Culture
Sendai's Pageant of Starlight 2024
The Sendai Pageant of Starlight is one of Japan's biggest winter illumination displays. Each year from early December thro..
Culture
Kanuma Buttsuke Autumn Festival 2025
A festival of food, music, dance and elaborate floats celebrated each year in October.
Culture
Nikko Yabusame Archery Competition 2025
Yabusame Archery Competition at the Nikko Shunki Reitaisai Grand Spring Festival.
Activities
Matsushima Boat Cruise Options
Matsushima offers a variety of cruises to get up close and personal to one of Japan's three most famous scenic views.
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Otawara Sakura Buttsuke
Otawara Sakura Buttsuke, held each year, commemorates the joining of the 9 cities, villages, and towns that now make up Otawara..
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Oga Peninsula at Sunset
The Oga Peninsula in Akita Prefecture is known for its rich cultural identity, but it also has some spectacular natural beauty..
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Nasu's Sessho-seki or Killing Stone
Nasu's Sessho-seki or Killing Stone, explore part of Japanese rich mythological history in Tochigi Prefecture.
Gallery
Kanuma Buttsuke Autumn Festival
Tochigi
Nikko's Senjō-ga-hara Plateau
Tochigi
Lake Chuzenji, Early Autumn
Tochigi
Otawara Sakura Buttsuke
Tochigi
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Activities
Mt. Kamegamori
Anna ShefferEnjoy Ehime's scenery with this brief but rewarding hike in the Ishizuchi Mountains.
Accommodation
Fukufuji Minshuku
Brittany RockTucked away in Nikko’s Kuriyama region is a small Minshuku village surrounded by mountains, rivers and small farms. This is a ..
Culture
Minatogawa Shrine, Kobe
Joe RobinsonMinatogawa Shrine gives the traveller something that more widely-known (and admittedly more unique) religious sights in Japan cannot..