Seasonal Event Calendar

Village in the Shade Festivals Guide

Plan around all four major seasonal festivals, including their dates, times, activities, required items, limited purchases and achievement conditions.

Major festivals

Plaza

All at Village Plaza

Available in Year 1

Year 2+

Spring festival

Japanese festival and item names are preserved where useful because the official Western localization has not yet launched. English names on this page are provisional unless otherwise noted.

At A Glance

Four Major Seasonal Festivals

The festival starts when its in-game time arrives. Go to the Village Plaza and choose to enter.

Spring

Spring 12

10:00–19:00

Summer

Summer 15

16:00–20:00

Autumn

Autumn 23

10:00–19:00

Winter

Winter 28

20:00–23:00

SeasonFestivalDateTimeMain activity

Springお花見Spring 1210:00–19:00Badminton

Summer縁日Summer 1516:00–20:00Festival stalls

Autumn収穫祭Autumn 2310:00–19:00Sweet Potato roasting

Winter年末祭Winter 2820:00–23:00Mochi Pounding

Contests such as crop, horse and livestock judging are separate seasonal systems and are not included in this four-festival calendar. Open the Contests Guide.

Spring Year 2+

お花見

Cherry Blossom Viewing

Date: Spring 12
Time: 10:00–19:00
Location: Village Plaza
First available: Year 2+

Main activity

Badminton

バドミントン

What to prepare

• No required inventory item is documented.
• Practice the badminton timing before aiming for the 15-rally achievement.

Key achievement

春の遊戯

Complete 15 consecutive badminton rallies.

バドミントン

Badminton

Retry available

Talk to Komako and keep the rally going for 15 consecutive hits. Swing slightly before the shuttle reaches the player; the timing is easier to learn through retries.

Reward: Three-Color Dango / 三色団子

• If an attempt fails, talk to Komako again to retry.

Important notes

• The Cherry Blossom Viewing festival does not appear during the first Spring and becomes available from the second year.
• The English name is provisional until the official Western localization is verified.

Summer Year 1

縁日

Summer Festival

Date: Summer 15
Time: 16:00–20:00
Location: Village Plaza
First available: Year 1

Main activity

Festival stalls

縁日めぐり

What to prepare

• Bring enough money for the foods, animal purchase or minigame attempts you want.
• A basic one-each food budget is ¥1,800: Soda Float ¥600, Apple Candy ¥500 and Yakisoba ¥700.
• If you plan to use festival foods for recipe learning, buy enough copies before leaving the festival.
• Buying one colored chick raises the one-each food budget to ¥3,400; this is optional, not a mandatory festival cost.

Key achievement

夏の祭

Purchase a total of 10 items during the Summer Festival. Regular stall purchases are the safest route because shooting-gallery counting is unclear.

縁日めぐり

Festival stalls

Retry available

Visit the festival stalls, buy limited foods or a colored chick, and use the shooting gallery for a random decorative prize.

射的

Shooting Gallery

Retry available

Pay ¥500 per play at Sazanka's stall for a random festival prize.

• It is not yet clear whether shooting-gallery attempts count toward the 10-purchase achievement.

Important notes

• The Summer Festival is primarily a stall and shopping event; do not treat the shooting gallery as a badminton-style main trophy mechanic.
• Buying 10 regular items is the safest achievement plan. A universal cheapest budget is not stated because purchase limits and shooting-gallery counting are not fully established.

Autumn Year 1

収穫祭

Harvest Festival

Date: Autumn 23
Time: 10:00–19:00
Location: Village Plaza
First available: Year 1

Main activity

Sweet Potato roasting

焼き芋

What to prepare

• Keep at least one Sweet Potato in your inventory.
• Finish farming, animal care, shopping and other daytime chores before entering the Plaza.
• Enter the Plaza after 10:00 and talk to Yuta to start the activity.

Key achievement

秋の焼芋

Successfully complete the Roasted Sweet Potato activity.

焼き芋

Sweet Potato roasting

Retry available

Talk to Yuta, wait for the Sweet Potato to glow, and pull it out at the correct moment to make Roasted Sweet Potato.

Required: Sweet Potato

Reward: Roasted Sweet Potato / 焼き芋

• If the attempt fails, talk to Yuta again. Current guide data says the Sweet Potato is not consumed on a failed attempt.
• Sweet Potato quality does not carry over to the finished Roasted Sweet Potato.

Important notes

• Leaving the Harvest Festival advances the clock to 19:00 in current guide testing.
• A main-story event can overlap the date and cause the Harvest Festival to be skipped or cancelled; see the Walkthrough for story timing.
• 焼き芋 (Roasted Sweet Potato) and スイートポテト (Sweet Potato dessert) are separate recipe entities.

Winter Year 1

年末祭

Year-End Festival

Date: Winter 28
Time: 20:00–23:00
Location: Village Plaza
First available: Year 1

Main activity

Mochi Pounding

餅つき

What to prepare

• Arrive at the Village Plaza after 20:00.
• No confirmed required inventory item is documented.
• Watch Kisuke carefully before trying to complete all 10 hits.

Key achievement

冬の餅搗き

Successfully make Mochi during the Year-End Festival.

餅つき

Mochi Pounding

Retry available

Inspect the mortar, watch Kisuke's movement and complete 10 successful pounds before the time limit expires.

Reward: Mochi / モチ

• If an attempt fails, inspect the mortar again to retry.

Important notes

• Mochi is earned through the pounding activity. Kagami Mochi is associated with the Year-End Festival, but its exact acquisition condition is not claimed here.

Summer Shopping

Summer Festival Stalls

Summer is the only festival with a documented shop section in the current dataset. On mobile, each stall is shown as a card instead of a wide table.

ソーダフロート

Soda Float

¥600

Nago / ナゴ

Check recipe data

リンゴ飴

Apple Candy

¥500

Hasumi / ハスミ

Check recipe data

焼きそば

Yakisoba

¥700

Rokkaku / ロッカク

Check recipe data

カラーヒヨコ／赤色

Red Colored Chick

¥1,600

Chinana / チナナ