Echigo Hillside Park Cosmos Festival 2024 Kim Nagaoka's Echigo Hillside Park is a stunning garden and recreational area, and it's home to beautiful floral displays through...
Dontsuku Festival 2024 Kim The fertility-focused Dontsuku Festival sees a giant wooden phallus placed on a mikoshi (portable shrine) and paraded around ...
Culture Shinshu Matsumoto Soba Festival 2024 Kim The Shinshu Matsumoto Soba Festival is an annual event which has been running for almost 20 years now, and it brings soba res...
Gifu Beer Festival 2024 Kim Held annually since 2015, the Gifu Beer Festival aims to promote regional revitalization through good brews and good food.
Culture Gosen Knit Fes 2024 Kim Running for almost a decade now, the Gosen Knit Fes celebrates this woolly art form in various ways. The entire town takes pa...
Shopping Nagano Christmas Market 2024 Kim The Nagano Christmas Market is a new event on the winter calendar, and it's set to bring local crafts, seasonal treats, and d...
Activities Minamiizu Sakura and Nanohana Festival 2025 Kim The Minamiizu Sakura and Nanohana Festival celebrates both blooms alongside the Aono River in Shizuoka.
Culture Pillow Fight in Ito City 2025 Kim The Pillow Fight in Ito City takes place with teams of eight who battle it out against one another by throwing pillows, while...
Activities Tsunan Snow Festival 2025 Kim Parts of Niigata Prefecture often get referred to as yukiguni (snow country) thanks to the region's massive amount of winter ...
Activities Asahi Funagawa Spring Quartet 2025 Kim The Asahi Funagawa Spring Quartet event runs for two weeks during April, and it's a real celebration of the season, with saku...
