Tokyo German Village in Sodegaura, Chiba, will hold the large-scale nighttime Tokyo Lantern Festival 2026-2027 from November 1, 2026 to April 4, 2027, featuring giant lanterns floating on the water and a lighting ceremony on opening day.
For the autumn festival of the Sawara Grand Festival from October 9 to 11, 2026, Sawara Shoka-machi Hotel NIPPONIA in Katori, Chiba, adds a daytime session on October 9 and 10 to its Premium Seat Plan, with seats on the second floor of a prefecture-designated cultural property for ¥12,000.
The Fukushima City Tourism Convention Association has opened bookings for the autumn-foliage season of "Jodo-daira Sky Access," a new round-trip shuttle connecting Fukushima Station directly to the scenic Jodo-daira highlands via the Bandai-Azuma Skyline, running October 1 to November 3, 2026. Two daily departures — a 5.5-hour hiking option and a 2-hour sightseeing option — run with an optional stop at Takayu Onsen.
Rihga Royal Hotel Osaka's long-running cultural school, École de Royal, is holding its first "Let's Go Meet the Dinosaurs!" day tour on October 11, 2026, pairing a guided walk through Tamba Dinosaur Museum's autumn special exhibition with a hands-on dinosaur plastic model workshop, with a morning or afternoon course open to participants of any age.
Kobe no Tobira, the Kobe Tourism Bureau's platform for locally organized tourism programs, has begun selling four autumn tours that take visitors deep into Kobe's lesser-known history and culture, from a hot spring town and a mountain castle to a historic port district and a residence on track to become Japan's first National Treasure house.
To celebrate its 4th anniversary, Kinnotake Saryo — a Hakone ryokan that grew out of a hot spring inn founded in 1947 — is giving every guest who visits between August 15 and August 31, 2026, a specially made biscotti from the nearby sister cafe LuDERA.