2025 Nagasaki Lantern Festival

January 29th - February 12th, 2025

The Huis Ten Bosch Tulip Festival

February 9th - April 7th, 2024

Enter the Flower Kingdom!

2024 Nagasaki Port Festival

July 27 - 28th, 2024

10,000 fireworks over two days!

Kanoukaen

Mar 29, 2025

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

2025 Nomozaki Daffodil Festival

Mid/Late of January, 2025

Kujukushima Oyster Festival - Fall / Winter

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.

Huis Ten Bosch - Kingdom of Light

A maginificent display of 10 million lights

Nagasaki Kunchi / Okunchi

October 7th - 9th, every year

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

Goto Camellia Festival

February 22nd - March 2nd, 2025

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

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

Sasebo Seaside Festival

Sep 7 - 8th, 2024

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

Emukae Sentourou (Thousand Lantern) Festival

August 23 - 24th, every year

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

Unzen Akari No Hanaboro

February 1st - February 22th, 2025

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

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.

Omura Flower Festival

Omura is filled with flowers from spring to early summer.

Nagushiyama Azalea Festival

April 3 - April 30, 2024

Breathtaking views of a hundred thousand azaleas, set against the backdrop of the northern Kujukushima Islands.

Yosakoi Sasebo Festival

October 18th - 20th, 2024

The largest Yosakoi event in Kyushu.

Festivitas Natalis

December 7th, 2024

A christmas event, which makes you feel as if a travel back in 400 years.

Takengei (Wakamiya Inari Shrine's Autumn Festival)

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

Hasami Spring Pottery Festival

Apr 29 - May 5, 2023

Local specialty ceramicware on sale - find your favorite!

Shindenan Spring Public Viewing

Burning of the fields of Kawachi Pass

The Spirit Boat Procession / Shoronagashi

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

Nagasaki's traditional summer event

Mt. Nakao Autumn Ceramics Festival, Hasami

Izuhara Port Festival, Tsushima Island

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

Saikai Bridge Whirlpool Festival

Mar 16 - April 7, 2024

A great contrast of whirlpools and cherry blossoms.

Cave of Light

December 7th, 2024 - March 2nd, 2025

Spiny Lobster Festival, Nomozaki

September 1 - 30th, 2024

Nakashima River Summer Festival

Isahaya Akari Fantasia

Shimbara Water Festival

August 24th, 2024

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.

Kira Kira Festival

November 29th - December 22nd, 2024

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

Hirado Flounder Festival

January 27th - March 17th, 2024

Kamigoto Church Concerts 【Church Week 2024】

December 1st - 16th, 2023

A spiritual experience that interweaves light and sound

Bayside of Light - Nagasaki Christmas 2024

Nagasaki Peiron Championship & Port Festival

July 27th - 28th, 2024

Shiman-rokusennichi Festival

August 8th - 10th every year

The summer festival of Fukuishi Kannon