Visit Nagoya-Nagoya City Guide

Events

Nagoya Castle Spring Festival

Around 1,000 cherry trees such as Somei-Yoshino, weeping cherry, and other varieties reach peak viewing around late March at Nagoya Castle. During the festival period many events …

Date : Mar 20,2025 ～ May 6,2025
9:00 am–4:30 pm (open until 5:00 pm) Park times lengthened to the following during the dates below: • 9:00 am–7:30 pm (open until 8:00 pm) on Thu, Mar 20 (national holiday)–Sun, Apr 6, 2025 • 9:00 am–5:30 pm (open until 6:00 pm) on Sat, Apr 26–Tue, May 6 (holiday), 2025 Notes: • Admission to Hommaru Palace available until 4:00 pm except for Mar 20–Apr 6 when you may enter until 7:00 pm and Apr 26–May 6 when you may enter until 5:00 pm. • Admission to Southwest Corner Watchtower and Nishinomaru Okura Museum until 4:00 pm.
75th Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens Spring Festival

Date : Mar 15,2025 ～ May 6,2025
• Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens: 9:00 am–4:50 pm (admission until 4:30 pm) • Higashiyama Sky Tower: 9:00 am–9:30 pm (admission until 9:00 pm)
Special Exhibition "Birds: New bird lineages revealed by genome analysis"

This spectacular special exhibition brings together around 400 specimens, including cute and rare birds, giving you the chance to see a lifetime's worth of birds!

Date : Mar 15,2025 ～ Jun 15,2025
LEGOLAND® Japan "Spring Celebration Party at LEGOLAND®"

Spring is the season for new encounters as children start kindergarten or school, advance to the next grade, or graduate. LEGOLAND® Japan will offer many activities, shows, and …

Date : Mar 14,2025 ～ May 11,2025
Special exhibition “Tenka Sanmai Spear”

Nagoya Sword World will hold a special exhibition, ""The Three Great Spears of Japan,"" from Saturday, March 22 to Sunday, June 1, 2025. Our museum has been working on the ""Thre…

Date : Mar 22,2025 ～ Jun 1,2025
Arakogawa Park Cherry Blossom Festival

Date : Mar 25–Apr 6, 2025
Light display: 6:00 pm–9:00 pm
Ninja Unite Training Academy 2024

Saturday, February 3, 2024 - Monday, May 6, 2024 (Holiday) LEGO Ninjago special event is here! In the new series ""Dragon Rising"", rookie ninjas Erin and Sora are working to sav…

Date : Jan 25,2025 ～ May 11,2025
Dai Nagoya Building Sakura Sky Garden

Cherry blossom viewing in the city! This year, to express our gratitude for the 8th anniversary of the opening of Dai Nagoya Building, we will hold the Sakura Sky Garden, filled w…

Date : Mar 5,2025 ～ May 6,2025
Tsuruma Park Cherry Blossom Festival 2025

Date : Mar 20,2025 ～ Apr 6,2025
• Cherry blossom light display: 6:00 pm–10:00 pm • Food trucks and booths: 10:00 am–9:00 pm • Beer garden, etc.: 11:00 am–9:30 pm (Final orders taken at 9:00 pm. Koyoen's operating times only differ on weekdays.)
Agricultural Culture Park/Toda River Green Space "Spring Story"

Starting in early March, a relay of about 1,000 cherry blossoms will be held, in the order of Kawazuzakura, Kanhizakura, Somei-Yoshino, and Satozakura. Mainly on weekends and pub…

Date : Mar 15,2025 ～ Apr 13,2025
Chacha Tea - Visiting Tea Houses

This exhibition will explore the culture surrounding tea through the works of Utagawa Hiroshige, including teahouses and tea houses along the Tokaido, famous sweets and poster gir…

Date : Feb 13,2025 ～ May 11,2025
Toyota Automobile Museum Special Exhibition "Crown 70th Anniversary Exhibition - Why has it survived for 70 years?"

Starting with Kiichiro Toyoda's desire to ""make a passenger car for the masses and enrich the lives of Japanese people,"" the Crown has been the longest-running passenger car mad…

Date : Mar 1,2025 ～ Aug 3,2025
Nagoya City Togokusan Fruits Park Spring Festival

Date : Mar 29,2025 ～ Apr 13,2025
9:00 am–4:30 pm
Shonai Ryokuchi Park Spring Flower Festival: Rapeseed Blossoms and Cherry Blossoms

Date : Mar 22,2025 ～ Apr 6,2025
Open all day (Shonai Ryokuchi Park Green Plaza: 9:00 am–4:45 pm)
Spring Inuyama Castle Sightseeing Boat Tour

A memorable boat ride with a different view than usual on the clear streams of Kiso

Date : Mar 15,2025 ～ May 6,2025
Exhibition of the World of Shogo Kariyazaki, a Flower Arranger, at the Tsutsugikan

Cultural Path Kirishimakan's first solo exhibition to commemorate the 100th anniversary of its construction! This exhibition will present a world of beauty that is a graceful col…

Date : Apr 4,2025 ～ Apr 16,2025
Higashiyama Fruit Park Spring/Urara

At Higashitaniyama Fruit Park, you can enjoy plum and other fruit blossoms that herald the early arrival of spring, as well as about 1,000 cherry trees, including the pale pink Ya…

Date : Mar 1,2025 ～ Apr 13,2025
You and Idol PreCure♪ Exhibition ~The moment I get to meet you!~

I want to meet my beloved you! Let's enjoy some sparkling moments together!

Date : Mar 15,2025 ～ Apr 20,2025
Nagoya Antiques Festival

This is an event that has been held for over 30 years, bringing together over 100 antique shops from all over Japan. Japanese and Western antiques, kimonos and obi, Asian and eth…

Date : Apr 26,2025 , 27
Shirotori Garden Dream Carp Streamers

As a collaborative project between Nagoya's two major gardens (Shirotori Garden and Tokugawa Garden), the intangible cultural property ""Gujo Honzome Koinobori"" will be raised. …

Date : Apr 15,2025 ～ May 6,2025
Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens Evening Walk with Double Cherry Blossoms 2025

The cherry blossom light-up event ""Evening Double Cherry Blossom Stroll,"" which started last year, will be held again this year at the Botanical Garden! The ""Cherry Blossom Cor…

Date : Apr 5,2025 ～ Apr 13,2025
Belgian Beer Weekend 2024 Nagoya

Date : Apr 25–May 6, 2024
11:00 am–9:00 pm Notes: • 4:00 pm–9:00 pm on Apr 25–26 only. • 11:00 am–7:00 pm on May 6.
Monet Immersive Journey The Light I Saw

An immersive experience where you can immerse yourself in art and stories.

Date : Apr 9,2025 ～ Jun 22,2025
Singing the Spring: Tokugawa Gardens Peony Festival

Approximately 1,000 gorgeous peonies, described as the ""king of flowers,"" brightly decorate the Japanese garden.

Date : Apr 5,2025 ～ Apr 20,2025
Special exhibition at the Yoza Bunko Library: "The Magnificent Life of Princess Chiyo"

We look back on the life of Princess Chiyo, who laid the foundation for the Owari Tokugawa clan.

Date : Apr 12,2025 ～ Jun 8,2025
Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium Golden Week Night Aquarium

During Japan's consecutive Golden Week holiday in May, Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium opens its doors to the public every day all period long and lengthens its hours to 8:00 pm. E…

Date : Apr 27–May 6, 2024
9:30 am–8:00 pm Note: • Admission until an hour before close.
All Japan Delicious Food Festival 2024 in Moricoro Park

Held every year during Golden Week, the very lively food festival ""Umatsuri"" will be held at Moricoro Park again in 2024!! Our blissful moment... is ""eating"". Eating ""deli…

Date : Apr 26,2025 ～ May 6,2025
Oasis21 iCenter Hands-On Event (Arimatsu-Narumi Shibori tie-dyeing)

Oasis21 can help you get a deeper sense of Nagoya through one of its traditional crafts. The city of Nagoya has a rich dyeing tradition going back eons, such as its Arimatsu/Naru…

Date : Apr 14,2025
Oasis21 iCenter Hands-On Event (Marble pattern dyeing)

Oasis21 can help you get a deeper sense of Nagoya through one of its traditional crafts on Mondays. The city of Nagoya has a rich dyeing tradition going back eons, such as its Ar…

Date : Apr 21,2025
Nagoya Tsurumai International Shogi Class

The Japanese game of shogi—equivalent to Western chess—is a game of strategy and cunning. Thus many may think it to difficult to understand. However, this is not the case! Learn …

Date : Jan.12.Sun. Jan.26.Sun. Feb.8.Sat…
9:30 am–11:30 am
Tokugawa Art Museum 90th Anniversary Special Exhibition "National Treasure: Hatsune's Furnishings"

The National Treasure ""Hatsune Furnishings"" is a timeless masterpiece that shines out of the Tokugawa Art Museum's collection of over 10,000 items, and is a source of world prid…

Date : Apr 12,2025 ～ Jun 8,2025