Things to Do in Chubu, Japan
Central Japan: Mount Fuji, the Japan Alps, historic post towns and the Sea of Japan coast.
183 destinations across 9 prefectures
Festivals in Chubu
Shirakawa-go Winter Light-Up
11 January 2027
Gifu · Lantern festival
Nozawa Onsen Dosojin Fire Festival
15 January 2027
Nagano · Fire festival
Kawazu Sakura Matsuri
6 February 2027 to 7 March 2027
Shizuoka · Festival
Konomiya Hadaka Matsuri
19 February 2027
Aichi · Festival
Tokamachi Snow Festival
19 to 21 February 2027
Niigata · Snow and ice festival
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Takayama Matsuri
14 to 15 April 2027
Gifu · Float procession
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Nagaoka Fireworks
2 to 3 August 2027
Niigata · Fireworks festival
Gujo Odori
13 to 16 August 2027
Gifu · Dance festival
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Lake Suwa Fireworks
15 August 2027
Nagano · Fireworks festival
Owara Kaze no Bon
1 to 3 September 2027
Toyama · Dance festival
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Katakai Fireworks
10 to 11 September 2027
Niigata · Fireworks festival
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Places to Visit in Chubu
Takaoka Daibutsu
Large Bronze Buddha in Central Takaoka
A roughly 16-metre bronze seated Amida Buddha in central Takaoka, often counted among Japan's thr...
Awara Onsen
One of Hokuriku's most famous hot spring towns, known as the 'parlor of the Kansai region' for ov...
Narai-juku
Narai-juku - The Best-Preserved Nakasendo Post Town
The best-preserved of the Nakasendo's eleven post towns in the Kiso Valley, with a kilometer-long...
Ghibli Park
Theme Park Based on Studio Ghibli Films
A theme park within the Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park that recreates scenes from Studio Ghib...
Kurobe Dam
Japan's tallest arch dam at 186 meters, set within a dramatic alpine gorge along the famed Tateya...
Takamagahara Onsen
The Hot Spring Called Japan's Farthest, Two Days on Foot into the Northern Alps
A few open-air pools beside a mountain stream at about 2,100 m in the headwaters of the Kurobe Ri...
Lake Yamanakako
The Highest and Largest of the Fuji Five Lakes, Where the Winter Sun Sets on the Summit
The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes and, at about 980 metres, the highest, on the east side of Mou...
Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Jinja
The Cedar-Lined Shrine Where the Yoshida Trail up Mount Fuji Begins
The shrine at the foot of the Yoshida Trail, where Edo-period pilgrims purified themselves before...
Togakushi Shrine
Five-Shrine Complex with a Cedar-Lined Approach
A Shinto shrine complex of five shrines at the base of Mount Togakushi, with an Okusha approach l...
Echizen Coast
Dramatic Rocky Coastline and Crab Country
Dramatic rocky coastline stretching along the Sea of Japan, famous for winter Echizen crab season...
Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan
Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan: The Inn Guinness Lists as the Oldest Hotel, Up the Hayakawa Valley
A hot-spring inn far up the Hayakawa valley that dates its spring to 705 and holds the Guinness r...
Nagara River Cormorant Fishing
Traditional Cormorant Fishing on the Nagara River
A traditional form of fishing on the Nagara River in Gifu city, in which fishermen use trained co...
Takeda Shrine
Takeda Shrine is dedicated to the legendary warlord Takeda Shingen, one of Japan's most famous sa...
Karuizawa
Highland Resort Town with Shopping and Waterfalls
A highland resort town in eastern Nagano known for cool summers, outlet shopping, and nearby wate...
Eiheiji Temple
Eiheiji Zen Temple
One of two head temples of Soto Zen Buddhism, Eiheiji is an active monastery where over 100 monks...