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The Nagano Flower Festival
The Nagano Flower Festival (長野花まつり) is held every year on May 5th, Children's Day, at Zenko-ji Temple. On this day and the few days surrounding, it offers few events throughout the Nagano-city.&nb...Mizubasho Festival At MT Ryuoo
Take a ride on one of the world's biggest gondolas to the top of Mt. Ryuoo. The Skyland Express Vessel holds an incredible 166 people. At the summit (1,930m) enjoy panoramic views and a marshland cove...Matsumoto Craft Fair
May is known as the Month of Crafts in Matsumoto and every year on the last Saturday and Sunday of May the Matsumoto Craft Fair is held at the Agata-no-Mori park. Here people from all over Japan come ...Tatsuno Hotaru (Firefly) Festival “Japan’s fireflies dance”
The Tatsuno Hotaru Festival (辰野ほたる祭り)is held every year in mid-June at the town of Tatsuno. The mystical fireflies will be abundant, over 10,000 if lucky, in this area and it attracts people from far ...Nagano Gion Festival
The Gion festival is a celebration where people dedicate their prayers to calming down the god of storms. It has a long history, originating from the Yasaka-shrine in Kyoto around the 10th century. T...Owara Kaze-no-Bon Festival
Taking place over the first three days of September, the 'Owara Kaze no Bon Festival' sees dancers fill the streets of Yatsuo - in the south of Toyama City - as a prayer for a good harvest. On each d...Wakaho Fure-Ai Odori Festival
Wakaho is a district within Nagano city, a bit farther from the central area. In Wakaho there is Yushima Tenman-gu Shrine, nicknamed Yushima Tenjin. This shrine is not to be mistaken with the one in T...Shiga Kogen Extreme Trail Run
Taking place around Mount Yokote or ‘Yokoteyama’, the Shiga Kogen Extreme Trail Run is an increasingly popular event held in mid-October. Entrants to the event can participate in the full 54km course...Shiga Kogen Mountain Trail Run
Not to be mistaken with the Shiga Kogen Extreme Trail Run taking place in October, the Shiga Kogen Mountain Trail Run is held in mid-July and incudes two races: a longer 40km course and short 14.8km ...
