10 Festivals Aoba Festival Suzume Odori Justin Velgus The Suzume Odori, or Sparrow Dance, is a traditional dance of Sendai. Each spring 2000 dancers take to the streets to perform ..
Culture Discovering Awajishima Yunxuan Koh Discovering Awajishima: An island rich in tradition and natural beauty
Temples & Shrines Kifune Shrine in Northern Kyoto Bryan Baier A small but gorgeous and less-traveled shrine in the mountains north of downtown Kyoto.
7 Culture Tokyo’s Anamori-Inari Shrine Steve Morton If you like money or want good fortune then Tokyo’s Anamori-inari Shrine is the place to come. Located just a stone’s throw aw..
8 Temples & Shrines Shuzen-ji Hie Jinja Shrine Tomoko Kamishima Hie Jinja Shrine is one of the 3800 branch shrines under San-no So Honsha. In 807, priest Kukai set up this shrine at the same time..
Culture Sake Tasting in Gekkeikan Museum Kyoto Bonson Lam Fushimi is one of the oldest sake producing areas in Japan and enjoyed the patronage of the Shogun Toyotomi Hideyoshi, in the 16th..
Culture Inariyama Festa 2024 Early Oct Running for over a decade now, the Inariyama Festa at Sayama Inariyama Prefectural Park is an event that remembers the Great East..
Culture Takaoka Metal Casting Alena Eckelmann Takaoka is famous throughout Japan for its well-developed metal casting industry. Imono, or cast metal items, from Takaoka have..