Museums My Kasaoka Kenji Chida In the summer, about the beginning of August, the Sunflower Field Festival... In the winter, the oyster festival is held at Kasaoka Port.
Culture Traditional Ainu Dance Mid Jun The Daisetsuzan Mountain Festival in Asahidake Onsen takes place every year around the middle of June and is meant to be the official start of the hiking
Culture Uchiko's Sasa Matsuri Early Aug be three days to those who visit Uchiko's Sasa Matsuri—or bamboo festival—but... involved today, it's the businesses of Uchiko that established the festival
Culture Hanagasa Matsuri Early Aug Hanagasa Matsuri is a dance festival which originiated in Obanazawa but is now celebrated across Yamagata every summer.
11 Gardens & Parks Lotus Heaven in Fukui Larry Knipfing Minami Echizen's summer lotus festival is a real treat
Culture Live Earth Matsuyama Mid May Live Earth Matsuyama is a festival for music, environmental activism and ethnic food in the middle of May.
Museums Kyoto Machiya and Textiles Museum Bonson Lam As the custodian of the festival, his house here reflects the spirit and... tatami rooms and a display of a three hundred-year-old Hina Matsuri (doll festival
Culture 1,000 Samurai Procession in Nikko Mid May The wider here is the Nikko Toshogu Shrine Spring Grand Festival (Nikko... This Togyosai festival procession takes on the second day (May 18th), where