15 Snow at Makino Cathy Cawood Old wooden houses in the snow and stunning winter lakeside scenery at the small town of Makino in Shiga Prefecture.
Culture Tanamachi Exhibition in Nanbu 2022 Oct 22nd - Nov 27th 2022 Past Event An exhibition of art by Yoshihiro Tanamachi at Nanbu Municipal Museum in October & November. The main piece is a huge 6-panel painting..
10 Food Machida Ice Latte [Closed] Cathy Cawood Sublime ice-cream made with farm-fresh milk in a huge range of flavors at Machida Ice Latte in Aihara.
Culture Otsu Festival 2026 Mid Oct Otsu Matsuri takes place in early October and features thirteen ornate floats with ingenious mechanical puppets.
Culture Plum Blossom at Jonan-gu in Kyoto 2026 Feb 18th - Mar 22nd Jonangu in Fushimi, Kyoto is a Heian era Shinto shrine with a camellia and plum blossom festival in February and March
8 New Year at Heian Jingu Shrine Cathy Cawood See kimonos, buy a snack from a food stall, and check your fortune for the New Year at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto.
11 New Year stalls at Fushimi Inari Cathy Cawood Many food stalls spring up around Fushimi Inari at New Year, selling delicious snacks to the crowds of New Year visitors.
10 Snow at Rokusho Shrine Cathy Cawood Snow brought extra beauty to this local Yamashina shrine at the start of a trail into the Higashiyama Hills in Kyoto.