Featured Events in Yamanashi Prefecture in August, 2025 (June Updated)

The Fuefuki River Ishikawa Cormorant Fishing event is held every year in Fuefuki City, Yamanashi Prefecture, and fireworks are set off on the day. Unlike general cormorant fishing, where fishermen control multiple cormorants in a small boat, cormorant fishing on the Fuefuki River is a unique Japanese fishing method, where fishermen walk in the river and control a cormorant. This is a unified "cormorant fisherman" fishing method with a history of more than 800 years. The cormorant fishing event will be held every Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday from July 20 (Sunday) to August 17 (Sunday), for a total of 17 days. After the cormorant fishing event, fireworks will light up the midsummer night sky for about 10 minutes.

The Fuji Five Lakes region will hold fireworks displays at each lake in sequence from August 1st to August 15th. Among them, the Yamanakako Fireworks Festival on August 1 and the Kawaguchiko Fireworks Festival on August 5 are particularly large.

The Kawaguchiko Festival has been held since 1917 (Taisho 6) and has become synonymous with summer at Kawaguchiko. It is also the largest fireworks display among the many summer festivals around the Fuji Five Lakes. With the majestic Mount Fuji as the background, about 10,000 fireworks, including musical fireworks and large fireworks, are launched into the sky, forming beautiful reflections on the water.

The Oshino Hakkai Festival is held every August 8th in Oshino Village, Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture, to pray for peace and prosperity for the village and to worship the Eight Dragon Kings, the guardian gods of Oshino Hakkai. During the day, there are Bon Odori dances, stage events, and stalls. When the sun sets, the Hachimonji fireworks will be lit and the fireworks show will begin, with 5,888 fireworks being launched, symbolizing the number "eight".