Events in Japan in April 2027
Dates verified: September 27, 2026
The most memorable festivals, fireworks nights, flower seasons, snow festivals and light-ups in April 2027, each date checked against its organiser. Filter by kind or city, and open an event for the details.
- Tsuwano Yabusame Festival · Early April 2027鷲原八幡宮 流鏑馬神事Tsuwano · Shimane · FreeJapan's only yabusame course still in its original form, where riders in Kamakura-period dress gallop 250 metres and loose at three targets on the first Sunday of April.
U.S. Marine Corps via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · cropped - Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival · Early April 2027 – Early May 2027弘前さくらまつりHirosaki · Aomori · FreeJapan's most celebrated castle-park hanami, where thousands of cherry trees line Hirosaki Castle's moats and fallen petals turn the water into a pink carpet.
掬茶 via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped - Kamakura Festival · Mid April 2027鎌倉まつりKamakura · Kanagawa · FreeA week of spring ceremonies at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu, opening with a procession and closing with yabusame horseback archery down the shrine's approach.
Urashimataro via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · cropped - Hitachi Seaside Park Nemophila · Mid April 2027 – Early May 2027ネモフィラハーモニーHitachinaka · Ibaraki · From ¥800The blue hill of Hitachi Seaside Park, where millions of nemophila cover Miharashi Hill against the sky and the Pacific for three weeks each spring.
Nguyen TP Hai via Unsplash · Unsplash License · cropped - Ashikaga Flower Park Great Wisteria Festival · Mid April 2027 – Mid May 2027ふじのはな物語～大藤まつりAshikaga · Tochigi · From ¥1,200Japan's most famous wisteria, a 160-year-old Great Wisteria whose canopy spreads across a vast trellis, lit at night through the six-week Ashikaga festival.
Michael Lee via Unsplash · Unsplash License · cropped - Fuji Shibazakura Festival · Mid April 2027 – Late May 2027富士芝桜まつりFujikawaguchiko · Yamanashi · From ¥1,000A carpet of pink moss phlox beneath a snow-capped Mount Fuji, the largest shibazakura display in the Tokyo region and one of the great Fuji views of spring.
t.kunikuni via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped - Takayama Spring Festival (Sanno Matsuri) · 14–15 Apr春の高山祭（山王祭）Takayama · Gifu · FreeTwo fixed April days when Takayama parades its gilded yatai floats and karakuri puppets, with a lantern-lit night procession through the old town on the 14th.
Vladimir Haltakov via Unsplash · Unsplash License · cropped - Kawachi Wisteria Garden · Mid April 2027 – Early May 2027河内藤園Kitakyushu · Fukuoka · From ¥600The wisteria tunnels of Kawachi Fuji-en, a private garden in the hills of Kitakyushu open for three weeks each spring by timed ticket only.
そらみみ (Soramimi) via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped - Already running
- Nabana no Sato Illumination · 17 Oct 2026 – 31 May 2027なばなの里 イルミネーションKuwana · Mie · From ¥2,500Japan's largest garden illumination, from mid-October to the end of May in a flower park near Nagoya, with a light tunnel and a field of millions of LEDs.
carloshonda via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · cropped
Frequently Asked Questions
April is the richest month for flowers. Hirosaki’s castle-park hanami opens in mid-April and runs into Golden Week, the nemophila hill at Hitachi Seaside Park peaks in the second half of the month, the Great Wisteria at Ashikaga Flower Park is fullest around 20 to 30 April, Kawachi Wisteria Garden opens its tunnels by timed ticket, and the Fuji Shibazakura carpet spreads beneath a snow-capped Fuji from mid-month.
Yes. Takayama’s Sanno Matsuri parades its gilded yatai floats on 14 and 15 April every year, with the karakuri puppets and the lantern-lit night procession on the 14th. Kamakura Festival runs from the second Sunday to the third at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu, closing with yabusame horseback archery. Sengakuji in Tokyo also holds its spring Gishisai for the 47 ronin from 1 to 7 April.
Book Takayama lodging months ahead or day-trip from Nagoya or Kanazawa, and buy Kawachi Wisteria Garden’s timed tickets the day they are released in late March or early April. For blossom, check each park’s own bloom forecast before committing: in a warm spring Hirosaki peaks in mid-April rather than Golden Week, and the nemophila hill is often past its best by the holiday week.