Music festival held during the summer vacation [2025–2026]

This year’s Tokyo Tango Festival is a special edition, welcoming new tango friends from across Asia, including South Korea and Taiwan. They, too, are fired up to perform alongside Japan’s leading top groups.

GFB stands for Goose Fresh Beat, and since Goose Fresh is a playful misspelling of “goosebumps,” it’s a music festival curated around the concept of a band that gives you goosebumps. It’s held on Mount Tsukuba, offering a festival where you can enjoy music surrounded by nature. The local love really shows, for example, in the special Ibaraki discount available on tickets.

Japan’s number one yakiniku town is hosting a rock festival! Yakiniku and music that bring smiles to people’s faces. The lineup is as sizzling hot as the barbecue itself! Whatever your definition of rock, let’s share a hot and exciting time together! At the venue on the day, there will be a zone where you can enjoy yakiniku empty-handed—just show up and dig in.

The decisive Sekigahara Divas Battle! In Sekigahara, Gifu Prefecture, idols from all over Japan gather to deliver a torrent of performances. From morning till night, adorable performers keep singing and dancing—an unmissable day for idol fans. Even if you’re new to idols, if you love a festival atmosphere, you won’t want to miss this. It’s sure to be an event that will go down in the history of Japanese idols—no, in Japanese history itself. Be a witness to history!

This is a jazz festival held in Hida-Takayama, famous for its gassho-style houses. Jazz was originally created by Black musicians, but it has come to be enjoyed around the world and has evolved continually over many years. In much the same way, Hida-Takayama has become a place that attracts people from all over the globe and continues to evolve day by day. This event is imbued with the hope that, despite these changes, it will not lose what lies at its core.