Culture Hamamatsu Kite Flying Festival 2026 Anonymous A festival during Golden week where kites are flown to celebrate the birth of a son.
Culture Kajiki Spider Fighting Festival 2026 Laura Keating The townsfolk of Kajiki, a town in Aira City, Kagoshima, happily partake in a tradition which reaches back over four-hundred ...
10 Culture Aoba Festival Suzume Odori Justin Velgus The Suzume Odori, or Sparrow Dance, is a traditional dance of Sendai. Each spring 2000 dancers take to the streets to perform...
Culture Japan-Indonesia Friendship Festival 2025 Todd Wojnowski The Japan-Indonesia Friendship Festival is an annual event in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park. It features Indonesian food, music, dance,...
Culture Summer Sonic Music Festival Jeremy Yap The biggest international acts, all in one place. For you, for me and the world
10 Culture Tokushima LED Art Festival Anonymous Art Festival held in Tokushima at the end of April, LED lights combines with the city to create a new concept
12 Culture Hiroshima Umeshu Festival 2012 Emmie Tsumura The Hiroshima Umeshu Festival is an annual event held at the beginning of October, celebrating the plum wine-making tradition...
Culture Kazahaya Traditional Arts Festival Anonymous The Furusato Kazahaya Traditional Arts Festival features vernacular arts that you probably haven't heard of before, but they ...
Culture Makabe's Hina Doll Festival Elysse Hurtado Walking through the streets of Makabe is a little like hopping through time. But it is not only the architecture that inspir...
Culture The Kokura Gion Festival 2025 Anonymous The Kokura Gion Festival is a frenzy of mid-summer community drumming in northern Kyushu. Get your taiko on!
