Culture OKINAWA FES Milafete 2026 Mid May of merchandise featuring the shisa, the famous cross between a dog and lion
Museums Yokoo Tadanori Museum, Kobe Peter Sidell elements; there are some paintings of a newly married couple featuring a lion
Museums Horie Shrine Bradford Pomeroy These mythological guardians are in the form of lion-dogs and can be found
Temples & Shrines Oyamazumi Shrine on Omishima Island Anonymous The entrance to the shrine is fairly typical, with a stone torii and lion
Culture Taketomi-Romantic Okinawa Island Alena Eckelmann sits one, or at the gates two, shiisa, Okinawa’s mythical creature, half lion
Culture Renting and Riding a Bicycle in Kyoto Bonson Lam back lanes of suburban Kitayama, or seeing yukata clad shopkeepers in Gion
Culture Yabusame in Kamakura 2026 Mid - Late Apr the noise and bustle as you are greeted by the two giant guardian dogs (lion
Culture Getting to Know Japan's Oldest Zoo: Ueno Zoo Christopher Harley path towards the first of the rest areas, you also pass by the Tiger and Lion