Festival In Japan 2024. Obon 2024 is celebrated from august 13 to 15 in tokyo, kyoto, and osaka, with a duration of 3 days. However, in other regions, the festival date may be slightly different.

Osaka, home of japan’s powerhouse comedy agency yoshimoto kogyo and the country’s center of hilarity, will often tease tokyo for its lack of. Japanese lantern festivals are held to ward off evil or send off the dead, or just to warm up a chilly winter.