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Kasama's Nebuta Festival 2020

Kasama's Nebuta Festival 2020

Mid Aug

Kasama is home to one of Japan's three most important Inari fox shrines at Kasama Inari Shrine.

Ibaraki 1 Free Entry
Hidden Gems in Western Tokyo

Hidden Gems in Western Tokyo

Piti Koshimura

Activities around Western Tokyo: sake tasting, washi workshop, aizome, ninja experience, tea ceremony, temple lodging, rafting and other outdoor sports

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Mystical Koya-san

Mystical Koya-san

Pete Martin

There are over one hundred and twenty temples on the mountain and there... At the Ksitigsrbha Shrine, the bodhisattva Jizo is the Asekaki Jizo (sweating

Wakayama 1
Kunin Yashiki

Kunin Yashiki

Lee Tan

position at the foot of Mount Hiei, as it provided supplies to Enryakui-Temple... family, which has roots in the Kunin, a group of monks from Enryakui-Temple

Shiga 1
Miyama Rice Planting Festival 2026

Miyama Rice Planting Festival 2026

Mid May

prayer for abundant crops conducted by a Shinto priest at Hachimangu Shrine... 10:45–11:30: Shinto ritual praying for a rich harvest at Chii Hachiman Shrine

Kyoto Free Entry
Guide to Japanese Dance

Guide to Japanese Dance

Guillaume Doré

This style of dance was then introduced to the great shrines of Ise and... some of these dances in action, like the lion dance (shishimai) or the shrine

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