Culture Some no Komichi Dyeing Festival 2026 Feb 20th - Feb 22nd Traditionally, dye producers used to hang their dyed fabric along the Myoshoji River in the Nakai/Ochiai neighbourhood.
Culture Yabusame Horse Archery Tsuwano 2026 Early Apr Yabusame is a horse archery festival in Tsuwano, held on the second Sunday of April every year. The horse archery ground in Tsuwano..
Culture Sapporo Lilac Season Kim Bergström The Sapporo Lilac Festival has been an annual event since 1959, and a year later, lilacs were designated as the city's official..
Activities Cosmos Festival at Showa Kinen Park Serena Ogawa Say good-bye to summer in the company of 70,000 cosmos flowers.
8 Culture The Kujuku Islands of Nagasaki Lily The Kujuku Islands, in Sasebo City, Nagasaki, are part of the Saikai National Park. Consisting of 208 islands, a cruise ship from..
Accommodation Galaxy Guest House, Ginga Sou Elizabeth S Galaxy Guest House, Ginga Sou, is a quiet retreat on Hachijojima, a sub-tropical island in the Izu Islands chain. Located on the..
Beauty & Spa Saya-no-Yudokoro Spa Shinobu Ishikawa Saya-no-Yudokoro is the only spa facility in Tokyo’s 23 wards that provides 100% natural hot spring water. Visitors can enjoy ..
Food Fujiya Izakaya in Koriyama Peter Sidell Not far from Koriyama station in Japan's Fukushima prefecture, Fujiya is a cozy, traditional dining bar, serving hearty Japanese..