{
 "dataset": "Japan-Event Festival Calendar Database",
 "publisher": "Japan-Event (japan-event.info)",
 "as_of": "2026-08-07",
 "licence": "Free to reuse with attribution — cite: Japan-Event Festival Calendar Database, japan-event.info, data as of 2026-08-07",
 "page": "https://japan-event.info/en/articles/data-japan-festival-calendar-2026",
 "csv": "https://pub-0f4e7c05fe4645118224685565717085.r2.dev/event/data/japan-festival-calendar-2026.csv",
 "live_json_feed": "https://owned-media-production.up.railway.app/api/sites/event/articles/?type=event&lang=en&page_size=1000",
 "population": {
  "event_editions": 515,
  "definition": "every published type=event page on japan-event.info, English row, one row per edition",
  "with_machine_readable_start": 515,
  "with_end_date": 439,
  "start_on_or_after_as_of": 233,
  "years": {
   "2026": 448,
   "2027": 66,
   "2028": 1
  }
 },
 "by_month_all": {
  "1": 11,
  "2": 20,
  "3": 14,
  "4": 13,
  "5": 21,
  "6": 94,
  "7": 146,
  "8": 77,
  "9": 31,
  "10": 42,
  "11": 29,
  "12": 17
 },
 "by_month_curated_original": {
  "1": 11,
  "2": 20,
  "3": 14,
  "4": 13,
  "5": 21,
  "6": 57,
  "7": 110,
  "8": 77,
  "9": 31,
  "10": 42,
  "11": 29,
  "12": 17
 },
 "by_month_curated_original_pct": {
  "1": 2.5,
  "2": 4.5,
  "3": 3.2,
  "4": 2.9,
  "5": 4.8,
  "6": 12.9,
  "7": 24.9,
  "8": 17.4,
  "9": 7.0,
  "10": 9.5,
  "11": 6.6,
  "12": 3.8
 },
 "by_month_traditional_matsuri": {
  "1": 4,
  "2": 9,
  "3": 1,
  "4": 5,
  "5": 14,
  "6": 6,
  "7": 14,
  "8": 37,
  "9": 8,
  "10": 18,
  "11": 7,
  "12": 6
 },
 "by_month_traditional_matsuri_pct": {
  "1": 3.1,
  "2": 7.0,
  "3": 0.8,
  "4": 3.9,
  "5": 10.9,
  "6": 4.7,
  "7": 10.9,
  "8": 28.7,
  "9": 6.2,
  "10": 14.0,
  "11": 5.4,
  "12": 4.7
 },
 "by_month_scraped_platform": {
  "1": 0,
  "2": 0,
  "3": 0,
  "4": 0,
  "5": 0,
  "6": 37,
  "7": 36,
  "8": 0,
  "9": 0,
  "10": 0,
  "11": 0,
  "12": 0
 },
 "n_curated_original": 442,
 "n_traditional_matsuri": 129,
 "n_scraped_platform": 73,
 "by_prefecture": {
  "Tokyo": 166,
  "Kyoto": 43,
  "Osaka": 38,
  "Fukuoka": 24,
  "Hokkaido": 24,
  "Aichi": 23,
  "Kanagawa": 19,
  "Chiba": 17,
  "Okinawa": 14,
  "Ishikawa": 13,
  "Nara": 13,
  "Hiroshima": 11,
  "Hyogo": 8,
  "Akita": 7,
  "Niigata": 6,
  "Aomori": 6,
  "Gifu": 6,
  "Shizuoka": 6,
  "Nagano": 5,
  "Fukushima": 5,
  "Saitama": 4,
  "Yamanashi": 3,
  "Yamagata": 3,
  "Tochigi": 3,
  "Mie": 3,
  "Saga": 3,
  "Ibaraki": 3,
  "Nagasaki": 3,
  "Kumamoto": 2,
  "Gunma": 2,
  "Kochi": 2,
  "Miyagi": 2,
  "Tokushima": 2,
  "Oita": 2,
  "Wakayama": 2,
  "Ehime": 2,
  "Kagawa": 2,
  "Miyazaki": 1,
  "Tottori": 1,
  "Kagoshima": 1,
  "Fukui": 1,
  "Okayama": 1,
  "Toyama": 1,
  "Iwate": 1,
  "Shiga": 1
 },
 "prefectures_represented": 45,
 "prefecture_resolution": {
  "unresolved": 10,
  "address": 480,
  "city_field": 25
 },
 "prefecture_unresolved_slugs": [
  "kashiwa-matsuri-2026",
  "takasaki-fireworks-2026",
  "izumo-taisha-kamiari-sai-2026",
  "kotohira-gu-reitaisai-2026",
  "matsue-suitoro-2026",
  "matsue-suigosai-fireworks-2026",
  "sado-okesa-matsuri-2026",
  "summer-matsuri-tickets-2026",
  "hina-matsuri-doll-festival-2027",
  "connpass-397608-vrchat-rb-7"
 ],
 "by_category": {
  "festivals": 129,
  "seasonal": 66,
  "nightlife": 58,
  "arts-culture": 46,
  "tech": 45,
  "food-drink": 38,
  "outdoor": 31,
  "international": 27,
  "expo": 20,
  "sports": 19,
  "anime-pop": 16,
  "experiences": 16,
  "club": 4
 },
 "by_city_taxonomy": {
  "tokyo": 188,
  "nationwide": 96,
  "kyoto": 43,
  "osaka": 41,
  "fukuoka": 27,
  "nagoya": 27,
  "sapporo": 20,
  "yokohama": 16,
  "okinawa": 14,
  "kanazawa": 14,
  "nara": 13,
  "hiroshima": 12,
  "(unset)": 4
 },
 "by_source_platform": {
  "original": 442,
  "connpass": 33,
  "luma": 20,
  "meetup": 10,
  "jmty": 9,
  "peatix": 1
 },
 "admission": {
  "free": 269,
  "paid": 197,
  "mixed_or_unclear": 49
 },
 "duration_days": {
  "buckets": {
   "1 day": 180,
   "2-3 days": 148,
   "8+ days": 78,
   "4-7 days": 33
  },
  "median": 2,
  "n_with_end_date": 439,
  "n_start_only": 76
 },
 "busiest_matsuri_dates_mm_dd": {
  "08-01": 6,
  "08-02": 5,
  "05-03": 5,
  "07-25": 4,
  "08-16": 4,
  "08-29": 4,
  "09-19": 3,
  "07-17": 3,
  "10-09": 3,
  "08-07": 3
 },
 "coverage": {
  "with_geo_coordinates": 496,
  "distinct_organizers": 343,
  "ticket_url_present": 10,
  "ticket_price_present": 13,
  "explicit_tba_tbc_marker": 7,
  "start_time_0000_placeholder": 7
 },
 "image_provenance": {
  "free_licence_cc_or_public_domain": 458,
  "platform_cover_linked_to_source": 52,
  "supplied_by_organizer": 5,
  "author_recorded": 515,
  "source_url_recorded": 515
 },
 "not_in_this_dataset": [
  "no structured confirmed/provisional flag for the start date",
  "no ticket on-sale date field (so no on-sale-to-event lead time can be computed)",
  "no indoor/outdoor flag (outdoor is one of the 13 category values, not a venue attribute)",
  "10 rows carry no address a prefecture can be parsed from"
 ]
}