Culture Celestial Geisha Night Peter Sidell Held on Mount Mitake west of Tokyo, Celestial Geisha Night is an entertaining event with geisha dance performances and tradit...
Culture Otsu Festival 2024 Cathy Cawood Otsu Matsuri takes place in early October and features thirteen ornate floats with ingenious mechanical puppets.
Culture Miyakojima, Okinawa Leonora Hawgood Miyakojima - a heavenly tropical island! It's easier to visit than you think!
10 Culture Sanja Festival in Photos Tom Hanaway Sanja Festival is a jam-packed, three-day celebration in Asakusa that is worth fighting through the crowds for.
11 Culture Aoba Festival in Photos Laura Welch Aoba Festival is Sendai's biggest and most lively festival, held over a weekend in May. There's traditional dancing, performa...
15 Culture Sanja Matsuri, Asakusa George Popescu During the festival the area around Asakusa's Sensoji Temple is filled with hundreds of people. There are drums and people pl...
10 Culture The Last Blossoms of Kakunodate Bonson Lam By the beginning of May, the last cherry blossoms of Kakunodate have bloomed and are being blown away by the spring breeze. G...
Culture Bunkyo Cherry Blossom Festival 2025 Tom Hanaway The Bunkyo Cherry Blossom Festival is a charming celebration that only Tokyo locals know about.
13 Culture Shibata Sakura Festa - Riverbank Takako Sakamoto Every year in cherry blossom season, they hold the 'Shibata Sakura Festival' in Shibata town in Miyagi prefecture. Surprising...
Culture Step back in time at Shirakawago Suwannee Payne Flow back in time at the village of Shirakawago, enjoying traditional farmhouses and a small charming shrine
