Culture Hino Shinsengumi Matsuri 2024 Guillaume Doré The celebration for the famous samurai squad in Hino, hometown of the Shinsengumi, is held on the second weekend in May .
Area Asagaya Tom Roseveare Asagaya is, it could be said, a curious town. Unlike Koenji and Ogikubo, its neighbors on the Chuo Line, Asagaya's elegant re...
Culture Naminoue Shrine Naminoue Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture. It is located on a high cliff overlooking Naminoue Beach...
Culture Meoto Iwa In Mie Prefecture, not far from the city of Futami, which belongs to the city of Ise, are the Meoto Iwa rocks, which are also...
Culture Shitennoji Temple Shitennoji Temple in Osaka is regarded as one of Japan’s oldest official temples and the first to be financially supported an...
Culture Tokasan: The Yukata Festival 2024 Paul Walsh Thousands of people decked out in beautiful yukata summer kimono fill the streets of central Hiroshima for three nights at th...
Culture Hanezu Odori Dance Festival 2025 Bonson Lam Hanezu, the colour of plum blossom. The pink is so surreal in the paintings, it is other worldly, almost referring to some Bu...
Culture Saitama's Enmusubi Wind Chime Festival 2024 Mandy Admin The Enmusubi Wind Chime Festival in Kawagoe is the perfect way to celebrate summer in Japan.
Culture 47 Ronin Memorial in Tokyo Elena Lisina The memorial to the legendary 47 Ronin at Sengakuji Temple in Tokyo.
Culture 5 Destinations for Peonies in Japan Kim Said to symbolize everything from good luck to romance and prosperity to honor, peonies are popular in many countries around ...
