The Best Japanese Festivals & Events On the Web

                     
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2025: 40th Annual Arizona Matsuri Festival of Japan Event (Japanese Food, Taiko, Dance, Martial Arts, Tea Ceremony..) 2 Days
2025: 54th Japantown Oshogatsu Matsuri Event - Year of the Snake (Celebration the New Year!) Japanese Cultural Arts & Crafts, Food, Entertainment..
2025 - 18th Annual Dragonfest: The World's Great Martial Arts Expo (Karate, Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do, Jiu-jitsu..)
2024 Holiday Makers Market, Japan Village (The Japanese Handmade Crafts Event) @japanvillagebrooklyn
Celebrate “The Japanese New Year” With a Special Cultural Event by @fioregeishaofficial (Modern Geisha Group) Sunday, January 19, 2025
2024 JACL DC Chapter Presents: Mochitsuki: A Hands-On Celebration of Culture and Community
2024 Nikkei Mochitsuki at Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre (Experience Ancient Mochitsuki Traditions, Flavours, and Entertainment)
2024 International Tea Exhibit (Featuring Authentic Tea Ceremonies & Presentation from Japan, Chinese, Korean..) Japanese Tea Ceremony, Kimono Show..
Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron: A Documentary Chronicling the Six-Year Creation of 'The Boy and the Heron' with Exclusive Studio Ghibli Access
2025 Bainbridge Island Mochi Tsuki Event: A Local Family Tradition Since 1970's Community Celebration (Taiko, Mochi Pounding, Activities, Origami..)
2024 Miso Soup Bomb Workshop by MISOMARU: Crafting Instant Miso Soup at Japan House (2 Sessions)
2025: San Diego Annual 20th Cherry Blossom Festival Celebration at Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park (Vendors) (4 Days)
2025: 93rd Seattle Summer Obon Festival Event (Bon Odori, Japanese Food, Beer Garden, Games, Live Entertainment..) Seattle Buddhist Temple (2 Days)
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I think your web site is a fabulous resource, and you are doing a great job with it. Also, submitting the event info was very easy. Everything was very well thought out. Thanks for providing the service.
-G. Uyeshima


Fantastic!  thank you so much for all the support and help! :)
-Krissy Kobata, TeamKrissy.com

Thank you so much for helping us to publicize the Spirit of Japantown Festival. You are great in developing this website for all the Japanese Events. We thank you from the bottom of your hearts. This is a fantastic thing you are doing for all the Japanese Communities!
-Jeanne Katsuro, Spirit of Japantown Festival Co-Chairperson

Your website was recommended to me by a friend who says this is the place to go if you're looking for any sort of Japanese/Japanese American events. He was right! The event listing that I submitted was promptly listed on the site. It even let me upload photos and videos. Japanese-city.com was quick in responding to all my emails and has been very supportive. Thanks!
-Yuri Yoshida, JACCC, Taiko Jam 09 Producer

A great thanks for such existence of this site. I have always wanted to exposed my students cultural traditions of Japan as well as Okinawa. Now I can send out emails on a daily basis inviting them to show up to many of these great events.
-Prince Loeffler Shugyokan Shorin ryu Dojo, Alljapankarate.com

The Japanese-City Web Site is a one stop shopping hub for Japanese and Japanese American cultural events, it's fantastic. From Japanese Gardens to the annual Bon Odori calendar to plays to classes, it makes finding events totally accessible in very friendly user way. Thank you for listing East West Players Creative Play class! I look forward to using the site on a regular basis to stay in touch with community events!
-Marilyn Tokuda, Eastwestplayers.org, Arts Education Director

Thanks for your help in publicizing our Youth Fundamental Clinic that we are conducting, we've gotten an excellent response since you posted the flyer and information and will have a full clinic.
-Jim Carroll, GEO Basketball Committee

Japanese-city has something for everyone! I love this site for spreading awareness of community events and being a great one-stop resource for anyone interested in leaning more about Japanese culture.
-Hannah

I'm going to go to this site all the time now to find out what's happening in town and refer others to it as well.
-Jackie Tsujimoto, Community Relations/Fundraising

Thanks for helping us spread the word. Japanese-City.com is a great place find out what's going on in Los Angeles in the Japanese Community.
-Amy Gorton, Tower PR

I love your site. :)
-Federico Gonzalez

You have an AWESOME website that is supporting the Japanese community!!
-Jenny

Great source of cultural information for the Japanese community. Needed by the community for a long time to help preserve the Japanese culture & tradition. Keep up the great work! Thank you!
-Gary

Your site is a great resource for events happening in the community-probably one of the only ones featuring the obon schedule for this summer. Thanks for the good work!
-Azusa, humblebeanblog.com

Thank you for your efficient posting. We were very pleased. Thank you once again for your informative website. Not only our temple, but I know a lot of organizations that use your website as a tool to schedule their events.
-Lillian

I think it's great that you have all the local events posted online. Thanks for all your help.
-Andrea Prieto

Thanks for the Updates...
-Richard Ames, Union Bank of California

Thank you so much for all you do. I think your website is GREAT for the community.
-Gail Matsui

I love the website as it advises us of events we're not even aware of. Keep up the good work!
-Christine

Thank you very much for your help. That is great news for the foundation.
-Sara Davis, The T.A.S.C. Group

Thank you for adding our Obon's information to your website. Obon dance festival schedule list is very useful. I will tell everyone about your site.
-Reverend Ryuta Furumoto, Arizona Buddhist Temple

Thank you so much for placing our info on the website! It looks great!
-Alison Kochiyama, Japanese Cultural Institute, Executive Director

Keep up the good work on your website.
-Terry Hara, Deputy Chief

I just wanted to thank you for sending information's in regards to our local Japanese activities.  I was able to forward the latest news to most of our family and friends.  We did not know that there was a lot to see and do in Orange County,  Los Angeles and other surrounding areas. Again, many thanks....
-Marge

I think your website is great and I am telling all my friends and colleagues. Keep up the great work.
-Gail

Thank you for putting our event information on such a wonderful website! I wish I knew your website earlier.
-Maiko Takara, Marketing Communications Specialist, Sachi Koto Communications, Inc.

Thanks for sending this schedule to me - I really enjoy receiving and seeing what's happening.
-Cathy

Your website provides a great service to the Japanese community - Thank you.
-Scott Iwamoto

Thank you in advance for all of your help getting this the exposure that your great site can provide. It is clear that your site is very popular with the target youth basketball teams that we want to participate.
-John

I was looking online for places to post Japanese related programs. I google some key terms and your site came up. I have never heard of your website, but I am glad I came across it.
-Dana

I like the technical support and the timely manner in which you all get back to the initiator of the activity I like the idea that you have one place to post items of interest. I would give you guys a 99% approval rating!
-Jeannie

Thank you for posting our Bon Odori Practice Schedule. Your website is so handy!
-Christine

I have bookmarked your website. It is excellent.
-Sue Miyabe, Gardena Valley JCI, Bridge Heritage Library Volunteer

I found you while I was doing target marketing research (online keyword search). It took me quite some time, but I am now very happy that I found you.
-Heesung, Lincoln Center

I think is great that your website provides so much information about the Japanese/J-A cultural activities.
-Elaine

The website looks great.
-Andrea, Angels Baseball

I can't believe we never submitted events to your site before. You have a great site that I plan to mention in our monthly newsletter.
-Kim Andrews, Shofuso Japanese House and Garden

I found you while I was doing target marketing research, it took me quite some time, but I am now very happy that I found you.
-Heesung Kim, Lincoln Center

Thank you for supporting our Silver Bells Arts & Crafts Faire! You do great work with your website!
-Emily Hsieh, Administrative Director, Kimochi, Inc.

The Obon info on your site is amazing!
-Jim Shimomaye, WLA Buddhist Temple

I enjoy looking at your website. It's great to have one stop to see everything going on in the Japanese Community in Southern California.
-Donna Kimura