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21st Onomichi Lantern Festival

Oct 17 · Onomichi · Hiroshima

Miyajidake Shrine Tomyo Prayer Festival

Oct 21 · Fukutsu · Fukuoka

14th Yuwaku Bonbori Festival (2026)

Oct 17 · Kanazawa · Ishikawa

Yoshinogari Furusato Fire Festival

Oct 24 – Oct 25 · Yoshinogari · Saga

Fireworks

Echigo Hillside Park "Halloween Fantasy" (Nagaoka Fireworks)

Oct 24 · Nagaoka · Niigata

The 29th Usuki Takeyoi Bamboo Lantern Festival

Nov 7 · Usuki · Oita

Illumination

Nikkozan Rinnoji Temple Shoyoen Garden Light-up

Oct 23 – Oct 24 · Nikko · Tochigi

Mibu-style Fukube Halloween Night

Oct 31 · Mibu · Tochigi

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Saturday, Oct 17

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21st Onomichi Lantern Festival

Senkoji Temple · Onomichi

FestivalOct 17

14th Yuwaku Bonbori Festival (2026)

Yuwaku Onsen · Kanazawa

FestivalOct 17

NIGHT WAVE: Wave of Light Project at Suisho Beach (17-19 October)

Suishohama Beach · Mihama

IlluminationOct 17 – Oct 25Starts today

Fukuoka Lights Festival 2026: Korokan Festival of Light

Fukuoka

IZUMINATION 2026 at Yamaichi Sustainable Park Nanakita Park

Zuigan-ji · Matsushima

14th Yuwaku Bonbori Festival

Yuwaku Onsen · Kanazawa

FestivalOct 17

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Oct 17 (Sat) Iwakuni Castle Ropeway Night Operation

Iwakuni Castle · Iwakuni

Kanmuriyama Park Toka Candle Festival

冠山総合公園（光市室積村） · Hikari

IlluminationOct 23 – Oct 24

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Wednesday, Oct 21

Miyajidake Shrine Tomyo Prayer Festival

Fukutsu

FestivalOct 21

Friday, Oct 23

Nikkozan Rinnoji Temple Shoyoen Garden Light-up

Rinnoji Temple · Nikko

Kokura Castle Bamboo Lights

Kitakyushu

IlluminationOct 23 – Nov 3

8th Kokura Castle Take-Akari Bamboo Lantern Festival

Kokura Castle · Kitakyushu

FestivalOct 23 – Nov 3

Saturday, Oct 24

Yoshinogari Furusato Fire Festival

Yoshinogari Site · Yoshinogari

FestivalOct 24 – Oct 25

Echigo Hillside Park "Halloween Fantasy" (Nagaoka Fireworks)

Echigo Hillside National Government Park · Nagaoka

FireworksOct 24

Sky Lanterns at Tateyama Castle (Shiroyama Park Summit Plaza)

Shiroyama Park (Tateyama Castle) · Tateyama (Chiba)

Setouchi Galaxy: Shunan Factory Night View Walk

JR徳山駅周辺（集合場所は周南市観光案内所まちのポート） · Shunan

Daigo-zakura Night Lights

醍醐桜 · Maniwa

Fukumin Lantern Night

福井市中央公園 · Fukui

IlluminationOct 30 – Nov 3

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23rd Mitsuishi Town of Lights

四列穴門、三石八幡宮、三石中学校 · Bizen

FestivalOct 24

Kitsuki Castle Town Moon-Viewing Festival

きつき城下町一帯（大分県杵築市杵築） · Kitsuki

FestivalOct 24

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Thursday, Oct 29

Jewellumination Lighting Ceremony with Special Guests

Yomiuri Land · Inagi

IlluminationOct 29

Friday, Oct 30

Sou-Ene Akari Park 2026

Ueno Park · Tokyo

Hashikui-iwa Rocks Illumination

Hashikui-iwa Rocks · Kushimoto

IlluminationOct 30 – Nov 1

Saturday, Oct 31

Mibu-style Fukube Halloween Night

ふらっと壬生テラス（旧壬生町役場跡地／栃木県下都賀郡壬生町通町12-22）及び周辺など · Mibu

FestivalOct 31

Yamaguchi Yurameki Kairo Candle Night

Ruriko-ji Five-story Pagoda · Yamaguchi

IlluminationOct 31 – Nov 1

Hakata Old Town Light-Up Walk: Sennen Kouya

Fukuoka

IlluminationOct 31 – Nov 3

Nishiyama Park Illumination: Family Bonds Connected by Light

Nishiyama Park · Sabae

IlluminationOct 31

Hamamatsu Halloween Lantern

Hamamatsu Castle · Hamamatsu

FestivalOct 31

22nd Takehara Shokei no Michi Bamboo Lantern Night

たけはら町並み保存地区 · Takehara

IlluminationOct 31 – Nov 1

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Hakata Old Town Light-Up Walk 2026

Jotenji Temple · Fukuoka

IlluminationOct 31 – Nov 3

Sunday, Nov 1

"Light and Autumn Leaves – Fukokai" at Nyoirinji Temple (Frog Temple)

Ogori

IlluminationNov 1 – Nov 3

Illumination Lighting Ceremony

Mojiko Retro · Kitakyushu

IlluminationNov 1 – Nov 4

Hirado Night Museum 2026

Nagasaki Peace Park · Nagasaki

IlluminationNov 1

Mimasaka Take-Akari Bamboo Lights in Yunogo Onsen

湯郷温泉吉野川河川公園 · Mimasaka

FestivalNov 1

Tuesday, Nov 3

Tsuruga Port Illumination 'Miraie'

金ヶ崎緑地公園（敦賀市金ケ崎町44） · Tsuruga

IlluminationNov 3

Fujishima Illumination

Dewa Sanzan · Tsuruoka

IlluminationNov 3

Friday, Nov 6

Light Up NIKKO 2026 × Nikko World Heritage Night Wedding

Nikko Futarasan Shrine · Nikko

IlluminationNov 6 – Nov 8

Light-Up Nikko 2026

Nikko Futarasan Shrine · Nikko

IlluminationNov 6 – Nov 8

Huis Ten Bosch: The Starlight Million

Nagasaki Peace Park · Nagasaki

IlluminationNov 6

Saturday, Nov 7

The 29th Usuki Takeyoi Bamboo Lantern Festival

臼杵市 · Usuki

FestivalNov 7

Hanachozu Town Special Light-Up Event

Gyoda

IlluminationNov 7

Night Sky Walk

Mishima

IlluminationNov 7 – Nov 8

Autumn Nights in Nara 2026: Kasuga Taisha Shrine National Treasure Main Sanctuary Special Night Visit & Mantoro Lantern Lighting

Kasuga-taisha · Nara

IlluminationNov 7

World Diabetes Day Five-Story Pagoda Blue Light-Up

Takahata Fudoson Kongoji Temple · Hino

IlluminationNov 7 – Nov 14

30th Usuki Takeyoi Bamboo Lantern Festival

Nioza Historical Road · Usuki

FestivalNov 7 – Nov 8

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Autumn Nights in Nara 2026: Yakushiji Hakuho Garan Special Evening Viewing

Nara Park · Nara

IlluminationNov 7

27th Former Shizutani School Illumination

Shizutani School · Bizen

IlluminationNov 7 – Nov 15

Sunday, Nov 8

Laguna Illumination: Carnival of Light and Water

Laguna Ten Bosch · Gamagori

IlluminationNov 8

Friday, Nov 13

Momijidani Park Light-Up

Itsukushima Shrine · Miyajima

IlluminationNov 13

Former Saito Villa Autumn Leaves Light-up

Former Saito Villa · Niigata

IlluminationNov 13 – Nov 23

Saturday, Nov 14

Hiruzen Candle Night (Hiruzen Herb Garden Herbill)

蒜山ハーブガーデンハービル · Maniwa

IlluminationNov 14

Ashikaga Akari Monogatari 2026 (Ashikaga Light Story)

史跡足利学校鑁阿寺足利織姫神社 · Ashikaga

Light Up Oku-Nikko 2026: Kegon Falls Illumination

華厳滝県営無料観瀑台（日光市中宮祠） · Nikko

Kenhamaen Lantern Festival 2026: Japanese Garden Light-Up

幕張海浜公園日本庭園「見浜園」 · Chiba

IlluminationNov 14 – Nov 15

Northern Culture Museum Autumn Leaves Light-up

Northern Culture Museum · Niigata

Kegon Falls Illumination

Kegon Falls · Nikko