Culture Doburoku Matsuri 2024 Thursday - Nov 28th The Koami Shrine holds a doburoku (sake) festival annually on the 28th of November.
Culture Susukino Snow Festival 2025 Early - Mid Feb Susukino's Ice Festival is a part of Sapporo's famous Snow Festival. The festival features detailed ice sculptures, outdoors..
Culture Arita Autumn Ceramics Fair 2024 Late Nov The Arita Autumn Ceramics Festival is designed as an event where visitors can appreciate the charms of Arita in various ways –..
Culture Rurikoji Temple Rurikoji Temple (瑠璃光寺, Rurikōji) located inside Kozan park is a buddhist temple built in 1442 known for its 5 story pagoda. The pagoda is a nati..
Festivals Tondo Festival 2025 Wednesday - Jan 15th Annual festival held around January 15th all across the country to burn old talismans and charms and pray for good luck in the year..
Anime & Manga Wolf Children Ame and Yuki's house Martyn Bissett Wolf Children was a 2012 Japanese animation movie directed by Mamoru Hosoda and this was their family home, and the setting for..
Culture Hiroshima Kanzake Festival 2025 Late Mar The Hiroshima Kanzake Festival brings the delights of warmed sake to the world. Warming the beverage is said to bring out a depth..
Culture Absolute Chairs Exhibition 2024 Feb 17th - May 12th The Absolute Chairs exhibition at the Saitama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art explore chairs in art beyond their practical function,..