Culture Spring Festa at Alps Azumino National Park 2024 Kim While spring in Japan might immediately evoke visions of cherry blossoms, they're not the only flowers that can be enjoyed at...
Activities Iwakura Cherry Blossom Festival 2025 Kim From late March to early April each year, the banks of the Gojo River in Iwakura come alive with the color of 1400 cherry tre...
Activities Sado Toki Marathon 2025 Kim The Sado Toki Marathon offers full and half-marathon events alongside a 10km and shorter fun run routes.
Activities Shinshu Azumino Half Marathon 2024 Kim The Shinshu Azumino Half Marathon is now in its 10th year, and it's an event that showcases the area's beautiful surroundings...
Culture Mount Omuro Arlene Bastion A chairlift ride takes you up to the rare experience of a crater walk, with quite wonderful views of town, sea, and sky.
Tsunan Snow Carrot Digging Competition 2025 Kim The Tsunan specialty of snow carrots are sweet and almost fruit-like in taste, and they're celebrated at the Tsunan Snow Carr...
Planning Mount Fuji to Charge Climbing Fees Kim In an effort to combat overcrowding and bullet climbing concerns, Yamanashi Prefecture officials have announced that a 2000 J...
Culture Omuroyama Yamayaki 2025 Kim The Omuro Yamayaki Festival is held in spring each year, and it's an event with around 700 years of history. It originally st...
Culture Subzero Forest Ice Festival 2025 Kim The Subzero Forest Ice Festival in Takayama is held on the second Saturday of February every year, and it combines icicles an...
Niigata City Marathon 2024 Kim Now in its 40th year, the Niigata City Marathon has a course that takes participants past some of the urban area's scenic spo...
