10 Gardens & Parks Ie-jima Hibiscus Garden Peter Sidell There's an annual lily festival and towards the eastern end of the
Culture Nigatsu-do Hall in Nara Todd Wojnowski event marks the origin of Omizutori, the sacred "Water-Drawing" festival... As the climatic event of a two week festival of Shuni-e, Omizutori is when
9 Street & Urban Mystic Views of Akarenga Soko Manish Prabhune Munich's world famous beer festival "Oktoberfest" is also held here at Akarenga Soko.
12 Temples & Shrines Akasaka’s Hie-jinja Shrine Tomoko Kamishima Hie-jinja is also known as San-no-sama, and has a big biennial festival
Culture Utsubo Park, Osaka Charlotte Griffiths sometimes, you find yourself between shops, standing bars, museums and festivals... In spring and autumn the park plays host to planting festivals and, on
Historical The Stone Lanterns of Kasuga Shrine Justin Velgus On the other hand, during select festivals throughout the year, each lantern... during the Setsubun Mantoro (February 2-4) and Obon Matsuri (August 14-15) festivals
Festivals Wazuka - Japanese Tea Town Simona Zavadckyte There is a teatopia festival each November, and it makes a great day trip from Kyoto or Nara. Why not try its tea flavoured soba.
7 Temples & Shrines Suwa Taisha (Suwa Grand Shrine) Brian Wood-Koiwa Suwa Taisha (Suwa Grand Shrine) houses the four largest logs of the Onbashira festival and a tree that snores when it lowers its branches at night