Activities Hydrangea Season at Mimuroto-ji Temple 2025 Kim Bergström Each year during Japan's rainy season, Kyoto's Mimuroto-ji Temple opens their hydrangea garden, which is filled with around 2...
Shopping Oedo Antique Market 2025 Farah Bassyouni Considered the largest outdoor antique market in Japan, selling a variety of both Japanese and foreign goods, here's all you ...
Culture Kahoen Hydrangea Festival 2025 Kim Bergström During peak hydrangea season, Kyoto's Kahoen garden is set to be filled with around 10,000 hydrangea bushes in bloom.
Wonderful Nature Village Hydrangea Festival 2025 Kim Bergström Wonderful Nature Village is located in Akiruno, in the western part of Tokyo. They've been hosting an annual hydrangea festiv...
Culture Sanuki Manno Park Hydrangea Festival 2025 Kim Bergström From early June through early July, visitors can stroll through Shikoku’s largest hydrangea display at Sanuki Manno Park, wit...
Culture Shitamachi Tanabata Matsuri 2025 Jianne Soriano Stretching from Ueno to Asakusa, Shitamachi Tanabata features countless decorations, dancing, food and streets and live perfo...
Culture Hiratsuka Tanabata 2025 Lauren Jade Hill Celebrate the ancient legend of Tanabata in Kanagawa's coastal town Hiratsuka.
Activities Senshu Beach Lantern Festival 2025 Kim Bergström Lanterns have long been used in various cultures as a way of warding off evil spirits, for providing light, and for making wi...
Activities Light of Hope 2025 Lynda Hogan Each month for two weeks Gyoda City has a floral water font (hanachozu) event. For one night during those two weeks they also...
Tanabata and Light-up at Kodai-ji 2025 Cathy Cawood Colorful display of decorated bamboo branches in the carpark of Kodai-ji in Kyoto to celebrate the festival of Tanabata. The ...
