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Festivals, markets, live music and community events in Nagoya.
Post date: Nov 02, 2026
About 100 maples around a pond in central Nagoya, lit up on seven evenings. Dates, night openings, the Tale of Genji tie-in next door, and how to get there....
Post date: Nov 02, 2026
The 41st Foreign Artists Exhibition, November 3–8 at the Nagoya International Center...
Post date: Nov 01, 2026
Four abandoned railway tunnels, a forest full of autumn maples, and a ¥100 admission fee. Kasugai's Aigi Tunnels reopen November 28–December 6, just 30 minutes from Nagoya by train....
Post date: Oct 23, 2026
A punk-era flashback, a modern problem, and the Nagoya-built tool fixing it. LiveTribe.jp finally makes it easy to find real shows, real bands, and real venues across the city....
Post date: Mar 01, 2026
A new documentary revisits The Rising Pints — the Irish folk-rock band that grew out of Nagoya's 1990s pub and live music scene — and the community that formed around it....
Post date: Mar 01, 2026
A guide to Nagoya’s Wakamiya Festival: Edo-period history, karakuri dolls, lantern-lit floats, and what to see every year on May 15–16....
Post date: Feb 28, 2026
Experience pure winter joy at Toyota City's Asahi Nature Highland, Japan's only dedicated sledding facility!...
Post date: Feb 27, 2026
A special exhibition at Toyota Automobile Museum explores Japanese cars from the 1980s and ’90s, tracing design, performance, and global appeal....
Post date: Feb 26, 2026
Experience Japan's Honen Matsuri (Penis Festival), a unique fertility celebration held March 15th at Tagata Shrine in Komaki near Nagoya, honoring harvest abundance....
Post date: Feb 21, 2026
A Van Gogh exhibition in Nagoya focused on the family who preserved his work—24 paintings, rare letters, and a quiet, well-curated show in Sakae....
Post date: Feb 15, 2026
A musical theater variety night in Sakae with open mic, drag performances, trivia, and Broadway numbers at Second Home....
Post date: Feb 09, 2026
Experience the Konomiya "Naked" Festival on Mar. 1, where men in traditional loincloths brave the cold as they battle to reach a sacred man in this ancient Japanese purification ritual....