Culture Kamodai Bon Odori 2025 Kim Bergström The Kamodai Bon Odori is run by Taisho University and has taken place since 2011 to remember victims of the Great East Japan ...
Activities Terasaka Firefly Festival 2025 Sherilyn Siy On July 7 this year (Saturday), the Terasaka Rice Terraces in Yokoze, Chichibu, will be open to the public for a special summ...
Nightlife Bentenjima Fireworks Festival 2025 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 Abare Matsuri 2025 Celine Ong Abare Matsuri, or Rampage Festival, is an annual event in the town of Noto, Ishikawa. One of Japan’s most violent and fiery f...
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 ...
Activities Star and Sun Market 2025 Kim Bergström This summer, Tokyo’s after-dark culture gets a new glow with the debut of the Star and Sun Market produced by Tokyo Night Mar...
