Culture Kyoto Kameoka Balloon Festival 2025 Kim Bergström The Kyoto Kameoka Balloon Festival is taking place for three days in early April, in celebration of the 70th anniversary of t...
Culture Thomas the Tank Engine Exhibition 2025 Kim Bergström This year marks the 80th anniversary of the original publication of The Railway Series, the stories that introduced Thomas th...
Culture Nintendo Museum Opening October 2024 Tom Roseveare In Nintendo's recent financial earnings report released in May 2024, the company confirmed the Nintendo Museum will finally b...
Culture NAKED Sakura Festival 2025 Kim Bergström Japan's sakura season is one of the most anticipated times of year, with the delicate blossoms drawing crowds of locals and i...
Culture Monet: The Water Lilies 2025 Kim Bergström The highly anticipated exhibition “Monet: The Water Lilies” will be held at the Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art from March 7...
Culture Reikanji Temple Camellia Event 2025 Kim Bergström Kyoto's Reikan-ji Temple is often known as the camellia temple thanks to the large number of flowers that bloom on the ground...
Culture Kyoto Oimo Daisakusen 2025 Kim Bergström The Kyoto Oimo Daisakusen event at Umekoji Park is a celebration of the versatile sweet potato, and last year's event drew in...
Culture Kahoen Hydrangea Festival 2025 Kim Bergström During peak hydrangea season, Kyoto's Kahoen garden is set to be filled with around 10,000 hydrangea bushes in bloom.
Culture Yamashina Gishi Matsuri at Bishamondo-Monzeki 2025 rachel teo The Bishamondo-Monzeki is a Buddhist Tendai temple located in Yamashina, Kyoto. Every December, the temple commemorates the l...
8 Culture Maple Garden and Autumn Leaves Masayoshi Hirose Kōtō-in, a sub-temple of Daihonzan Daitoku-ji, one of the largest Zen temples in Kyoto. Here lies the grave of Hosokawa Sansa...
