Activities Cape Tsurugi Coastal Walk Steve Morton or continue along the coast for another forty minutes until you reach ‘Matsuka... Several minutes later you will reach the pretty little fishing harbor of Matsuwa
Accommodation Katoya Ryokan Obanazawa Hannah Warren After spending the day at Hanagasa Matsuri, Katoya was the perfect place
Food Daisuke Udon Tony Mariani The restaurant is decorated in Uwajima Ushi-oni Matsuri festival decorations
Culture Shinno-sai Festival 2026 Nov 22nd - Nov 23rd Held annually on 22nd to 23rd November, Shinno-sai is the last festival to be held in Osaka, thus also known as the Tome-no-matsuri “The Stop (Last) Festival
Shopping Handa Dashi Festival Chris Glenn By the way, if you’d like to see the next Handa Dashi Matsuri, it’s set
8 Konpukuji: Sacred Temple of Haiku Takako Sakamoto Konpukuji Temple in Kyoto is famous for the haiku poets Matsuo Basho and Yosano Buson, as well as for the heroine of a historical novel, Taka Murayama.
24 Culture The Enchantment of Yamadera Radica Sooknarine In 1689, the poet Matsuo Basho, wrote a famous haiku here.
Culture Exploring Yamagata the Basho Way Alena Eckelmann Matsuo Basho, an Edo Era Japanese haiku poet (1644-1694) undertook a five-month journey, mainly on foot, to the north of Japan.