Culture Matsukawa Tarai Race 2025 Kim Bergström Tarai-bune, also known as "tub boats," are traditional Japanese wooden boats which were traditionally used for fishing. The M...
Culture Atami Marine Fireworks Festival 2025 Kim Bergström The Atami Marine Fireworks Festival originally started in 1952 as a celebration of the area's reconstruction efforts after Ty...
Culture Summer Potato Festival 2025 Kim Bergström The Summer Potato Festival in Shizuoka is a celebration of all things sweet potato related, and the two-day event this July i...
Culture Fuelfest Japan 2025 Kim Bergström Auto aficionados are in for a treat this summer as Fuelfest Japan returns to Fuji Speedway in August, coinciding with the Mou...
Activities Kanzanji Lanterns & Fireworks 2025 Anonymous A fireworks display in the Kanzanji area of Lake Hamana
Food Shizuoka Chagori 2025 Richard Sweet In Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan, over sixty cafes and tea retailers have come together to create gourmet tea inspired...
Dontsuku Festival 2025 Kim Bergström The fertility-focused Dontsuku Festival sees a giant wooden phallus placed on a mikoshi (portable shrine) and paraded around ...
Culture Shimada Obi Festival 2025 Illaura Rossiter Shimada, Shizuoka is home to one of Japan's three most unusual festivals, the Obi Festival, which takes place only once every...
Culture Daidogei World Cup 2025 Peter Sidell At the start of November, the annual Street Performance World Cup will be held in Shizuoka in central Japan. It's a hugely fu...
Activities Inatori Hosono Kogen Pampas Grass Festival 2025 Kim Bergström Now running for over a decade, the Inatori Hosono Kogen Pampas Grass Festival celebrates this beautiful autumn plant with a v...
