Culture Kazahaya Traditional Arts Festival Anonymous Kazahaya fireworks festival, in the local port area near the island of Kashima
Culture Matsushima Oyster Festival 2026 Late Jan - Early Mar Dress warm, and take a walk out to Fukuurajima or Oshima while you’re there
Culture Shuri-jo Castle Peter Sidell Before it became part of Japan, the Ryukyu Kingdom stretched from Amami-Oshima
Nightlife Sunset Live 2026 Early Sep On the Itoshima Peninsula west of Fukuoka City, the village of Keya’s clean
Accommodation First Inn Capsule Hotel, Takamatsu Peter Sidell #39; walk from Kotoden Kataharamachi station, from which you can get to Yashima
Area Fukushima City Fukushima, meaning “Happy Island” is a city nestled between mountains in the Abukuma Valley. At 37 degrees latitude North it is just below Athens, Greece. The heavy snowfalls of winter, however,..
Culture Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum, Kagawa Peter Sidell The town of Mure on the Yashima plateau east of Takamatsu is known for
Culture Hakone’s Mt. Komagatake Tomoko Kamishima Fuji and a chain of Hakone mountains on the left; Odawara, Yokohama, Ohshima