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July in Japan Calendar

July 2026

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Events for July

1st

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Two people going backpacking in a forest.

All Day

Mountain Opening Day in Japan 山開き　やまびらき

Mt. Fuji

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Fireworks over a river in Miyagi city in Miyagi prefecture.

All Day

River Opening 川開き　かわびらき

All Japan

8:00 am - 6:00 pm

Sea Opening or Beach Opening 海開き　うみびらき

All Japan

Japanese Culture, July in Japan, The giant mikoshi called a Yamakasa is pulled along the street at the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival in Fukuoka

All Day

Hakata Gion Yamakasa　博多祇園山笠　はかたぎおんやまかさ

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

2nd

Half-Summer, Japanese Culture, July in Japan

All Day

Half-Summer 半夏生　はんげしょう

All Japan

Japanese Culture, July in Japan, The giant mikoshi called a Yamakasa is pulled along the street at the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival in Fukuoka

All Day

Hakata Gion Yamakasa　博多祇園山笠　はかたぎおんやまかさ

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

3rd

Half-Summer, Japanese Culture, July in Japan

All Day

Half-Summer 半夏生　はんげしょう

All Japan

Japanese Culture, July in Japan, The giant mikoshi called a Yamakasa is pulled along the street at the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival in Fukuoka

All Day

Hakata Gion Yamakasa　博多祇園山笠　はかたぎおんやまかさ

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

4th

Half-Summer, Japanese Culture, July in Japan

All Day

Half-Summer 半夏生　はんげしょう

All Japan

Japanese Culture, July in Japan, The giant mikoshi called a Yamakasa is pulled along the street at the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival in Fukuoka

All Day

Hakata Gion Yamakasa　博多祇園山笠　はかたぎおんやまかさ

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

5th

Half-Summer, Japanese Culture, July in Japan

All Day

Half-Summer 半夏生　はんげしょう

All Japan

Japanese Culture, July in Japan, The giant mikoshi called a Yamakasa is pulled along the street at the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival in Fukuoka

All Day

Hakata Gion Yamakasa　博多祇園山笠　はかたぎおんやまかさ

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

6th

Half-Summer, Japanese Culture, July in Japan

All Day

Half-Summer 半夏生　はんげしょう

All Japan

Japanese Culture, July in Japan, The giant mikoshi called a Yamakasa is pulled along the street at the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival in Fukuoka

All Day

Hakata Gion Yamakasa　博多祇園山笠　はかたぎおんやまかさ

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

7th

Japanese Culture, July in Japan, Tanabata in a shrine at Sendai

All Day

Tanabata (the Evening of the Seventh) 七夕 or the Star Festival 星祭り

All Japan

Japanese Culture, July in Japan, The giant mikoshi called a Yamakasa is pulled along the street at the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival in Fukuoka

All Day

Hakata Gion Yamakasa　博多祇園山笠　はかたぎおんやまかさ

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

8th

Japanese Culture, July in Japan, The giant mikoshi called a Yamakasa is pulled along the street at the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival in Fukuoka

All Day

Hakata Gion Yamakasa　博多祇園山笠　はかたぎおんやまかさ

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

9th

Japanese Culture, July in Japan, The giant mikoshi called a Yamakasa is pulled along the street at the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival in Fukuoka

All Day

Hakata Gion Yamakasa　博多祇園山笠　はかたぎおんやまかさ

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

10th

Japanese Culture, July in Japan, The giant mikoshi called a Yamakasa is pulled along the street at the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival in Fukuoka

All Day

Hakata Gion Yamakasa　博多祇園山笠　はかたぎおんやまかさ

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

11th

Japanese Culture, July in Japan, The giant mikoshi called a Yamakasa is pulled along the street at the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival in Fukuoka

All Day

Hakata Gion Yamakasa　博多祇園山笠　はかたぎおんやまかさ

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

12th

Japanese Culture, July in Japan, The giant mikoshi called a Yamakasa is pulled along the street at the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival in Fukuoka

All Day

Hakata Gion Yamakasa　博多祇園山笠　はかたぎおんやまかさ

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

13th

Japanese Culture, July in Japan, The giant mikoshi called a Yamakasa is pulled along the street at the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival in Fukuoka

All Day

Hakata Gion Yamakasa　博多祇園山笠　はかたぎおんやまかさ

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

14th

Japanese Culture, July in Japan, The giant mikoshi called a Yamakasa is pulled along the street at the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival in Fukuoka

All Day

Hakata Gion Yamakasa　博多祇園山笠　はかたぎおんやまかさ

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

15th

Japanese Culture, July in Japan, The giant mikoshi called a Yamakasa is pulled along the street at the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival in Fukuoka

All Day

Hakata Gion Yamakasa　博多祇園山笠　はかたぎおんやまかさ

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Japanese Culture, July in Japan, A sunny, beautiful beach full of sunbathers somewhere in Japan, Day of the Sea in Japan

All Day

Day of the Sea in Japan 海の日　うみのひ

All Japan

Events for July

16th

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

17th

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

18th

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

19th

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

20th

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

21st

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

22nd

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

23rd

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

24th

Tenjin Festival Osaka July 24th and 25th

All Day

Tenjin Festival　(Osaka City) 天神祭り　てんじんまつり

Osaka Tenmangu

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

25th

Tenjin Festival Osaka July 24th and 25th

All Day

Tenjin Festival　(Osaka City) 天神祭り　てんじんまつり

Osaka Tenmangu

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

26th

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

27th

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

28th

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

29th

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

30th

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

Events for July

31st

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

All Day

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

Gion Festival

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01 July 2026

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Two people going backpacking in a forest.

Mountain Opening Day in Japan 山開き　やまびらき

Mountain Opening Day in Japan on July 1st every year is the official start of the mountaineering season in Japan with the opening of the summer time trails on Mt. Fuji. ...

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01 July 2026

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Fireworks over a river in Miyagi city in Miyagi prefecture.

River Opening 川開き　かわびらき

"River Opening" celebrate the beginning of the cool breeze from the river that cools things down in summertime and also serve as water god festivals. ...

All Day

Japan

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01 July 2026

Sea Opening or Beach Opening 海開き　うみびらき

Sea Opening or Beach Opening is when the beaches officially open for the summer crowds. This includes providing life guards, cafes, and many amenities that make going to the beach safe and fun! The opening day may include prayers for safety from Shinto priests as well; it just depends on the beach. ...

8:00 am - 6:00 pm

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01 July 2026
15 July 2026

Japanese Culture, July in Japan, The giant mikoshi called a Yamakasa is pulled along the street at the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival in Fukuoka

Hakata Gion Yamakasa　博多祇園山笠　はかたぎおんやまかさ

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01 July 2026
31 July 2026

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

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02 July 2026
06 July 2026

Half-Summer, Japanese Culture, July in Japan

Half-Summer 半夏生　はんげしょう

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02 July 2026
15 July 2026

Japanese Culture, July in Japan, The giant mikoshi called a Yamakasa is pulled along the street at the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival in Fukuoka

Hakata Gion Yamakasa　博多祇園山笠　はかたぎおんやまかさ

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02 July 2026
31 July 2026

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

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03 July 2026
06 July 2026

Half-Summer, Japanese Culture, July in Japan

Half-Summer 半夏生　はんげしょう

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03 July 2026
15 July 2026

Japanese Culture, July in Japan, The giant mikoshi called a Yamakasa is pulled along the street at the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival in Fukuoka

Hakata Gion Yamakasa　博多祇園山笠　はかたぎおんやまかさ

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03 July 2026
31 July 2026

Japanese Culture, Japanese Cultural Calendar, Gion Festival in Kyoto, People pulling the giant mikoshii along the streets of Kyoto.

Gion Festival (Kyoto City) 祇園祭り　ぎおんまつり

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04 July 2026
06 July 2026

Half-Summer, Japanese Culture, July in Japan

Half-Summer 半夏生　はんげしょう

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Pjechorin

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.