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· Festivals, exhibitions, concerts and food fairs across the country, this week's stories from each region, and what the cities say themselves.

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Day by Day Japan plans a first trip to Japan the way a friend who lives here would: one day at a time, with the trains and the prices written down.

Each route is a real day or weekend: where to go first, how long the walk or the train takes, what the ticket costs and where to eat on the way. Prices come from the operator's or the place's own published fares and carry the date they were checked; where we have not checked a price, the route says so instead of guessing. If it rains, the route has a plan B.

Around the routes sits the week in Japan. Every few hours the site reads the Japanese city and food press and the English-language desks in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Fukuoka, and puts the places they name on one map. Headlines stay in the language they were written in, every story links to its source, and we quote no more than a line.

The routes and notes are written by one editor under a pen name, Sora Nakamura, drafted with AI assistance from checked material and read before they go out. Day by Day Japan is independent: no advertisers, no affiliate links, no bookings.

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Departures — Festivals, exhibitions, concerts and food fairs across Japan

Tokyo International Film Festival 2026Hibiya, Yurakucho, Ginza · Tokyo · 2026-10-27 – 2026-11-01 Masterpieces of the Renaissance from the Musée du LouvreThe National Art Center, Tokyo · Tokyo · 2026-09-09 – 2026-12-13 Shojo Manga Infinity: Moto Hagio, Ryoko Yamagishi, Waki YamatoThe National Art Center, Tokyo · Tokyo · 2026-10-28 – 2027-02-08 Picasso, through the Eyes of Paul SmithThe National Art Center, Tokyo · Tokyo · 2026-06-10 – 2026-09-21 Ron MueckMori Art Museum · Tokyo · 2026-04-29 – 2026-09-23 Mariko Mori: All That ShinesMori Art Museum · Tokyo · 2026-10-31 – 2027-03-28 Haruichi Furudate “HAIKYU!!” ChallengersMori Arts Center Gallery · Tokyo · 2026-10-30 – 2027-01-11 Re: ホラーにふれる展 — the world of film art directionGallery AaMo, Tokyo Dome City · Tokyo · 2026-09-19 – 2026-11-08 Nagasaki KunchiSuwa Shrine and the city · Nagasaki · 2026-10-07 – 2026-10-09 Takayama Autumn Festival (Hachiman Matsuri)Sakurayama Hachimangu · Takayama · 2026-10-09 – 2026-10-10 Design Festa vol. 62Tokyo Big Sight · Tokyo · 2026-11-14 – 2026-11-15 Kobe Luminarie 2027Higashi Yuenchi and Meriken Park · Kobe · 2027-01-29 – 2027-02-07