Culture Akita Kanto Festival 2025 Jessica Lin The Kanto Matsuri is also known as the pole lantern festival. It is a Tanabata related celebration in Akita City held annuall...
Culture Ominato Nebuta 2025 Shawn Swinger Celebrate summer with Ominato Nebuta, a unique Japanese festival; a procession of samurai and deity floats, literally in peop...
Culture Miura Kaigan Fireworks Festival 2025 Hannah Warren The fireworks were spectacular at the annual Miura Kaigan festival.
Culture Uchiko's Sasa Matsuri 2025 Ingrid Lezar Uchiko's main street is decked out with colorful paper and bamboo decorations for three days. Teams dress in yukata or other ...
Culture Hirosaki Neputa Matsuri 2025 Mandy Bartok Hirosaki's Neputa Matsuri offers an impressive display of drums and floats to light up the summer evenings during the first w...
Culture Hanagasa Matsuri 2025 Hannah Warren Hanagasa Matsuri is a dance festival which originiated in Obanazawa but is now celebrated across Yamagata every summer.
Culture Yamaguchi Tanabata Lantern Festival 2025 Kim Bergström The Yamaguchi Tanabata Lantern festival is a traditional summer event with an impressive history spanning approximately 600 y...
Culture Aomori Nebuta Festival 2025 Jessica Lin Nebuta festival is the biggest Tanabata festival that makes up the three great festivals of Tohoku Region.
