Historical Squid Island - Nishinoshima Featured Even if you don’t like eating squid, there are many places where you can go “squid hunting” in Nishinoshima in the Oki Islands..
Historical Makabe's Hina Doll Festival Elysse Hurtado Walking through the streets of Makabe is a little like hopping through time. But it is not only the architecture that inspires such..
Festivals Northern Dragons Elysse Hurtado Hidden in the hills of Hitachiota is a massive sleeping dragon and its many earth-bound children. Famous as one of the longest suspension..
Festivals Kawasaki-taishi Festival Anonymous Every summer, the Kawasaki Daishi Heikenji Temple showcases windchimes from all over japan.
Festivals Yokohama's Chinese New Year: Day 1 Todd Wojnowski Chinese New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays, and what better place to spend it in Japan than Yokohama..
13 Festivals A Winter Wonderland Illaura Rossiter Snowy scenes and ice sculptures dominate the landscape each February at Japan's biggest snow festival in Sapporo, Hokkaido...
12 Festivals Shirasagi no Mai Glimpse Gloria Ticconi Shiragagi-no-mai, a millennium-old dance in Sensoji Temple in Asakusa
Festivals The Beer Fes in Nagaoka 2023 Sep 2nd - 3rd 2023 Past Event Billed as the largest craft beer event on the Sea of Japan coastline, the Beer Fes in Nagaoka is set to include a wide varie..