Culture Visit Ise Shima Toba Featured As a long-established destination for the Japanese people, journey off the beaten path and experience what Ise Shima has to offer...
Activities Three Days Along Kisoji’s Nakasendo Trail (Day 2) Featured Day two from our a three-day trip to the Kiso Valley along the Nakasendo to take in some of its key sights.
Culture Yabusame Shinji 2026 Sunday - May 3rd Every year in early May. witness the Yabusame Shinji at Shimogamo shrine, where Japanese mounted archers fire arrows at enemy targets...
Culture Yuzawa Inukko Dog Festival 2026 Feb 14th - Feb 15th The Inukko dog festival is held on the second weekend in February in Yuzawa City in Akita
Culture Paper Balloon Festival in Semboku 2026 Tuesday - Feb 10th The Paper Balloon festival is a very colourful festival in the middle of the Akita winter
Culture Oceanic Culture Museum Bonson Lam The Oceanic Cultural Museum was originally part of the 1975 World Exposition, to celebrate the importance of the oceans to mankind...
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..
22 Culture Modern Osaka Elena Lisina Many buildings of Northern Osaka look futuristic, such as the Kansai TV and the Umeda Sky Building with its ‘Floating Garden” ..