Culture Toronagashi in Sasebo 2026 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 Hakata Temple Tour 2026 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...
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 Kashima Gatalympics 2026 Georgina Young Japan's craziest sporting event held on the mudflats of Kashima.
Culture Hakata Gion Yamakasa 2026 Elizabeth Wormald Fukuoka's most exciting festival: it's 5 am, the streets are packed, and the men are running.
Culture The Kokura Gion Festival 2026 Anonymous The Kokura Gion Festival is a frenzy of mid-summer community drumming in northern Kyushu. Get your taiko on!
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 HANA Stage Production 2026 Kim Bergström A uniquely immersive piece of festival theater is heading to Kyushu for the first time this spring. Warabiza's non-verbal sta...
