Culture Obama’s Food Culture Museum Arlene Bastion This unique museum tells the fishy tale of Obama's rise as a miketsukuni port in the Edo Period, with its mackerel regarded as so good, it could feed
Culture Tea Ceremony at Taiho-an Cordelia Ding In the southern outskirts of Kyoto lies the beautiful city of Uji.
Culture A Dress in a Picture, a Picture of a Dress 2021 Feb 13th - May 9th 2021 Past Event A special exhibition taking place at the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum is a collaborative effort, where paintings from the museum's..
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Culture Dogo Onsen Festival 2025 Mar 19th - Mar 21st Every March, Dogo Onsen is dressed up in lanterns and red pinstripes to celebrate its cultural history and provide a platform for the local community to
20 Culture Modern and Traditional Osaka Elena Lisina for something traditional I made my way to the Shinto shrine, Sumiyoshi Taisha... In the shrine I was fortunate to watch a few wedding ceremonies, a ceremony
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Festivals Setsubun at Kasuga Shrine Carolyn Rawson Enjoying the candlelit lanterns at Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Nara.