Japan’s Top Events in Autumn 2025

Owara Kaze no Bon dancers. (© Pixta)

A pair of dancers perform together. (© Pixta)

The All Japan Kokeshi Festival in August 2024. (© Jiji)

The exhibition poster. (© Tokyo National Museum)

A float speeds past. (© Jiji)

Japanese athletes at a press conference ahead of the championships: from left, Tanaka Nozomi (1,500 meters, 5,000 meters), Uzawa Towa (200 meters), Muratake Rachid (110 meters hurdles), Kitaguchi Haruka (javelin), Izumiya Shunsuke (110 meters hurdles), and Inoue Shunta (400 meters hurdles). (© Jiji; pool photo)

Official poster. (© 2024 Daisuke Igarashi All Rights Reserved)

The Tokyo skyline at night as seen from the observatory deck of Sunshine 60. (© Sunshine City)

The Sunshine 60 event will feature full-moon themed sweets and other items. (© Sunshine City)

Colorful displays of chrysanthemums (© Pixta)

Autumn foliage on Mount Kurikoma, a 1,626-meter peak that straddles Miyagi, Iwate, and Akita in northern Japan. (© Jiji)

Kiyomizudera in Kyoto. (© Jiji)

Kumade for sale at the Tori no Ichi market. (© Jiji)