Culture The Hanamaki Festival 2025 Early - Mid Sep It features drum and shamisen playing and fantastic traditional dancing.
Culture Sagamihara Cherry Blossom Festival 2026 Early Apr local mikoshi (portable shrines) and a performance by the region’s youth drum
Activities Tsuyama Sakura Festival Kim Bergström also includes additional fun activities like a tea ceremony and taiko drum
Culture Tama City - Museums & Galleries Sleiman Azizi artists include Theodore Rousseau, Maurice de Vlaminc, Emile Galle and Daum
Activities Spectacular Okutama Rey Waters adventurous things to do, such as hiking the Hatonosu Ravine, Shiromaru Dam... can experience walking across the Uki-bashi Bridge, known as the Metal Drum
7 Culture Tsuchiura City’s “Turtle Castle” Elizabeth S Just past the drum gate, on a little rise, is the yaguramon, the only surviving... roof, and displaying the castle’s shachi protective dragon fish, and the drum
10 Kanagawa Kenritsu Aikawa Park Cathy Cawood Kanagawa Kenritsu Aikawa Park has beautiful gardens, a kids pool and huge trampoline domes, and is the gateway to Miyagase Dam.
8 Otawara Sakura Buttsuke Dale A. Brown festival street food, ornately decorated yatai floats, and amazing taiko drum... is two days long and includes different events such as a parade, taiko drum