Help more people plan Japan around its festivals.
Next Matsuri is an upcoming, planning-first guide to festivals across Japan. We are building one clear place for travellers, residents, and festival lovers to discover Japanese festivals by date, location, and type, with transparent date status, official sources, and practical visitor information.
We are currently inviting festival organisers, tourism offices, destinations, and travel partners to join our Founding Partner Waitlist, ahead of public launch.
Visitors often need dates, access information, tickets, transport, and accommodation details well before they decide where to go. Next Matsuri is being built to help answer those questions earlier and more clearly.
By joining the waitlist, you can:
Receive updates before Next Matsuri launches publicly
Be first to hear about future partner opportunities
Share official information about your festival, destination, or service
Help us understand what visitors need when planning
Be considered for Founding Partner opportunities once the platform has launched
Connect with a specialist platform focused entirely on Japanese festivals
There is no cost and no commitment to join the waitlist.
Festival organisers and committees
Local tourism boards and city offices
Prefectural tourism organisations
Hotels, ryokan, and accommodation providers
Rail, bus, ferry, and other transport providers
Ticketing platforms, travel brands, and tour operators
We review applications to make sure future partnerships remain relevant and useful to our readers.
We are still shaping our first commercial offers. As Next Matsuri grows, partnership opportunities may include featured festival listings, seasonal and regional destination spotlights, Journal partnerships, newsletter features, social media collaborations, and relevant affiliate or booking partnerships.
Any paid partnership will be clearly labelled. Editorial information, official sources, and date status labels will remain independent.
Organisers and authorised representatives do not need to join the waitlist to submit corrections or official updates.
If you spot outdated information on a festival page, please use the Report an error option on that page. Next Matsuri reviews and publishes updates independently to keep information clear and reliable for readers.
Join the list to receive launch updates and early partnership information. We will only contact you about Next Matsuri, relevant partnership opportunities, and festival travel updates.