Events Near Kinosaki
Note: Only main events ocurring in Kinosaki Onsen and Toyooka City are posted on this page. Please check our Instagram highlights @visitkinosaki for all events.
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Kitamae Festival
Kitamae ships were trading vessels active from the1600s to the 1800s, setting sail from Hokkaido and transporting goods to ports around Japan. Takeno was one of the trading stops ……
Takeno Umi Machi Market
With warm weather comes Takeno's monthly seaside market! Shop local at various food and gift stalls while taking in the fresh ocean breeze. ……
Toyooka Music Festival
The annual festival of music known as "Onpu no Saiten" will be back for 2024! Dubbed as the "week when Toyooka transforms into a town of music," Onpu no Saiten aims to enco……
Izushi Monthly Market
The monthly Irodori Market welcomes local vendors to sell their wares to passersby on the retro streets of Izushi.
Izushi Soba-Eating Competition
The annual soba-eating competition in Izushi will be held on April 21! What is Izushi Soba? Izushi soba noodles are the local gourmet dish, made of buckwheat and traditional……
Tanto Tulip Festival
The annual Tulip Festival in Tanto, a farming village southeast of Kinosaki Onsen, is going to be held this year in April! Event Location: Tanto Flower Park, 1234 Tantocho……
Izushi First Day of the Horse Festival
A procession of shrine maidens dressed as white foxes descending from Arikoyama Inari Shrine The 400-year-old custom of welcoming the arrival of spring in Izushi Castle Town, the F……
Toyooka Art Season
Toyooka Art Season Autumn/Winter Edition is here! Until March various dance, music, theater, and art events will be held throughout Toyooka City. Those who would like to receiv……
Autumn Foliage at Ankokuji Temple
Ankokuji Temple, the Zen Buddhist temple famed for its vibrant autumn foliage in the farming village of Tanto, will be welcoming visitors to admire the fall leaves in November. ……
Izushi Shin Soba Festival
Join us for the annual soba buckwheat noodle festival! Tis the season for harvesting buckwheat. Waste no time getting a taste of the freshest soba noodles just in time for a……
Izushi Castle Festival
On the 3rd of November every year, the Castle Festival is held to symbolize the castle town of Izushi. The highlight of the festival is the Daimyo Gyoretsu, a procession of people……
Izushi Fall Danjiri Festival
The annual Izushi Fall Danjiri Festival will be held this year on October 15! In Japan, Danjiri Festivals are also known as “fighting shrine festivals” in which staged battles ……
Toyooka Theater Festival
Madama Butterfly, scheduled to be performed at the Kinosaki International Arts Center © Philip Frowein Held yearly in September. As a small city with a profound focus on the……
Tanto Rice Field Art
The annual rice field art installments in Tanto are back for summer 2023!From late June to September, come and view two rice field artpieces carefully designed and grown by local ……
Tanto Sunflower Festival + Corn Picking
Tanto's annual Sunflower Festival at Tanto Flower Park is just in time for summer! From August 5, over 500,000 sunflowers will be on display for festival-goers to frolick throu……
Izushi Atago Fire Festival
The Izushi Atago Fire Festival is on the evening of August 20. Each year people gather at this small shrine to celebrate and wish for good health. The main event starts with the fi……
Yanagi Matsuri
Toyooka City's annual summer festival, the Yanagi Matsuri, is back for 2023! As an honorary celebration commemmorating the town's history in willow-crafting and subsequently bag-m……
Izushi Bon Odori
The annual Bon Odori dance in Izushi will be held on the evenings of August 14 and 15. Bon Odori is a traditional Japanese dance that is often performed at summer festivals to hon……