Culture Urasa Naked Man Festival 2025 Kim Urasa's Naked Man Festival lays claim to being one of Japan's most unique winter festivals. Participants push and jostle thei...
Culture Ise Jingu Located in Mie Prefecture, the Ise Grand Shrine is a Shinto shrine dedicated to the sun goddess. Supposedly, the shrine or “J...
Culture Vietnam Festival in Yoyogi Park 2024 Todd Wojnowski The Vietnam Festival, held annually in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park, is an exciting and delicious slice of Southeast Asian life. Like...
Culture Lowriders in Japan Julian Kloby To understand why Lowriding in Japan is such a fascination, you have to first understand its dramatic origin and how that con...
Culture The Bandai Museum Linka Wade The Bandai Museum in Mibu, Tochigi is a wonderland of toys - from Gundam to Sailor Moon to Pre-War era playthings.
Culture Matsumoto Frog Festival 2024 Bridget Ye Matsumoto's Frog Festival only happens two days every year. Make sure to catch it while it's here!
Culture Hakone’s Mt. Komagatake Tomoko Kamishima We can reach the top of beautiful Mt. Komagatake in only 7 minutes by using a comfortable and convenient ropeway. The ropeway...
Culture The Kagurazaka Matsuri 2024 Sleiman Azizi In late July, the Tokyo suburb of Kagurazaka will host the annual Kagurazaka Matsuri.
Culture Hirosaki Neputa Festival in Kobe 2024 Kim The Hirosaki Neputa Festival in Kobe provides a glimpse into this popular Aomori-based festival.
Culture Ogimi Village James Baumgartner Located in the rural north side of the beautiful island of Okinawa is the village of Ogimi. Often sought after by foreigners ...
