Culture Bedazzled by Buds and Blooms Joe Peters building housing the o-mikoshi (portable shrines) used in the annual festivals
Museums The National Art Center, Tokyo Peter Sidell calligraphy, to art college graduation shows and the annual Media Arts Festival
Historical Tokyo's Nezu Shrine Nicole Bauer beginning of May, the shrine holds the so-called Tsutsuji Matsuri (Azalea Festival
Museums Mingei Iyo-Kasuri Kaikan Anonymous filled with roly-poly himedaruma dolls to mark the hina matsuri, a doll’s festival
Culture Otaru's Gleaming Canals Katherine Moore evening in February for what is known as the 'Otaru Gleaming' Festival
Historical Nunobashi Kanjoue Kerrie Hankinson The festival was begun again as a re-enactment in 1996, 2005, 2006, 2009... History and how this festival fits in with Oyama Jinja Involvement in these
Culture Getting to Know: Fushimi Inari Taisha Ash April and October are both festival times at this shrine, and great times
Festivals Filling the belly in Nagatoro Featured restaurants and from roadside stalls in Nagatoro, particularly during festivals