Culture Oni Fest on Mt. Yoshino 2025 Alena Eckelmann Embrace your demons on Yoshinoyama! The locals of this mountain welcome oni (demons) into their houses and inns ever since mo...
Culture Midosuji and Hikari Illuminations 2024 Bonson Lam Osaka Hikari Renaissance is a series of light up and festival events taking place in Fall and Winter each year. In 2018 the f...
Culture Aoi Matsuri Festival 2024 Bonson Lam The Aoi Matsuri is one of the oldest and most celebrated festivals in Japan. So much so, the word “Matsuri” originally referr...
Activities Undokai World Cup 2024 Maddi Ryan Are you planning a trip to Kansai this September? Come join Undokai World Cup! Held off the coast of Osaka on Awaji Island, U...
Culture KYOTOGRAPHIE International Photography Festival 2024 Ignatius Koh The KYOTOGRAPHIE International Photography Festival is an annual event held in Kyoto over four weeks. The theme for 2018 is "...
Culture Kemari Hajime in Kyoto 2025 Gloria Ticconi Kemari Hajime in Kyoto: a traditional New Year event at Shimogamo Shrine, where men in period costume play an ancient traditi...
Culture Ebisu Festival in Kyoto 2025 Gloria Ticconi Held at Yasaka Shrine in Japan's former capital Kyoto, the Ebisu Festival is Kyoto's first festival of the New Year, dedicate...
Culture Yabusame Shinji 2025 Tatiana Garcia Every year in early May. witness the Yabusame Shinji at Shimogamo shrine, where Japanese mounted archers fire arrows at enemy...
Culture Toh-Shiya at Sanjusangen-do 2025 Gloria Ticconi Held at Sanjusangen-do temple in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto, Toh-Shiya is the first Japanese archery competition of the...
Culture Ohitaki Fire Festival Kifune Shrine 2024 Jemma King The annual Ohitaki Fire Festival at Kifune Shrine uses its spiritual powers to banish bad sprits and cleanse impurities of th...
