Culture Anamori Inari Shrine Much like Kyoto's famed Fushimi Inari Taisha, Anamori Inari Shrine is an albeit smaller shrine in Ota, Tokyo dedicated to the...
Culture Tagata Honen Matsuri 2025 Amber Mezbourian The Tagata Honensai Matsuri is a fertility festival, with the main event centering on the lively procession of a large wooden...
Culture Kumano Hongu Shrine Spring Festival 2025 Alena Eckelmann The spring festival at the Hongu Taisha from April 13th to 15th each year gets absolutely everyone in Hongu Town to participa...
Culture Mino Festival 2025 Kim The Mino Festival is held every year on the second Saturday and Sunday of April, and the event is best known for several flow...
Culture Midosuji and Hikari Illuminations 2024 Bonson Lam Osaka Hikari Renaissance is a series of light up and festival events taking place in Fall and Winter each year. In 2018 the f...
Culture Yasaka Shrine The Yasaka Cry, located in the Gion district in Kyoto, is often referred to as the Gion Shrine. The shrine is one of the most...
Culture Ten of Japan's Weirdest Events Serena Ogawa Japan’s oddest festivals will make you look twice at the weird and the unique. Here are the top 10 most bizarre for you to vi...
Culture Jigokudani Monkey Park Jigokudani is famous for its hot springs and the macaque monkeys that bathe in them. It is the only place in the world where ...
Culture Anime Japan 2025 Jessica Lin Anime Japan is the Japanese animation industry's premier annual event, with hundreds of domestic and overseas anime-related c...
Culture Ryukyu Lantern Festival 2024-2025 Bonson Lam It is said that in many moons ago in China, women were not allowed out of the house at night, except on the 15th day of the C...
