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The Azuimno O-Fune Matsuri or ‘Ship Festival’ is a raucous and fun local event taking place over two day, from September 26th to 27th each year. Celebrating the founding-legends of Azumino itself, th...

Taking place on August 14th each year, the Azumino Fireworks Festival lays claim to being the third largest display in Nagano Prefecture. Set against the faint silhouette of the North Alps, around 12...

Held every year in the early cold of winter, the Azumino Kamikari is held at the beautiful Hotaka Shrine. Over two thousand bamboo lanterns light up the shrine and surround precinct, mimicking the sa...

May is known as the Month of Crafts in Matsumoto and every year on the last Saturday and Sunday of May the Matsumoto Craft Fair is held at the Agata-no-Mori park. Here people from all over Japan come ...

The Tatsuno Hotaru Festival (辰野ほたる祭り)is held every year in mid-June at the town of Tatsuno. The mystical fireflies will be abundant, over 10,000 if lucky, in this area and it attracts people from far ...

Matsumoto Bon Bon is a music festival where various groups of locals come together and dance through the streets of Matsumoto on the first Saturday of August. The dance performed is a very ...