The Furukawa Festival in Hida City, Gifu Prefecture, a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage festival, was certified as a Night View Heritage of Japan on October 9, 2026, with its lantern-lit Yomatsuri night festival earning particularly high praise.
The bamboo lantern illumination event "Hana-Akari" at the flower park HANA・BIYORI returns in an upgraded version from October 29, 2026, adding a newly lit spot called Akaribana no Mon.
The 2026 Kawagoe Festival takes place on Saturday, October 17 and Sunday, October 18 in Saitama. Between float tours, visitors can rest their feet at the Foot Bath Cafe TSUBAKIYA, which serves an autumn-only roasted sweet potato milk warabimochi latte and stays open until 9:00 PM on festival days.
Shiromine-ji Temple, Temple No. 81 on the Shikoku 88-Temple Pilgrimage in Sakaide, Kagawa, holds its second night illumination from November 13 to 29, 2026, lighting up the autumn leaves and temple buildings and opening its Treasure Hall to visitors.
From November 20 to December 25, 2026, OMO7 Yokohama by Hoshino Resorts is holding its first "Legacy Christmas," with a guest-only YOKOHAMA Illumination Ride from Kannai to the port area, a Legacy Christmas Tree on the hotel's grand staircase, and a limited-time Stollen Parfait at OMO Bakery.
Zuiganji Temple, a national treasure in Matsushima, Miyagi, holds autumn night visits from October 30 to November 23, 2026, on a "moon-viewing light-up" theme with a new audio guide, projection mapping by a local vocational school, free NAKED Distance Lantern loans, and an art omikuji called NAKED Hanamikuji. Adult admission is ¥1,200 for web advance tickets or ¥1,300 for regular tickets.