Planning Kyoto, Nagoya Make TIME's World's Greatest Places 2023 Kim Bergström Mar 19, 2023 Festival fans don't miss out either, with the likes of the Gion Matsuri
Culture Tsurugi Horai Festival 2025 Oct 4th - Oct 5th Several lion-dances called shishimai are also performed.... Unlike most areas in Japan where the lion dances, here the lion is killed
Culture Summer Festivals in Yamaguchi Robert Kodama Yamaguchi Gion Festival July 20-27 at Yamaguchi City This... branch of the Yasaka Shrine from Kyoto was established in Yamaguchi, the Gion
Culture Three Days in Kyoto - Day 2 Elena Lisina started early in the morning with a visit to Yasaka Jinja at one end of Gion... sakura that was tender and beautiful… I then returned to Gion
Culture Visit Narita City's Historic Heart Elizabeth S building, a modern interpretation of kura storehouse architecture, houses Gion... Gion Festival In early July, Narita city celebrates summer with a three-day
Culture Hachioji Festival 2025 Early Aug Kaohsiung in Taiwan (one of Hachioji's sister cities), a Hachioji lion
Culture Inu - Dogs Elena Lisina Guardian Lion Dogs One legend has it that the Buddha was accompanied by... At the entrances to Buddhist temples, you will often find komainu lion
