Hakkai-san Firewalking Festival 2026 Tuesday - Oct 20th Hakkai-san Firewalking Festival - crossing hot coals barefoot in the mountains of Niigata to ensure health and prosperity
Culture Tokamachi Son-in-Law Throwing Event 2027 Mid Jan The Tokamachi muko (son-in-law) throwing event takes place on January 15th each year, and involves new husbands being thrown off a 5-meter high cliff to
11 Culture Beppu Umi Jigoku (Sea Hell) Night Diagoras Kalaitzoglou One of them is the 'Umi Jigoku' known as 'Sea Hell' which... ticket booth you were greeted with a dreamy path leading to the 'Sea
12 Activities Kamakura Camera - Summer by the Sea Peter Oxley to it, aficionados thronged the Kamakura coast every summer to enjoy a fun... beaches are well patrolled, with full-time lifeguards constantly scanning sea
Accommodation APA Villa Hotel Tanimachi 4-Chome Peter Sidell prices down, so I settled on one of the city's numerous hotels in the APA... APA seem to have given up charging for in-room video, so on my evenings
10 Culture Kamakura Camera Egara Tenjin-sha Shrine Peter Oxley Let's visit Egara Tenjin-sha, an important Shinto shrine dedicated to a poet and scholar who loved plum blossoms.
8 Sea Mammals at Toba Aquarium Cathy Cawood Toba Aquarium has many sea mammals including dugong, dolphins and porpoises, seals, walruses, pengins and otters.
Culture Shun Natsui Photographic Exhibition 2021 Jul 2nd - 15th 2021 Past Event For a limited time, Tokyo's Fujifilm Square will be hosting an exhibition of photographic works from Shun Natsui.