Naritasan Temple hosts autumn festival on 14 November

Naritasan Temple and its Autumn Leaves Festival will bring a programme of music and tea gatherings to Narita, Japan, from 14 to 29 November 2026. The event takes place in Naritasan Park behind the temple's Great Main Hall, giving visitors a fixed autumn programme alongside the historic Buddhist complex.

Naritasan Temple sets its autumn programme for November

The Narita City Tourism Association lists the 27th Autumn Leaves Festival as running from 14 November to 29 November 2026. Concerts and tea gatherings are scheduled on the seven Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays within that period: 14, 15, 21, 22, 23, 28 and 29 November.

The concerts are planned for Ukimido, a pavilion on Ryuchi Pond, with performances involving tsugaru shamisen, koto, shakuhachi and erhu. The programme lists two concert sessions on each event day, while tea gatherings are planned at Sekishoan tea house beside the Naritasan Calligraphy Museum. The published festival programme also names a special opening at the calligraphy museum on 21 and 22 November, with calligraphy activities on those dates.

Naritasan Temple links the festival to a 1928 garden

Naritasan Park was completed in 1928 and covers 165,000 square metres behind the Great Main Hall. The garden contains ponds and trees including maple, sawtooth oak, oak and ginkgo, whose leaves usually change colour from mid-November into early December.

That setting gives the November programme a direct link to the place rather than a separate city event: the concerts are planned on the pond within the temple grounds, while the tea house and calligraphy museum sit inside the same park. The Narita tourism guide describes the park as a Japanese garden behind the Great Main Hall. Naritasan Temple is a major Buddhist site in Narita, and the operator's current temple notices identify the complex as the custodian of its religious and cultural programme.

Autumn Leaves Festival places music beside Ryuchi Pond

The festival's named venues shape the visit. Ukimido provides the setting for the concerts, while Sekishoan provides the tea gatherings, and the Calligraphy Museum is the venue for the additional November programme. The association states that performances may move to the museum in wet weather, depending on conditions.

For travellers from Western Europe, the event therefore combines a scheduled cultural programme with an established garden route. The main festival period remains 14 to 29 November 2026, while the concerts and tea gatherings are concentrated on the seven listed weekend and holiday dates.

Visiting Naritasan Temple: what travellers from Western Europe should know

• The Autumn Leaves Festival runs from 14 November to 29 November 2026 in Naritasan Park behind the Great Main Hall.
• Concerts are scheduled at Ukimido on 14, 15, 21, 22, 23, 28 and 29 November, while tea gatherings are scheduled at Sekishoan on those dates except 23 November.
• Naritasan Temple is in Narita, Chiba, and the tourism association lists access from JR Narita and Keisei Narita stations on foot.
• The park covers 165,000 square metres and includes ponds, a waterfall and Japanese-garden paths behind the Great Main Hall.
• Japan's official language is Japanese and its national currency is the yen.
• Entry requirements depend on your nationality; UK travellers can check the FCDO travel advice at gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice, Irish travellers the Department of Foreign Affairs at ireland.ie.

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Frequently asked questions about Naritasan Temple

When does the Autumn Leaves Festival take place at Naritasan Temple?

The festival runs from 14 November to 29 November 2026 in Naritasan Park.

Where is Naritasan Temple and how do you get there?

The temple is in Narita, Chiba, and the tourism association lists JR Narita and Keisei Narita stations as walking access points.

What is Naritasan Temple?

It is a Buddhist temple complex in Narita whose grounds include the Great Main Hall, Naritasan Park, Ukimido and the Naritasan Calligraphy Museum.