Culture Kanda Matsuri 2025 Todd Wojnowski The Kanda Festival, one of Tokyo's major Shinto festivals, is an enormous event held on odd-numbered years. Leading to Kanda ...
Culture 2024 Grand Sumo Tournaments Veronica Carnevale Every year, the Japan Sumo Association hosts six Grand Sumo Tournaments, or honbasho, and each competition lasts 15 days. Tok...
Culture Yodogawa Fireworks Festival 2024 Jeannie Gan Firework viewing, called hanabi in Japanese, at Yodogawa River is a real crowd pleaser. One of top ten ways to spend your sum...
Area Ise Rey Waters The city of Ise (pronounced e-say) is located at the eastern end of the Kii peninsula in Mie prefecture. It is filled with sh...
Culture Meiji Jingu Shrine Meiji Jingu is located in technologically advanced Tokyo and only a few minutes from the quirky streets of Harajuku. This fam...
Culture Aoi Matsuri Festival 2024 Bonson Lam The Aoi Matsuri is one of the oldest and most celebrated festivals in Japan. So much so, the word “Matsuri” originally referr...
Culture Spring Festival in the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo 2024 Veronica Carnevale From March 15 to April 7, 2024, the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (MOMAT) will host an artsy springtime celebration ca...
Culture Fudo Myo Elena Lisina Fudo Myo, one of the good deities driving away evil spirits, symbolizes fortitude. Despite his formidable appearance, Fudo My...
Culture Cemeteries in Japan Elena Lisina Japanese cemeteries are very different to western ones. They are associated with Buddhism and are usually located on temple g...
Culture AnimeJapan 2025 Marie Wermeille Whether it's to discover the latest news in the anime industry or to have a good time with friends or family, AnimeJapan is a...
