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...
Activities Tsunan Snow Festival 2025 Kim Bergström Parts of Niigata Prefecture often get referred to as yukiguni (snow country) thanks to the region's massive amount of winter ...
Culture Nagaoka Hodare Festival 2025 Kim Bergström Wishing for fertility? The annual Nagaoka Hodare Festival is said to bring luck to those trying for a child, or hoping for a ...
Food Uonuma no Jin Rice and Sake Festival 2025 Kim Bergström The Uonuma no Jin Rice and Sake Festival showcases two products that are associated with this region of Japan. Various brewer...
Culture Fire-walking Festival at Mt. Takao 2025 Japan Travel Atop Mt Takao in west Tokyo on the second Sunday of March each year, witness the impressive spectacle that is fire-walking he...
Activities Airline Expo in Japan 2025 Kim Bergström The Airline Expo in Japan is described as an event "by airplane lovers, for airplane lovers", and the inaugural event was hel...
Culture Sweet Potato Festival 2025 Kim Bergström A two-day event in Shizuoka Prefecture this winter is set to bring a variety of sweet potato vendors from all across Japan to...
Culture Niigata Sakenojin 2025 Kim Bergström The Niigata Sakenojin has been held annually since 2004, and allows visitors to enjoy various different sake brews. The event...
Tokyo Indie Games Summit 2025 Kim Bergström The Tokyo Indie Games Summit was launched in 2023 in Tokyo's Kichijoji area, and has quickly become a vibrant hub for indie g...
Food FoodEx Japan 2025 Nate Gross FoodEx Japan bills itself as the largest food and beverage show in the Asia-Pacific. It is held in March at Tokyo Big Sight.