2025 Nagasaki Lantern Festival

January 29th - February 12th, 2025

The Huis Ten Bosch Tulip Festival

February 7th - April 9th, 2025

Enter the Flower Kingdom!

Kanoukaen

Mar 29, 2025

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

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.

Kujukushima Oyster Festival - Fall / Winter

Goto Camellia Festival

February 22nd - March 2nd, 2025

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

Yosakoi Sasebo Festival

October 18th - 20th, 2024

The largest Yosakoi event in Kyushu.

The Spirit Boat Procession / Shoronagashi

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

Nagasaki's traditional summer event

Kujukushima Sunset Cruise

Enjoy the spectacular contrast of sunset and islands.

Nagasaki Kunchi / Okunchi

October 7th - 9th, every year

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

Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony

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

A prayer for everlasting world peace.

Emukae Sentourou (Thousand Lantern) Festival

August 23 - 24th, every year

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

Nagasaki Tall Ships Festival

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

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.

Huis Ten Bosch - Kingdom of Light

A maginificent display of 10 million lights

Spiny Lobster Festival, Nomozaki

September 1 - 30th, 2024

Kira Kira Festival

November 29th - December 22nd, 2024

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

2024 Nagasaki Port Festival

July 27 - 28th, 2024

10,000 fireworks over two days!

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.

Izuhara Port Festival, Tsushima Island

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

Omura Flower Festival

Omura is filled with flowers from spring to early summer.

Haiki Tea Fair

May-June

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

Shimbara Water Festival

August 24th, 2024

Saikai Bridge Whirlpool Festival

Mar 16 - April 7, 2024

A great contrast of whirlpools and cherry blossoms.

Tohka Ebisu Festival

January 10th every year

A special festival with an eight hundred-year history and tradition, praying for better luck and thriving business.

2025 Nomozaki Daffodil Festival

Mid/Late of January, 2025

Hirado Flounder Festival

January 25th - March 16th, 2025

Takengei (Wakamiya Inari Shrine's Autumn Festival)

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

Mizukake Jizo Festival

August 23rd・24th every year

A Summer tradition of Emukae

Nagushiyama Azalea Festival

April 3 - April 30, 2024

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

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.

Cave of Light

December 7th, 2024 - March 2nd, 2025

Hasami Spring Pottery Festival

Apr 29 - May 5, 2023

Local specialty ceramicware on sale - find your favorite!

Sechibaru the First Tea of the Season Festival "Jigemon(locally grown) Fair"

Late May

It is an event that you can fully enjoy the rich flavor of Sechibaru Tea.

Unzen Akari No Hanaboro

February 1st - February 22th, 2025

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

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

Isahaya Akari Fantasia

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.

Shiman-rokusennichi Festival

August 8th - 10th every year

The summer festival of Fukuishi Kannon