| Dates | Event | Location | Description |
| 1/1 | First Temple Visit of the New Year | Motsuji | Worshippers come from near and far for the first prayers of the New Year. |
| 1/20 | Hatsukayasai Festival | Motsuji | Festival to pray to Matarajin, the secret Buddha housed in the Jogyodo Hall, for freedom from illness and disaster. |
| 5/1-5 | Spring
Fujiwara Festival |
Hiraizumi | Events include memorials for the four Hiraizumi Fujiwara lords, performances of the Ennen no Mai longevity rites (an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property), and a parade of Minamoto no Yoshitsune and his retainers. |
| 4th Sun in May |
Gokusui no En | Motsuji | Participants in the costumes of the Heian nobility (794-1192) sit by the stream and compose poetry before a floating sake cup reaches them. |
| 6/20- 7/10 |
Iris Festival | Motsuji | 30,000 irises bloom in the temple garden. Enjoy the tea ceremony and sketch or photgraph the flowers. |
| Late July |
Hiraizumi Mizukake Mikoshi Festival |
Hiraizumi | A portable shrine (mikoshi) is paraded from Kanjizaioin Temple Site to the Motsuji Hondo (Main Hall), then on to Chusonji Temple. Onlookers splash it with purifying water. |
| 8/16 | Hiraizumi Daimonji Festival |
Hiraizumi | The fiery character dai (large) appears on Mt. Tabashineyama as the sun sets. |
| 9/15-30 | Bush
Clover Festival |
Motsuji | Brilliant, elegant, reddish-purple flowers light up the fall garden. Experience performances of the Ennen no Mai longevity rites, the tea ceremony, and more. |
| 11/1- 11/3 |
Fall
Fujiwara Festival |
Hiraizumi | Enjoy the Ennen no Mai longevity rites and other local performing arts under beautiful fall foliage. |
