Culture Hinamatsuri Display 2026 Late Feb - Early Mar From February 13 to March 6, 2019, view rare dolls from over a hundred years ago in celebration of Hinamatsuri (Girl's Day)..
Festivals Nagoya Festival 2025 Late Oct Nagoya's annual parade of the three heroes of the warring States Period
Culture A Passion for Morning Glories Tomoko Kamishima Passion for morning glories: Japanese people plant seeds in the garden or buy potted flowers to help stay cool in summer
Culture Tea Ceremony at Taiho-an Cordelia Ding In the southern outskirts of Kyoto lies the beautiful city of Uji. Uji is famous for its matcha green tea, and Uji City's Taiho-an..
Culture Nisonin Temple Nison-in is a Tendai Buddhist temple complex in Ukyō-ku, a western ward in the city of Kyoto, Japan. The temple's official name is Ogura-yama Ni..
Culture Seimei Shrine in Kyoto Elena Lisina One of the temples of Kyoto, Seimei jinja is dedicated to the legendary onmyoji named Abe no Seimei, who lived in the 10th-11th..
Festivals Otsu Festival 2025 Mid Oct Otsu Matsuri takes place in early October and features thirteen ornate floats with ingenious mechanical puppets.