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Asian festival dates and travel information
Nearly 50 festivals and destinations: dates checked against official announcements, how to get there, tickets you can book, and travel essays.
Upcoming festivals and autumn leaves
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On now10–18 OctoberPhuket
Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2026
15 November – 31 December (est.)Renai, Nantou
Aowanda maple season
24 November (est.)Bangkok
Loy Krathong 2026
24–25 November (est.)Chiang Mai
Yi Peng 2026 in Chiang Mai
25 November – 5 December (est.)Kanchanaburi
River Kwai Bridge Week 2026
2–3 DecemberChichibu, Saitama
Chichibu Night Festival 2026
Travel essays
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Phuket
Upstairs at Phuket's first Chinese school, Chinese is still taught
Hokkien migrants who came for tin in the nineteenth century lined the old town on Phuket's east side with Sino-Portuguese shophouses.
Sukhothai
Sukhothai: the stone that says there are fish in the water and rice in the fields
At Wat Si Chum, north of the old city, the opening in the hall is so tall and narrow that from a distance only part of the great Buddha's face shows.
Aomori
The wax lines on Aomori's Nebuta floats
The floats parade on the nights of 2 to 7 August and spend the rest of the year in the Wa Rasse museum beside the station.