Culture Koinobori Festa 1000 2024 Victoria Kamila On May 5th, cities and villages throughout hold koinobori (carp-streamers) festivals in celebration of Children’s Day, a day ...
Culture Daigaku Festival at Ikune Shrine 2024 Joe Robinson Centering around an impressive array of almost a hundred lanterns, this is a festival worth a trek to attend. If traditional...
Culture Karuta Hajime New Year's Card Game 2025 Gloria Ticconi At New Year in Japan's former capital of Kyoto, Karuta Hajime is an annual event where a popular traditional card game is pla...
Culture Gion Matsuri 2024 Japan Travel Enjoy centuries old traditions, lively parades, mouth-watering street food, and contagious fun at one of Japan’s most popular...
Culture Nada no Kenka 2024 José Manuel Zardain Nada no Kenka is a festival in Himeji celebrated every year on October 14 and 15. A dangerous, but very colourful and vibrant...
Activities Kiyomizu-dera Autumn Illumination 2024 Jaime Wong Autumn foliage is lit up at night at Kiyomizu-dera
Culture Yamayaki Festival 2025 Japan Travel For over 250 years, people have gathered at the base of Mt. Wakakusa in Nara on the fourth Saturday in January to watch the m...
Culture Setsubun Mantoro 2025 Jessica Lin At the Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Nara, more than 3,000 lanterns in the precincts are lit up.
Culture Nyaramachi Neko Art Festival 2024 Mary Kawai Nyaramachi Neko Art Festival celebrates cats and cat-inspired artwork throughout June.
