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.
Sumiyoshi Matsuri is a food festival in Sumiyoshi, Osaka.
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.
Editorially verified June 8, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Address: Sumiyoshi Taisha, 2-9-89 Sumiyoshi, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-0045
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.
A multi-week outdoor gourmet festival held in an air-conditioned tent in Osaka Castle Park, gathering around 30 restaurants for takoyaki, teppanyaki, sushi.
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.