10 Culture Ie-jima Hibiscus Garden Peter Sidell There's an annual lily festival and towards the eastern end of the
10 Climbing Daimonji-yama Cathy Cawood mountains in Kyoto with the blazing kanji for the Daimonji Gozan-Okuribu Fire Festival
9 Culture Mystic Views of Akarenga Soko Manish Prabhune Munich's world famous beer festival "Oktoberfest" is also held here at Akarenga Soko.
11 Enjoy Japanese Lotus at Ueno Park Larry Knipfing Summers in Japan are famous for local matsuri festivals, roof garden beer... halls, and fireworks festivals.
6 Culture Cosmos in the Kumamoto countryside Mandy Bartok A cosmos festival is held every year in early October.
Activities Temple of Pure Water, Kyoto Ariane Mignault The temple is extremely popular any time of the year, especially during festivals and during New Year.
11 Enoshima, an Escape not to Miss! Andre Moreira unless you want to see the Enoshima fireworks display or some special festival
Kyoto Kamogawa River in Summer Tomoko Kamishima At the Star Festival (Tanabata 七夕) in Kyoto, decorations made up of bamboo
