Activities Visiting Lafcadio Hearn's Residence Mandy Bartok known for his ghost stories - is a name you hear often in the city of Matsue... Yet Hearn lived a mere 15 months of his life in Matsue.
Activities Yokogawa Fushigi Festival 2027 Late Apr Matsuri & Fushigi-ichi Cosplay Wonder Carnival Yokogawa shotengai
Activities Koriyama Castle Cherry Blossoms Erin Fitzgerald For the cherry blossom season, the site of Koriyama Castle explodes into gentle pink beauty for Oshiro Matsuri, or the Castle Festival.
Activities Kintaikyo Fireworks, Yamaguchi JJ Walsh Iwakuni's Famous Kintaikyo Bridge is a fantastic backdrop for an annual fireworks festival Matsuri.
14 Outdoors Below Mikaeri Falls Tristan Scholze the few festivals that takes place in Japan during June is the Ajisai Matsuri... mikaeri no taki—Mikaeri Waterfall アジサイ（紫陽花）—ajisai—hydrangea あじさいまつり—ajisai matsuri—Hydrangea
Activities Air Show at Rokkon Festival 2014 Radica Sooknarine Japan Air and Self-Defense Force air show opens the 2014 Rokkon Matsuri in the Yamagata Prefecture.
Outdoors The Shiretoko Peninsula R.S. Reynolds a quick sip of my coffee, I placed my cup back down and asked Mitsuki Matsuda... Matsuda is something of an anomaly in that he was born and raised in the
9 Seasonal Beautiful, Overlooked Sakura Spots Samantha Lau I went to Kobayashi Park, the Kobayashi Sakura Matsuri and Narita Temple