Tenjin Matsuri ★ 3.7
One of Japan's three great festivals, Tenjin Matsuri fills the Tenma riverbank and canals with over 100 procession boats on July 25 while 3,000 street-food.
Food festivals in Osaka worth planning a trip around, by month.
Festivals through the year
Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri ★ 3.7
The Danjiri festival south of Osaka is Japan's most spectacular wooden-float festival, with boats pulled at a run through narrow streets.
Osaka Gourmet EXPO ★ 3.7
A multi-week outdoor gourmet festival held in an air-conditioned tent in Osaka Castle Park, gathering around 30 restaurants for takoyaki, teppanyaki, sushi.
Aizen Matsuri ★ 3.7
The opening festival of Osaka's summer season at Shoman-in Temple, where hamo (pike conger) is the ceremonial food: grilled, sashimi, and in a sake-steamed.
Sumiyoshi Matsuri ★ 3.8
Sumiyoshi Matsuri closes Osaka's summer festival season at Sumiyoshi Taisha shrine, with a portable shrine procession across the Sumiyoshi bridge and yatai street stalls for takoyaki, yakisoba and kakigori.
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