Culture Yosakoi Soran Festival in Sapporo 2024 R.S. Reynolds A viewing of the intense and energetic Yosakoi Soran Festival in Sapporo
Culture Men’s Traditional Japanese Clothing Elena Lisina Traditional national costumes are still popular in Japan. The men’s costume has some special features while its history can b...
Culture Kakunodate Cherry Blossom Festival 2024 Bonson Lam The sakura or cherry blossom festival celebrates the arrival of spring and the cherry blossoms in the Samurai town of Kakunod...
Culture Shingen-ko Festival in Kofu City 2024 Cathy Cawood Shingen-ko is the biggest samurai festival in Japan. The festival takes place in spring and the highlight is a procession thr...
Culture Ashikaga Flower Park This flower theme park is located in Ashikaga, Tochigi. The seeds of its creation were planted in the 1920s when a landowner ...
Culture A Half Day Trip to Uji Cordelia Ding If you're short on time, sightseeing in Uji can be limited to about half a day, as it is only about a thirty-minute train rid...
Culture St. Patrick's Day Parade Tokyo 2025 Ignatius Koh The St. Paddy's Day parade is the biggest Irish event in Japan and was started in 1992. Usually held around a weekend during ...
Culture Spring Festa at Alps Azumino National Park 2024 Kim While spring in Japan might immediately evoke visions of cherry blossoms, they're not the only flowers that can be enjoyed at...
21 Culture Tenjuan Garden Victoria Kamila A subtemple in the Nanzen-ji complex that features a rock pond and a lush garden that are both equally stunning in the Spring...
Culture Kanuma Buttsuke Autumn Festival 2024 Dale A. Brown A festival of food, music, dance and elaborate floats celebrated each year in October.