Festivals Summer Sonic Music Festival Jeremy Yap Metallica and Muse gracing the stage of one of Japan's most renowned festivals... Asakusa at that time and it took me a total of three hours to get to the festival
10 Festivals Tokushima LED Art Festival Anonymous Art Festival held in Tokushima at the end of April, LED lights combines with the city to create a new concept
12 Festivals Hiroshima Umeshu Festival 2012 Emmie Tsumura The Hiroshima Umeshu Festival is an annual event held at the beginning of October, celebrating the plum wine-making tradition in Japan.
Festivals Kazahaya Traditional Arts Festival Anonymous The Furusato Kazahaya Traditional Arts Festival features vernacular arts that you probably haven't heard of before, but they beat TV.
Festivals Hamamatsu Kite Flying Festival 2024 May 3rd - May 5th A festival during Golden week where kites are flown to celebrate the birth of a son.
Historical Makabe's Hina Doll Festival Elysse Hurtado Especially during the highly-valued local Hina Festival, homes and hearths are opened to the public and the town lights up with the glow of generosity
Festivals Kajiki Spider Fighting Festival 2024 Mid Jun Kajiki's Spider Fighting Festival, or Kumo Gassen, is a spider-fighting
Culture The Kokura Gion Festival 2024 Mid Jul The Kokura Gion Festival is a frenzy of mid-summer community drumming in northern Kyushu. Get your taiko on!