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Taiko in Shimogo

Taiko in Shimogo

Tom Roseveare

Shimogo's Okawa-Keiryu Taiko Preservation Society is a group of local Japanese taiko drummers, whose lively performances are well-received.

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Niwaka Lantern Festival 2025

Niwaka Lantern Festival 2025

Late Aug

A procession of colorfully painted floats mark the end of summer in Ukawa, a fishermen’s village on the Noto Peninsula.

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Tofukuji Temple, Soka City

Tofukuji Temple, Soka City

Sleiman Azizi

Tofukuji Temple in Soka City, Saitama, was built by Zusho Ozawa who also helped put Soka on the map as the 4th largest post station on the Nikko Kaido.

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Unique Things To Do in Suwa

Unique Things To Do in Suwa

Featured

this into a unique list as unagi is so wide spread in Japan, but the way Okaya... In Okaya, unagi is cooked in a unique way, cut from the belly and charcoal-broiled

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