Culture Tokushima Yokai Festival 2026 Mid Nov Miyoshi City in Tokushima Prefecture on Japan's Shikoku island holds an annual yokai ghost festival in November.
Culture Ashikaga Orihime Shrine Yonatan Friis In 1937 the shrine was relocated and rebuilt on Mount Orihime right next... Both the mountain, the park, and the shrine are named after the Shinto
Culture Tsurugi Horai Festival 2026 Early Oct It has been running annually for over 800 years, with the separate towns of Tsurugi competing to create the best floats, which are hand carried around
Culture Itoigawa Anglerfish Festival 2026 Early - Late Mar The Itoigawa region of Niigata is one of the prefecture's best spots for anglerfish, and the multi-venue Itoigawa Anglerfish Festival will serve up anglerfish
11 Culture Zenkyu-In Temple in Matsumoto Peter Sidell in Japan's Nagano prefecture, Zenkyu-In is a charming Buddhist temple, home to a range of statues, from large guardian demons to small carved saints and
Culture Hina Festival of Inatori Onsen 2026 Jan 20th - Mar 31st 31st, the tiny seaside town of Inatori, in the Izu Peninsula, hosts its annual 'Hina-no-tsurushikazari Matsuri', a lovely festival combining hina dolls and
Traditional Historic Neighborhood of Jinaimachi Guillaume Doré unknown to foreigners, the historic neighbourhood of Jinaimachi in Osaka is an... matsuri, or dolls festival in March, so I was able to put my map aside and
11 Culture Togeppo Saioku-ji Temple in Mariko Peter Sidell Close to Shizuoka City in central Japan, Togeppo Saioku-ji is a peaceful Buddhist temple, with an elegant garden and relics from the life of its resident