Event Calendar
Check out Okayama's many seasonal events!
6 june
Ohaganishi Tanada (Rice Terrace) Festival takes place in 850 mortar-shaped rice terraces located in …
Unai is well known as a habitat for fireflies. From late May to early June, the area offers visitors…
Women wearing sedge hats and dark blue kimonos with white splash patterns plant rice seedlings by ha…
On June 26, national outdoor bath day (rotenburo), ceremonies and events to commemorate hot springs …
7 july
Hanagoza, specialty mats produced here, and other rush products are offered at special discount pric…
It is one of Kurashiki’s major summer festivals. The Daikan Bayashi-Odori Dance performed by m…
8 august
Performed by dancers made up as ogres, Uraja is very famous. The climax of the festival is a dance t…
This festival celebrates the legend of a water sprite (kappa) that has been handed down through the …
Korakuen Garden and Okayama Castle are illuminated with traditional Japanese-style lighting such as …
Shiraishi-odori Dance is thought to have been created on Shiraishijima Island to honor a samurai who…
This is a traditional Takahashi City dance that has been performed for over 380 years. Dancers wear …
Around the same time as the famous Daimonji-yaki festival in Kyoto, the Wamoji festival takes place …