Culture Yamaga Winter Lantern Festival Mandy Bartok Yamaga displays illuminated paper umbrellas and and bamboo candles on winter evenings in February.
Culture Aso Fire Festival Mandy Bartok The slopes of Mt Aso are alight with flames during the annual March fire festival.
Activities Carp Streamers at Tsuetate Onsen Mandy Bartok Hundreds of carp streamers are strung over the swift-flowing river at Kumamoto Prefecture's Tsuetate Onsen every year from April..
Tamana Iris Festival Mandy Bartok Over 66,000 purple irises in several varieties bloom in the Takaseura River in late May to early June during the Tamana Iris F..
Culture Arao Rice Planting Festival Mandy Bartok The town of Arao holds a rice planting festival to kick off the start of the annual growing season.