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.
Osaka Gourmet EXPO is a food festival in Nakanoshima And Kitahama, Osaka.
Editorially verified June 5, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Address: Osaka Castle Park Taiyo no Hiroba, 1-1 Osakajo, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0002
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 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.
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.
The Danjiri festival south of Osaka is Japan's most spectacular wooden-float festival, with boats pulled at a run through narrow streets.