Kansai Culture Festival Calendar: University and Junior College Festival Schedule Summary [2026]

Name: Kiirokasai | Nara University of Education
Start: 2025-11-22T00:00:00+09:00
End: 2025-11-23T23:59:59+09:00
Location: Nara University of Education

Editor-in-Chief, RAG MUSICHane Keisuke
Editor-in-chief of RAG MUSIC. JFC-certified fact-checker. After working in a music studio and handling wedding sound, joined the RAG MUSIC editorial team in 2016. Experienced with a variety of instruments: marching band in elementary school, clarinet in junior high school wind ensemble, and drums in a band from high school onward. Drawing on my own musical activities and the experience gained through my work, I produce daily articles, including various song introductions, features on music festivals around the country, and live reports. In music, I enjoy not only rock from Japan and abroad but, lately, a wide range of J-pop as well.

One of the charms of school festivals is how easily you can enjoy an extraordinary atmosphere—strolling through lively food stalls and taking in stage performances.

The Kansai area is dotted with distinctive universities, each hosting festivals with a unique campus vibe.

There are many programs and exhibits that showcase students’ individuality, offering new discoveries every time you visit.

In this article, we present a list of schedules for university festivals held in Kansai.

Be sure to check it out as a reference when you’re deciding where to go.

Past events

OIC Festival | Ritsumeikan University (Osaka Ibaraki Campus (OIC))Sun, Nov 23 — Osaka Prefecture

The OIC Festival is the school festival held at Ritsumeikan University’s Osaka Ibaraki Campus (OIC). It features lively stage events and food stalls. One unique initiative is the live online broadcast of the festival.

Schedule	Sunday, November 23, 2025
place	2-150 Iwakura-cho, Ibaraki-shi, Osaka-fu
Website	http://festival.ritsumei.club/rits-brothers/oic/
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Kinugasa Festival | Ritsumeikan University (Kinugasa Campus (KIC))Sun, Nov 23 – Kyoto Prefecture

At KIC, where there are many cultural organizations studying traditional Japanese performing arts, we hold a festival befitting Kyoto’s 1,200-plus years of history. We also share the “learning” that takes place at the university as a site of research, including scholarly organizations’ research outcomes and curricular initiatives.

Schedule	Sunday, November 23, 2025
place	56-1, Tojiin Kitamachi, Kita Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Website	http://festival.ritsumei.club/rits-brothers/kic/
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Waka-Reha Festival | Wakayama Professional University of RehabilitationSun, 11/23 Wakayama Prefecture

wakayama.kyowa.ac.jp

Schedule	Sunday, November 23, 2025
place	3-1 Minato-honmachi, Wakayama-shi, Wakayama-ken
Website	https://wakayama.kyowa.ac.jp/
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Joyo Festival | Shoei Junior CollegeSat, Nov 22 – Hyogo Prefecture

http://www.glory-shoei.ac.jp

Schedule	Saturday, November 22, 2025
place	1-18-1 Mikage Yamate, Higashinada Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Website	http://www.glory-shoei.ac.jp/
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Nojigiku Festival | Himeji UniversitySat 11/22 – Sun 11/23, Hyogo Prefecture

nojigikusai.com

This is the school festival of Himeji University, which opened in 2007. Its main attraction is stage events featuring stand-up comedians, well-known artists, and a variety of other guests. “Nojigiku” is the name of a flower that blooms abundantly in Himeji City, and the festival appears to take its title from it.

Schedule	Saturday–Sunday, November 22–23, 2025
place	2042-2, Oshio-cho, Himeji-shi, Hyogo Prefecture
Website	https://nojigikusai.com/
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Nojigiku Festival | Toyooka Junior CollegeSat 11/22 – Sun 11/23, Hyogo Prefecture

nojigikusai.com

Schedule	Saturday–Sunday, November 22–23, 2025
place	160 Tomaki, Toyooka-shi, Hyogo
Website	https://nojigikusai.com/
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Kiirokasai | Nara University of EducationSat 11/22 – Sun 11/23, Nara Prefecture

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This is the university festival of Nara University of Education, called the Kibo Festival (Kibosai). In addition to food stalls, live performances by light music clubs, and research presentations, Nara University of Education also hosts a child-friendly event characteristic of an education university: the Children’s Festival. The activities organized by aspiring schoolteachers are something to really look forward to.

Schedule	Saturday–Sunday, November 22–23, 2025
place	Takahatacho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture
Website	https://kibosai.wixsite.com/daijitsu-new
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