Culture Shiroishi Oni Kajuro Festival Andrew Checkley The small but perfectly built Shiroishi Castle makes for a pleasant trip all year round, though it comes to life as at no oth...
Culture Higashi Ward Sports Festival Kenji Chida Higashi Wars Sports Festival is an annual event that has been running for 60 years.
Culture Tejikara Summer Fire Festival 2024 Hessel The Tejikara Summer Fire Festival is an event held every second Sunday of August along the banks of the Nagara River in Gifu.
Culture Nagoya Castle Summer Festival 2024 Katrina Webber A festival on the castle grounds in early August is a great way to spend the evening in Nagoya. Food, beer, and fun a-plenty.
12 Culture Flower Festival Yosakoi Parade JJ Walsh Hiroshima's flower festival features dancing troupes from across Japan in amazing costumes doing synchronized Yosakoi on the ...
Culture Firefly Festival in Saidaiji Kenji Chida The Saidaiji Ichinomiya Firefly Festival celebrates the fireflies of southeastern Okayama. Held annually, people pack into a ...
Culture Ikazaki Kite Fighting Festival 2024 Ingrid Lezar On May 5th every year, teams fight it out on the banks of the Oda River in Ikazaki--with traditional Japanese paper kites.
Culture Kanuma Buttsuke Autumn Festival 2024 Dale A. Brown A festival of food, music, dance and elaborate floats celebrated each year in October.
Culture Keyakihiroba Beer Festival, Saitama 2024 Rebecca Quin Look! Beer! Keyaki Hiroba Beer Festival in Saitama is considered to be one of the best in the country, offering a world-class...
11 Culture Sabae's Makoto Ichi Festival Larry Knipfing Sabae's Josho-ji Temple Makoto Ichi Festival is a grand event with locals and visitors from near and far coming together to b...