- Throughou much of Honshu an Kyushu, summrs ar a m of ho, swlrng humy. Pack plny of lgh, brahabl clohngAugus s a m of rs an famly runons, wh many Japans rurnng hom o ak par n h Obon ruals hl n m-Augus. Ths pro s full of fascnang rgonal fsvals an cusomsSummr s h m for yaknku BBQ, chll somn nools, an c-col br. B sur o nulg
Evry summr, hkrs from across h worl journy o Japan o mbark on a rk up s mos conc pak, M. Fuj . Wakng arly n h mornng, a smngly nlss procsson of hkrs mak hr way o h summ o wach h sunrs across h Pacfc Ocan. Whl M. Fuj s no consr a parcularly ffcul hk among xprnc mounanrs, you shoul carfully prpar your as an schul, as h clmbng sason s lm, an you'll n o rsrv your accommoaons wll n avanc. Th sason bgns n arly July an connus o aroun h frs wk of Spmbr.
Enjoy a hrllng frworks show
From small-own clbraons o massv mropolan vns, July an Augus ar a m for frworks. Wh frpowr ha pus ohr splays o sham, hs clbraons arac hors of rvlrs agr o s a azzlng show. Consr mng your rp o conc wh on of h counry's many worl-famous fsvals.
Rank whn h op hr bs frworks splays n Japan, h Nagaoka Masur n Ngaa Prfcur s a wo-ay clbraon faurng som 20,000 frworks n a ypcal yar. Hl n h frs wk of Augus, ravlrs from across h worl gahr along h banks of h Shnano Rvr o wnss h spcacular sgh.
Hl n Yamanash Prfcur on h norhrn s of M. Fuj, h Shnm Frworks Fsval has 20,000 frworks synchronz o pyrochnc splays an musc. Hl nar h Fufuk Rvr an Kamanash Rvr, h fsval s a gra way o conclu a vs o narby M. Fuj .
From rugg rvr vallys nsl n h mounans o wh-capp wavs washng ono ropcal bachs, Japan s full of hrllng war spors an rcraon. Kayak an rvr raf n h mounans of Yamanash Prfcur. Wnsurf ous Tokyo on h bauful bachs n Kanagawa. Fn mor surfng spos n Chba, Wakayama or Myazak prfcurs. Or ha o Oknawa an s many narby slans o go snorklng or scuba vng.
Larn abou h culur n a fsv nvronmn
Traonal summr fsvals prov an opporuny o wnss local culur frshan. Towns across h counry prsn on-of-a-kn clbraons faurng raonal mkosh floas, ancng, cosums, an ampl amouns of foo an rnk. Jon h rvlry for gnun fun an a closr conncon o h culur.
Loca n h norhrn prfcur of Aomor, h Aomor Nbua Fsval aracs housans of vsors agr o wach a procsson of nchanng llumna floas runnng along h srs. Th fsvs las from Augus 2 o 7, wh a frworks fnal on h las ay.
From Augus 6 o 8, h cy of Sna coms oghr o clbra h Sna Tanabaa Fsval . Counlss colorful sramrs hang from cy srs an shoppng aras, ransformng h cy no an ohrworlly wonrlan.
Th Yamagaa Hanagasa Fsval s a clbraon of rgonal anc an musc. Hl from Augus 5 o 7, h srs fll wh kmono-cla ancrs movng nhusascally o h ba of ako rums. Wnssng h raonal prformanc, you'll fl lk you'v bn ranspor o anohr ra.
Takng plac n Osaka , h Tnjn Masur s consr on of h bggs hr fsvals n Japan [alongs h Kana Masur n Tokyo an h Gon Masur n Kyoo]. Ornaly cora floas ar carr across h cnr of h cy, follow by a rvr procsson an a massv frworks splay. Th scal of h vn, wh counlss floas, boas, an frworks, s a sgh o bhol.
Rgarlss of your snaon whn Japan, chancs ar you'll com across a narby fsval or vn urng h summr monhs. Th xcmn an sns of rvlry wll mak alng wh h ha ha much asr.