlasting world peace.

Nagasaki Tall Ships Festival

Usually held on the end of April *November 4 - 5th, 2023

Goto Camellia Festival

Enjoy the winter of Goto painted with the color of camellia.

Unzen Akari No Hanaboro

February 2nd - February 22th, 2025

Light-up event inspired by frosty fog, iconic winter charm in Unzen.

Cave of Light

December 7th, 2024 - March 2nd, 2025

Emukae Sentourou (Thousand Lantern) Festival

August 23 - 24th, every year

Experience a festival over 500 years old with a lantern-lit night of wonder!

Yosakoi Sasebo Festival

October 18th - 20th, 2024

The largest Yosakoi event in Kyushu.

Tateyama Park Cherry Blossom Festival

Late March - early April

It has the most cherry blossoms of any park in Nagasaki City, with approximately 700 cherry trees in full bloom when the season is at its best in late March or early April.

Nagasaki Kite-flying Tournament

Early April

Hataage battle, a fight that has been going on since the Edo period, in which the contestants cut off their opponents' kite.

Hirado Flounder Festival

January 27th - March 17th, 2024

Shimabara Winter Night Fantasia

December 7th, 2024 - January 11th, 2025
*Light-up Time: 17:30-22:00

Seasonal tradition illminated with 200,000 light-ups in Shimabara city.

Shimbara Water Festival

August 24th, 2024

Saikai Bridge Whirlpool Festival

Mar 16 - April 7, 2024

A great contrast of whirlpools and cherry blossoms.

Doya Tanada (Rice Terrace) Festival

Usually held on the second Sunday of October

A magical scenery created by some 2,600 softly-lit lanterns along the rice terrace.

Kazagashira Park Cherry Blossom Festival

Late March - early April

A park with a great view and a bronze statue of Ryoma Sakamoto can be seen. Every year, the "Kazagashira Park Cherry Blossom Festival" is held with 350 Someiyoshino cherry trees lit with paper lanterns.

Tabira Park Hikari No Festa

December 13th, 2024 - January 13th, 2025
Light-up time is 17:00-21:00.

Isahaya Akari Fantasia

Ryujin Festival(Hiyo-hiyo Matsuri)

Mid-July

The traditional ceremony which has been held for about 300 years, praying for a good haul and safety of fishermen.

Hizen Emukae Mayudama Festival

From mid-March to early April

The colorful Mayutama(New Year's decoration with cocoon-shaped cakes) decorate the spring in Emukae.

Nagasaki Peiron Championship & Port Festival

July 27th - 28th, 2024

Maruyama Hana Festival (Maruyama Women's Festival)

November 9th - 10th, 2024

Recreating a parade of courtesans in one of the former three largest hanamachi districts in Japan.

Takengei (Wakamiya Inari Shrine's Autumn Festival)

October 14th - 15th *held on the same date each year

Sasebo Seaside Festival

Sep 7 - 8th, 2024

Speaking of summer in Sasebo, it's Seaside Festival! Fantastic fireworks decorate the summer night sky.

Izuhara Port Festival, Tsushima Island

Celebrate the unique of history of this border island, Tsushima.

Shiman-rokusennichi Festival

August 8th - 10th every year

The summer festival of Fukuishi Kannon

Haiki Tea Fair

May-June

Haiki Tea Fair has four hundred and some years of history, and still is as lively as ever.

Gion Festival(Yasaka Shrine Summer Festival)

Mid-July

A Summer tradition of Uku Island. The festival has a ceremony to drive away bad luck.