27 Culture Symbolic Plants of Japan Elena Lisina Many temples, shrines and other traditional places of Japan are decorated with special ornaments and emblems featuring flowers and..
Culture Meguro Sanma Festival 2026 Mid Oct Every year Tokyo has its Mackerel pike festival. On this day you get a grilled fish completely free of charge!
12 Street & Urban Sendai Airport to JR Sendai Station Takako Sakamoto Sendai Airport, a relatively new, beautiful airport with curvy-shaped modern terminal building is the main airport of the Toho..
Culture Sanuki Manno Park Hydrangea Festival 2026 Early Jun - Early Jul From early June through early July, visitors can stroll through Shikoku’s largest hydrangea display at Sanuki Manno Park, with..
Culture Sankeien Firefly Night Sher Ying Wee Spend a early summer night filled with ephemeral lights in Sankeien Gardens on Firefly Night.
9 Culture Historical Kurashiki Bikan at Night Thu vy In central Japan's Okayama prefecture, Kurashiki is a handsome historical town. After sunset, its Bikan district is illuminated..
Culture Koganji Temple Sleiman Azizi Koganji Temple in Sugamo is famous for its healing legend of a lady who spat out a needle after ingesting a picture of the temple's..
Culture Tottori Shan Shan Festival 2026 Aug 13th - Aug 15th Every summer, from August 13th to 15th, Tottori comes alive with the vibrant Shan Shan Festival, one of the region’s largest a..