Event date |
Event name |
Venue |
April |
First Sunday |
Odori Nenbutsu (Chanting prayers while dancing) |
Saku City |
|
Third Saturday and Sunday |
Saku City Kyoho Taikai (Power Walk Contest) |
Saku City |
|
29 (Showa Day) |
Arafune Fudoson Reisai (Annual Festival) |
Saku City |
|
29 (Showa Day) |
Ne Shrine Shikisanbaso (Traditional Prelude) |
Saku City |
|
29 (Showa Day) |
Free distribution/spot sales of greening trees |
Karuizawa Town |
May |
3 – 5 |
Saku Balloon Festival |
Saku City |
|
3 (Constitution Memorial Day) |
Mountain stream fishing gathering |
Karuizawa Town |
|
3 (Constitution Memorial Day) |
Bird watching gathering |
Karuizawa Town |
|
3 (Constitution Memorial Day) |
Horse riding in spring |
Karuizawa Town |
|
3 – 5 |
Saku Koi Matsuri (Carp Festival) |
Saku City |
|
6 |
Asama Shakunage Koen Matsuri (Rhododendron Park Festival) |
Miyota Town |
|
10 |
Eki Kara (From-Station) Hiking |
Karuizawa Town |
|
10 |
Fureai Hiroba (Park) |
Miyota Town |
|
11 |
Donguri Gaeshi (Arbor Day) |
Karuizawa Town |
|
15 |
Kumano Kotai Shrine Haru no Saiten (Spring Festival) |
Karuizawa Town |
|
17/24 |
Mebuki no Karuizawa wo Aruko (Let’s walk Karuizawa in sprouting season) |
Karuizawa Town |
|
Third Sunday |
Usuda Komansai (Full Grain Festival) |
Saku City |
|
Late in the month |
Hana to Midori to Dobutsu (Flowers, Verdure and Animals) Fureai Festa |
Saku City |
June |
|
|
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July |
4 |
Utsukushigahara Trail Run & Walk in Nagawa |
Nagawa Town |
|
Saturday and Sunday in early July |
Nakagomi Tanabata Festival |
Saku City |
|
Saturday and Sunday in mid-July |
Iwamurada Gion Festival |
Saku City |
|
Saturday and Sunday in late July |
Nozawa Gion Festival |
Saku City |
|
25 |
Ryujin Festival |
Miyota Town |
August |
1 |
Tsugane-ji Temple Ennichi (Festival) Yo-kannon |
Tateshina Town |
|
First Saturday |
Usuda Yoiyasa Summer Festival |
Saku City |
|
First Saturday |
Tateshina Endeko Town Citizen Festival |
Tateshina Town |
|
14 |
Asashina Dondon Matsuri (Asashina Dondon Festival)/Noryo Hanabi Taikai (Summer Night Fireworks Festival) |
Saku City |
|
14 |
Wada-juku Shukuba Matsuri (Wada-juku Festival) |
Nagawa Town |
|
15 |
Sakaki Matsuri known as an eccentric Shinshu festival |
Saku City |
|
15 |
Saku Chikuma River Fireworks Festival |
Saku City |
|
16 |
Otai-juku Festival |
Miyota Town |
September |
5 – 6 |
Whiskey & Beer Camp in Nagawa Town |
Nagawa Town |
|
Early in the month |
Oyamajishi Festival |
Nagawa Town |
|
Early in the month |
Saku City Mochizuki Power Walk Contest |
Saku City |
|
Early in the month |
Saku Kogen Cosmos Festival |
Saku City |
|
Mid-month |
Ofuna Matsuri |
Saku City |
|
Mid-month Late in the month |
Bimi Tateshina Niku Matsuri (Delicious Meat Festival in Tateshina) |
Tateshina Town |
|
Final Sunday in September |
Yuhara Shrine Shikisanba (Traditional Prelude) |
Saku City |
|
29 |
Soba Harvest Experience |
Karuizawa Town |
October |
12 |
Oiwake Aki no Mikakuichi (Autumn Food Market in Oiwake) |
Karuizawa Town |
|
Second Sunday |
Nakasendo Shionada-juku Shukuba Matsuri (Nakasendo Shionada-juku Festival) |
Saku City |
|
15 |
Kumano Kotai Shrine Aki no Saiten (Autumn Festival) |
Karuizawa Town |
|
18 |
Nakasendo Walking in Tateshina |
Tateshina Town |
|
19 |
Holiday Walk in Karuizawa |
Karuizawa Town |
|
Final Sunday in September |
Hiraoyama Momiji Matsuri (Mt. Hirao Autumn Foliage Festival) |
Saku City |
|
Late October - Early November |
Michi no Eki Matsuri (Roadside Station Festival)/Shoko-sai (Commerce and Industry Festival) |
Saku City |
|
Late in the month |
Saku City Half-marathon |
Saku City |
|
Undecided |
Eki Kara (From-Station) Hiking |
Karuizawa Town |
|
Undecided |
Let’s Walk with Tour Guide |
Karuizawa Town |
|
Undecided |
Halloween in Karuizawa |
Karuizawa Town |
|
Undecided |
Sawayaka Bazaar |
Karuizawa Town |
November |
3 |
Kusa Keiba Taikai (Local horse race) at Mochizuki Koma no Sato (Village of Horses) |
Saku City |
|
3 |
Outdoor Donguri (Acorn) Experience |
Karuizawa Town |
|
3 |
Karuizawa Shin-soba Matsuri (New Soba Crop Festival)/Soba Uchi Jiman Taikai (Soba Making Contest) |
Karuizawa Town (Charity to support earthquake disaster reconstruction) |
|
Early in the month |
Nakasendo Wada-juku Shin Soba Matsuri (New Soba Crop Festival) |
Nagawa Town |
|
Second Sunday |
Tokanya (Autumn Harvest Festival) |
Saku City |
|
Undecided |
Shoko-sai (Commerce and Industry Festival) |
Tateshina Town |
December |
|
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January |
1 |
New Year’s Day Citizen Marathon |
Saku City |
|
3 |
Uehara Torioi Matsuri (Uehara Bird Chasing Festival) |
Saku City |
|
3 |
Kasuga Hongo Dosojin Festival |
Saku City |
|
6 |
Shinkai Sansha Shrine Otaue Matsuri (Rice-planting Festival) |
Saku City |
|
14 – 15 |
Otaya Festival |
Nagawa Town |
|
Late in the month |
New Soba Crop & Galette Festival |
Tateshina Town |
February |
11 |
|
Saku City (Hanazura Inari Shrine) |
|
20 |
Kan no Mizu (Coldest period in the year) |
Miyota Town |