Culture Hamaori-sai 2024 Mid Jul Every year on Marine's Day, about 40 omikoshi will leave from the shrines around the city of Chigasaki and bath into the ocean...
Culture Taiwan Festival 2024 Early - Mid Jul The Taiwan Festival at the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse celebrates Taiwanese culture - and a big part of that is all of the delicious..
Historical The Making of Kamakura Daibutsu - 1 Tomoko Kamishima Knowing how Daibutsu was made (in the mid 13th century) is quite interesting and will help you appreciate your visit there much..
Culture Whisky Festival in Yokohama 2024 Late Aug One way to get your whisky fix is at the Whisky Festival in Yokohama, a large-scale tasting event that brings together whiskies..
Culture Masobyo 5 (1Review) Masobyo Temple (媽祖廟), also called Ma Zhu Miao, is located in Yokohama’s Chinatown. The young Taoist temple, which opened relatively recently in 2..
Culture Inside the Kamakura Daibutsu Cordelia Ding Are you planning to visit Kamakura as a side trip from Tokyo? If so, it must mean that you will visit the Daibutsu, or the Great..
Culture Pikachu Outbreak 2019 2019 Early - Mid Aug Past Event From 6 to 12 August 2019, Pikachu Outbreak will take place for the sixth running year at Yokohama's Minato Mirai - expect to..
Culture Nihon Minkaen 5 (1Review) Nihon Minka-en (日本民家園, also 'The Japan Open-Air Folk House Museum') is part of the Ikuta Ryokuchi Park in Kawasaki, Kanagawa. On displa..