November 8 - 9, 2022 Chiang Mai, Thailand Details In Chiang Mai, Loy Krathong is preceded by Yee Peng (The Lantern Festival), during which people release floating lanterns into the sky. It is during Yee Peng that you see locals' homes and public places decked out in colourful...
August 13 - 15, 2023 Japan Details Buddhists celebrate Obon every year as a time to remember their ancestors. Every year, during obon, it is thought that the ghosts of the ancestors visit their loved ones in this world. In accordance with custom, food sacrifices are made at...
August 20 - 21, 2022 Tokyo & Osaka, Japan Details The Summer Sonic Festival is an annual two-day rock festival held at the same time in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan. The majority of the bands playing in Osaka the first day go to Tokyo the following day and vice...
July 7 , 2022 Nationwide, Japan Details Tanabata, commonly referred to as the "star festival," occurs on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. According to the traditionally established lunar calendar, the seventh month of the year roughly corresponds to August rather than July, hence in certain...
July 29 - 31, 2022 Niigata, Japan Details The Fuji Rock Festival is one of those magical events. Set amidst a pristine mountain forest in one of Japan’s biggest ski resorts, rock out to the sounds of headline international bands and the best of the Japanese music scene. The annual...
July 16 - August 15, 2022 Boreyong, South Korea Details If Brazil has Rio Carnival and Oktoberfest in Germany, Korea has Boryeong Mud Festival! The global festival one can feel the joy of life away from ordinary daily lives. The hottest festival to express youth and passion! The...
May, 2023 Nikko Toshogu Shrine, Japan Details A procession of 1,000 samurai warriors staged at a world heritage site The highlight of this festival is the procession called Hyakumono-Zoroe Sennin Gyoretsu of some 1,000 men dressed as samurai warriors on the 18th. Nikko Toshogu, which is registered as a...
September 15-23, 2022 Jerusalem, Israel Details Founded in 1961 as a music festival at Caesarea's ancient Roman amphitheater, the Israel Festival relocated to Jerusalem in the 1980s, quickly becoming Israel's premier multi-disciplinary international festival. The Festival is held annually in Jerusalem and features world-class theatre, contemporary dance, classical...
March 8, 2023 India and Nepal Details The most boisterous of Hindu festivals, Holi waves goodbye to winter and welcomes in spring in a rainbow of colours. In India it’s predominantly celebrated in the north of the country, and is quite rightly known as the Festival of Colours...
February 3 - 5, 2023 Chiang Mai, Thailand Details Every February, the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai is overtaken by the heady scent of flowers. The biggest flower exhibition in all of Thailand happens at this time. The event also serves as an example of the customs of...
