Culture Blue Festival Kuki Lynda Hogan The Blue Festival in Kuki is a celebration of flowers that are shades of blue. In all honesty, 'purple' festival would be..
Activities Daishoji Hydrangea Festival Kim Bergström Throughout the month of June, Saga Prefecture's Daishoji Temple hosts a hydrangea festival to celebrate these seasonal flowers...
Activities Hakusan Shrine Hydrangea Festival Kim Bergström Each year in June, Tokyo's Hakusan Shrine is home to an impressive ajisai (hydrangea) festival, where around 3000 blooms in..
Activities Hydrangea Season at the Mishima Skywalk Kim Bergström From mid-June to mid-July, the walking path across from Shizuoka's Mishima Skywalk is filled with the color of around 13,000..
Activities Nasunogahara Summer Pools Lynda Hogan Nasunogahara is a sprawling park with dozens of things to do for families. In the summer, for six weeks only, they open their outdoor..
Activities Miyamoto Park and Cafe Imasa Sherilyn Siy Miyamoto Park is located on the quieter side of Ochanomizu, away from the more famous "Latin Quarter" section. The park is gra..
Accommodation Imai-So Onsen Hotel in Izu Peter Sidell Near Kawazu on the Izu Peninsula in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, Imai-So is an onsen hotel with everything you need for a relaxing..
Culture Ikedaya in Niigata Gaurav Raja Dahal Used during the Edo period as the alternate residence for the Damiyo’s ministers, the rooms inside this historical inn contain..