Culture Post-quake Support for Noto Emi Takahata After the 2024 earthquake hit Noto Peninsula, recovery has been slow due to its isolation. Local businesses, like a ryokan in...
Culture Wajima Lacquerware - Perfection Rey Waters Wajima City shares the process of making high quality lacquerware. With over 500 shops to chose from, you are in for an educ...
Culture Niwaka Lantern Festival 2025 Alena Eckelmann You might have heard of Kiriko in Wajima but do you know Niwaka? A procession of colorfully painted floats mark the end of su...
Culture Noto’s Kiriko Festivals Alena Eckelmann The Noto Peninsula is famous for its Kiriko Festivals. Kiriko are large lanterns that are carried around during summer festiv...
Culture Kanazawa Coffee Festival 2025 Kim Bergström The Kanazawa Coffee Festival brings a variety of coffee shops from across Japan to this culture-filled city.
Culture Abare Matsuri 2025 Celine Ong Abare Matsuri, or Rampage Festival, is an annual event in the town of Noto, Ishikawa. One of Japan’s most violent and fiery f...
Culture Wajima Grand Festival 2025 Alena Eckelmann The Wajima Grand Festivals are the highlight of late summer in the Wajima area of the Noto Peninsula. The festive activities ...
Culture Okutsuhime Shrine Festival in Wajima 2025 Alena Eckelmann Young men dressed in women's clothes and with make-up on their faces carry a portable shrine into the ocean at Sodegahama Bea...
Culture Gojinjo Taiko Alena Eckelmann Gojinjo Daiko, a kind of Japanese drumming specific to Ishikawa Prefecture, has a tradition of 400 years.
