Festivals Yokohama's Nanohana Festival 2026 Mid May Visit a rural community covered with fields of gorgeous flowers, locally crafted flower made foods, and an overall festive atmosphere!
Historical 7 Lucky Gods New Year Pilgrimage Joe Peters A great New Year activity for the whole family - take a walk - collect your 7 lucky gods while seeing parts of the "old Tokyo."
Museums Visiting Bansuiso Anonymous Bansuiso is open to the public as a site-seeing spot and a venue for arts... Perhaps the best piece of art in the building is the painting of Hisamitsu
Historical Hokoku-ji Temple in Spring Tomoko Kamishima in the mid 13th Century, their priests cultivated and refined various arts... that related to their Buddhist principles; arts such as calligraphy, seal-engraving
Festivals Sendai Tanabata Festival Brian Sealey decorations made by citizens from all over Japan, from Kushidama to paper cranes... heartbreaking of decorations come from Nagasaki and Hiroshima, where thousands of cranes
Culture Namerikawa's Firefly Squid Sheila Burt threw the hotaruika in the air and hauled them onto the boat in large carts
18 Culture Worth a Michelangelo Alena Eckelmann Finding a treasure trove for beautiful frescos, statues and carved ceilings crafted by Ishikawa Uncho, also known as the "Michelangelo of Echigo"
Historical A Trip to Furusato Mura, Tono Imogen Riethmuller Wander through Japan as it was in the past, and see various traditional craft and farming activities being performed.
