Culture Etiquette at Shrines and Temples Edward Yagisawa Follow these easy steps to properly pay your respects at Japan's marvelous temples and shrines!
Culture May Grand Sumo Tournament (Tokyo) 2026 May 10th - May 24th Professional sumo's third tournament of the year is held in Tokyo at the Ryogoku Kokugikan from mid-to-late May.
Culture Asahikawa Winter Festival 2026 Feb 6th - Feb 11th The Asahikawa Winter Festival is a large scale winter festival in Hokkaido, occurring around the same time as Sapporo’s Snow F..
Culture Marunouchi Winter Illuminations 2025-2026 Nov 13th - Feb 15th With the long and cold evenings firmly set in, help to take away some of those winter blues by visiting Marunouchi’s colorful ..
Festivals Hatsumode in Asakusa 2027 Jan 1st - Jan 7th The first visit to the shrine in the new year is called Hatsumode, and it attracts quite some crowds every year, and I think it..
Culture Ueno Park 4.5 (8Reviews) The Ueno Park (Ueno Koen) in the Taito district of Tokyo is a public park and with more than 10 million visitors annually the most popular city park..
Culture Wonder Festival 2026 Sunday - Feb 8th The Wonder Festival began back in 1984 with the aim of showcasing and selling model kits from professional figure making compa..
Culture NAKED Garden of Light Heian Shrine 2025-2026 Dec 19th - Jan 18th This winter, Heian Shrine in Kyoto will host the NAKED Garden of Light Heian Shrine event, where visitors will experience a unique..