Culture Hakata Temple Tour 2027 Tristan Scholze Hakata has a fine collection of temples and shrines that make for a relaxing day's stroll. Once a year the city lights up the...
Culture The Kokura Gion Festival 2027 Rod Walters The Kokura Gion Festival is a frenzy of mid-summer community drumming in northern Kyushu. Get your taiko on!
Culture Toronagashi in Sasebo 2027 Mandy Bartok The souls of Sasebo's departed are guided back to their eternal rest by lanterns set afloat on the Sasebo River on the final ...
Culture Kowakamai Dance in Miyama 2027 Mandy Bartok Kowakamai, a 700 year old dance style, is still performed every year on Janaury 20th in southern Fukuoka prefecture.
Culture Kashima Gatalympics 2027 Georgina Young Japan's craziest sporting event held on the mudflats of Kashima.
Culture Hakata Gion Yamakasa 2027 Elizabeth Wormald Fukuoka's most exciting festival: it's 5 am, the streets are packed, and the men are running.
Culture Kajiki Spider Fighting Festival 2027 Laura Keating The townsfolk of Kajiki, a town in Aira City, Kagoshima, happily partake in a tradition which reaches back over four-hundred ...
Nightlife Sunset Live 2027 Tristan Scholze Fukuoka's top outdoor summer music and art festival comes each September at Keya Beach. 15,000 attend the three-day annual ev...
Culture Beppu Fireworks Festival 2027 Dieu Huong Do The Beppu Fireworks Festival is a must-see summer event. It is held annually on either the last weekend of July or first week...
Activities Air Memorial in Kanoya 2027 Sarah Mitchell Celebrating the JMSDF's 60th anniversary, the 2014 Air Memorial in Kanoya features the exhibition flying of Blue Impulse, JAS...
Culture Hina Festival Opening Parade 2027 Mandy Bartok Yanagawa's Hina Festival Opening Parade brings the figurines of Girls' Day to life.
Activities Carp Streamers at Tsuetate Onsen 2027 Mandy Bartok Hundreds of carp streamers are strung over the swift-flowing river at Kumamoto Prefecture's Tsuetate Onsen every year from Ap...
Activities Mifuneyama Garden Autumn Light-Up 2026 Mandy Bartok See Saga's best fall foliage lit up at night at Mifuneyama Rakuen.
Culture Yamaga Winter Lantern Festival 2027 Mandy Bartok Yamaga displays illuminated paper umbrellas and and bamboo candles on winter evenings in February.
Culture Yanagawa Doll Festival: Sagemon Tour 2027 Mandy Bartok The town of Yanagawa celebrates Girls' Day with several events over a two month period.
