[2025–2026] Must-Know Info on Music Festivals & Outdoor Events in the Koshinetsu and Hokuriku Regions

An outdoor festival held in Yamanakako Village, Yamanashi Prefecture, Mt.

FUJIMAKI. This is a festival hosted by Ryota Fujimaki, the guitarist and vocalist of Remioromen. Hailing from Yamanashi, Ryota Fujimaki has poured his wish into this event to stir up a new breeze from Mount Fuji through music.

Slow LIVE, a self-styled “mini festival for grown-ups” held annually in Tokyo, is coming to Kanazawa. With reserved seating that lets you enjoy the artists at a relaxed pace, it’s the perfect break for those who are usually busy with work. Spend a long autumn evening in Kanazawa this year. From Kansai, take the Thunderbird; from the Kanto region, the Hokuriku Shinkansen—both will get you to Kanazawa in no time.

It was started by an organizer who has lived in Matsumoto for many years and wanted to make the city he loves even better through music. Matsumoto hosts events like the classical Saito Kinen Festival and the summer festival Matsumoto Bonbon, but because there weren’t any events centered on youth-oriented popular music, the Ringo Music Festival focuses on popular music—including J-pop, as well as rock and hip-hop.

Set in Iwamuro, a hot spring area in Niigata Prefecture, this music event invites everyone to share what they love and enjoy, and to express it freely. Aiming to share the joy of spending time in the countryside, we bring out each person’s unique color, freely paint the space called Iwamuro, and share that time together by creating the event as one. Why not shift from spending your days just going into town to shop and coming home tired, to a way of living where you create your own enjoyment right in the town you call home?

It’s a community-based festival where you can feel the love for eyeglasses even from last year’s report photos. Musicians and artists wearing glasses take part, showcasing Sabae’s traditional craftsmanship. Though traditional, the glasses are anything but old-fashioned—stylish frames featuring modern designs.