Culture Green Bamboo Lantern Festival 2026 Aug 15th - Aug 16th Every summer, Takahata Town in Yamagata Prefecture hosts the Green Bamboo Lantern Festival, a long-running local event that began as a way to welcome and
Transportation Higashiyama Subway Chris Glenn was extended to it’s full 20.6 Kilometers reaching to it’s 22nd stop at Takabata... In order, the 22 stations are; H01 Takabata H02 Hatta H03 Iwatsuka H04
Culture HANA Stage Production 2026 Apr 11th - Apr 19th Aomori's Nebuta Festival, Akita's Kanto Festival, and Sendai's Tanabata
Culture Exploring Zuihoden Laura Welch In bright colors, there were Tanabata decorations, a view of Matsushima... seen rarely, when the doors are opened, for example the first night of Tanabata
Culture Uchiko's Sasa Matsuri 2026 Early Aug It falls with the Tanabata festival that is celebrated all over Japan in
Culture Akita Kanto Lantern Festival 2020 Hitoshi Kawai Some people also say that this festival had its origins in Tanabata, the... Originally an ancient Chinese tale of two star crossed lovers, Tanabata
Shopping Masumida Jinja Chris Glenn One of the most famous festivals is the Masumida Shrines’ popular Tanabata
Beauty & Spa Yukiguni & Takahan Ryokan, Yuzawa Rufus Starbuck A museum dedicated to the novel Yukiguni by Yasunari Kawabata.