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May in Japan Calendar

May 2026

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Events for May

26th

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Events for May

27th

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Events for May

28th

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Events for May

29th

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Events for May

30th

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Events for May

31st

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Timeline of May in Japan

18 May 2026
25 May 2026
Men riding a log down the mountainside in the Onbashira festival in Nagano.

Onbashira Festival 2022, 2028, 2034 every six years 御柱祭 おんばしらさい(Nagano Prefecture)

Come see grown men riding huge tree trunks down a mountain then stand them up again at the once every six years festival at Suwa shrine in Nagano in April and May. ...

All Day
18-15 Kaminishiyamamachi, Nagasaki, 850-0006
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19 May 2026
25 May 2026
Men riding a log down the mountainside in the Onbashira festival in Nagano.

Onbashira Festival 2022, 2028, 2034 every six years 御柱祭 おんばしらさい(Nagano Prefecture)

Come see grown men riding huge tree trunks down a mountain then stand them up again at the once every six years festival at Suwa shrine in Nagano in April and May. ...

All Day
18-15 Kaminishiyamamachi, Nagasaki, 850-0006
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20 May 2026
25 May 2026
Men riding a log down the mountainside in the Onbashira festival in Nagano.

Onbashira Festival 2022, 2028, 2034 every six years 御柱祭 おんばしらさい(Nagano Prefecture)

Come see grown men riding huge tree trunks down a mountain then stand them up again at the once every six years festival at Suwa shrine in Nagano in April and May. ...

All Day
18-15 Kaminishiyamamachi, Nagasaki, 850-0006
View Details
21 May 2026
25 May 2026
Men riding a log down the mountainside in the Onbashira festival in Nagano.

Onbashira Festival 2022, 2028, 2034 every six years 御柱祭 おんばしらさい(Nagano Prefecture)

Come see grown men riding huge tree trunks down a mountain then stand them up again at the once every six years festival at Suwa shrine in Nagano in April and May. ...

All Day
18-15 Kaminishiyamamachi, Nagasaki, 850-0006
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22 May 2026
25 May 2026
Men riding a log down the mountainside in the Onbashira festival in Nagano.

Onbashira Festival 2022, 2028, 2034 every six years 御柱祭 おんばしらさい(Nagano Prefecture)

Come see grown men riding huge tree trunks down a mountain then stand them up again at the once every six years festival at Suwa shrine in Nagano in April and May. ...

All Day
18-15 Kaminishiyamamachi, Nagasaki, 850-0006
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23 May 2026
25 May 2026
Men riding a log down the mountainside in the Onbashira festival in Nagano.

Onbashira Festival 2022, 2028, 2034 every six years 御柱祭 おんばしらさい(Nagano Prefecture)

Come see grown men riding huge tree trunks down a mountain then stand them up again at the once every six years festival at Suwa shrine in Nagano in April and May. ...

All Day
18-15 Kaminishiyamamachi, Nagasaki, 850-0006
View Details
24 May 2026
25 May 2026
Men riding a log down the mountainside in the Onbashira festival in Nagano.

Onbashira Festival 2022, 2028, 2034 every six years 御柱祭 おんばしらさい(Nagano Prefecture)

Come see grown men riding huge tree trunks down a mountain then stand them up again at the once every six years festival at Suwa shrine in Nagano in April and May. ...

All Day
18-15 Kaminishiyamamachi, Nagasaki, 850-0006
View Details
25 May 2026
Men riding a log down the mountainside in the Onbashira festival in Nagano.

Onbashira Festival 2022, 2028, 2034 every six years 御柱祭 おんばしらさい(Nagano Prefecture)

Come see grown men riding huge tree trunks down a mountain then stand them up again at the once every six years festival at Suwa shrine in Nagano in April and May. ...

All Day
18-15 Kaminishiyamamachi, Nagasaki, 850-0006
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21 April 2027
25 May 2027
Men riding a log down the mountainside in the Onbashira festival in Nagano.

Onbashira Festival 2022, 2028, 2034 every six years 御柱祭 おんばしらさい(Nagano Prefecture)

Come see grown men riding huge tree trunks down a mountain then stand them up again at the once every six years festival at Suwa shrine in Nagano in April and May. ...

All Day
18-15 Kaminishiyamamachi, Nagasaki, 850-0006
View Details
22 April 2027
25 May 2027
Men riding a log down the mountainside in the Onbashira festival in Nagano.

Onbashira Festival 2022, 2028, 2034 every six years 御柱祭 おんばしらさい(Nagano Prefecture)

Come see grown men riding huge tree trunks down a mountain then stand them up again at the once every six years festival at Suwa shrine in Nagano in April and May. ...

All Day
18-15 Kaminishiyamamachi, Nagasaki, 850-0006
View Details
23 April 2027
25 May 2027
Men riding a log down the mountainside in the Onbashira festival in Nagano.

Onbashira Festival 2022, 2028, 2034 every six years 御柱祭 おんばしらさい(Nagano Prefecture)

Come see grown men riding huge tree trunks down a mountain then stand them up again at the once every six years festival at Suwa shrine in Nagano in April and May. ...

All Day
18-15 Kaminishiyamamachi, Nagasaki, 850-0006
View Details
24 April 2027
25 May 2027
Men riding a log down the mountainside in the Onbashira festival in Nagano.

Onbashira Festival 2022, 2028, 2034 every six years 御柱祭 おんばしらさい(Nagano Prefecture)

Come see grown men riding huge tree trunks down a mountain then stand them up again at the once every six years festival at Suwa shrine in Nagano in April and May. ...

All Day
18-15 Kaminishiyamamachi, Nagasaki, 850-0006
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I have lived and worked with my family in Japan since 2005. For many years I have been interested in the very practical and creative side of Japanese culture. In my free time I travel around, enjoy hiking in the countryside and cities, and just generally seeing and doing new things. This blog is primarily a way for me to focus my energies and record and teach others about what I have learned by experience constructively. I am interested in urban development, and sustainable micro-economics, especially home-economics, and practical things everyday families can do to survive and thrive through these changing times.