Culture Lake Hamana Gyoza Festival 2027 Mid Jan The Lake Hamana Gyoza Festival is a must-visit event for both food lovers and families alike. Held each year at the Lake Hamana..
Traditional Hamamatsu Festival 2026 May 3rd - May 5th A parade of floats from the districts of Hamamatsu
Culture Princess Road Procession 2026 Saturday - Mar 28th This parade takes place in Kiga, Hamamatsu the first Saturday and Sunday of April. See the re-enacted procession of an Edo-era princess..
Culture Enshu Hamakita Flying Dragon Festival 2026 Late May A festival held in honor of the dragon god of the Tenryu River, in Hamakita in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture. The culmination..
Festivals Hamamatsu Kite Flying Festival 2026 Early May A festival during Golden week where kites are flown to celebrate the birth of a son.
Historical Hamamatsu Castle Katrina Webber Reconstructed Hamamatsu Castle serves as a tribute to the seventeen years Tokugawa Ieyasu spent in the area. The grounds are also..
Culture Japanese Musical Instruments Elena Lisina A description of popular traditional Japanese instruments such as the shamisen, taiko, shakuhachi, koto and biwa. The sound of the..
Culture Kanzanji Temple Lester Goh Kanzanji Temple is famed for its enchantingly expansive grounds, a 16-meter tall Kannon Bodhisattva statue and the Ana-Daishi cave,..