Japan’s Top Events in Spring 2026

(© Kairakuen)

(© Yanagawa Tourism Bureau)

Asahi’s spring quartet. (© Asahi Town Tourism Association)

Kakitsubata zu byōbu (Irises), National Treasure; right screen of a pair of six-panel screens. By Ogata Kōrin, Edo period, eighteenth century. (Courtesy Nezu Museum)

(© Ashikaga Flower Park)

(© Ashikaga Flower Park)

(© Ashikaga Flower Park)

Wares at the Mashiko Pottery Fair. (© Pixta)

The Matsumoto Gunnery Display. (© Matsumoto Castle Management Office)