Festivals Tondo Festival 2025 Wednesday - Jan 15th In mid-January, dramatic bonfire festivals are held at shrines all across... , these festivals are known as "Tondo-matsuri" and the Gokoku Shrine
9 Temples & Shrines Tairyuji C. Rio Temple twenty one in the Shikoku Ohenro pilgrimage is also known as the Great Dragon Temple.
12 Temples & Shrines Nagasaki's Great Buddhist Cemetery Larry Knipfing The most amazing cemetery I have ever visited is located on a mountainside up behind the many temples that run along the Teramachi (temple town) district
Culture Dramatic Festivals in Eastern Ehime Featured Both are beautiful and exiting festivals, with parades of portable shrines... Festival The Saijo Festival is held at the Kamo, Ishioka, Isono and Iizumi shrines
Culture Momotesai on Miyajima 2025 Monday - Jan 20th Ritual firing of arrows at Omoto Shrine on the island of Miyajima
7 Temples & Shrines Kyoto's Kinkaku-ji Andre Moreira Kyoto was named the world's best city by Travel and Leisure in 2014, and when you visit gardens like Kinkaku-ji (also called the Golden Pavilion),
Historical Nikko’s Taiyu-in Mausoleum Tomoko Kamishima If you hope to see the details of this wonderful temple at your own slow pace, you will enjoy Taiyu-in very much.
Culture Otaue Rice Planting Festival 2024 Friday - Jun 14th Japan reaffirms its deep connections with its staple crop at the annual Sumiyoshi Shrine rice-planting festival in Osaka on June 14th