Activities Himenosawa Park Flower Festival 2024 Kim From late April to mid-May the azalea garden at Shizuoka's Himenosawa Park is in full bloom, and around 60,000 azaleas color ...
Culture Enshu Hamakita Flying Dragon Festival 2024 Anonymous A festival held in honor of the dragon god of the Tenryu River, in Hamakita in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture. The culmination o...
Culture Acao Rose Festa 2024 Kim The Acao Rose Festa is billed as one of the best rose events in the Kanto region, with around 4000 roses covering an incredib...
Culture Firefly Viewing at Okawa Onsen Takegasawa Park 2024 Kim Fireflies are a beloved symbol of early summer in Japan, and their incredible bioluminescent glow has captured the imaginatio...
Nightlife Bentenjima Fireworks Festival 2024 Anonymous Bentenjima is a large island in Lake Hama. It holds one of the bigger, free, firework festivals in the area, usually on the f...
Culture Matsukawa Tarai Race 2024 Kim Tarai-bune, also known as "tub boats," are traditional Japanese wooden boats which were traditionally used for fishing. The M...
Activities Kanzanji Lanterns & Fireworks 2024 Anonymous A fireworks display in the Kanzanji area of Lake Hamana
Dontsuku Festival 2024 Kim The fertility-focused Dontsuku Festival sees a giant wooden phallus placed on a mikoshi (portable shrine) and paraded around ...
Food Shizuoka Chagori 2024 Richard Sweet In Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan, over sixty cafes and tea retailers have come together to create gourmet tea inspired...
Culture Hamamatsu Cup Festa Samba 2024 Anonymous A samba contest with both local and professional samba teams taking part.
