Culture Kyoto's Kitano-Tenmangu Shozo Fujii This enshrined deity of scholarship helps those wishing to pass examinations.
Culture Nikko Yabusame Archery Competition 2024 Dale A. Brown Yabusame Archery Competition at the Nikko Shunki Reitaisai Grand Spring Festival.
11 Culture Matsushima Bay in the Spring James Rodrigues The coastline of Matsushima Bay studded with spring's Sakura.
Culture Fujikawaguchiko Herb Festival Imogen Riethmuller There's a multitude of things to see around Lake Kawaguchiko, including the annual summer herb festival, the Music Forest Mus...
Culture Ogose Summer Festival 2024 Todd Wojnowski The Ogose Summer Festival is an annual event with fireworks, floats, and fun for everyone. Held in late July in Saitama, the ...
Culture Yokohama's Nanohana Festival 2024 Shawn Swinger Yokohama's Nanohana Festival. Visit a rural community covered with fields of gorgeous flowers, locally crafted flower made fo...
22 Culture Aoi Matsuri in Kyoto: 2014 Report Hugo Kempeneer In the Aoi Matsuri, ladies dressed in the ceremonial court robes and men in traditional costumes ride on ox carriages decorat...
13 Culture Shibata Sakura Festa - Castle Park Takako Sakamoto Every year in cherry blossom season, they hold the 'Shibata Sakura Festival' at the Funaoka Castle Park in Miyagi prefecture.
12 Culture Spring at Hirano Shrine Cathy Cawood Photos of cherry blossom festival at Hirano Shrine, the oldest annual festival in Kyoto, begun in 985. At night lanterns are ...
7 Culture Yamaga Toro Roman Festival 2014 Mandy Bartok Arguably one of Kumamoto's more picturesque festivals, Yamaga's Toro Roman Matsuri involves a month long celebration marked b...