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.
Tenjin Matsuri is a food festival in Tenma And Tenjinbashi, Osaka.
Editorially verified June 5, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Address: Osaka Tenmangu Shrine, 2-1-8 Tenjinbashi, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0041
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.
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.