Culture Onbashira Matsuri in Suwa, Nagano 2028 Early Apr - Mid May Every six years, men of the Suwa region gather to fell, drag and ride massive... Then comes the death-defying kiotoshi, or log-riding, where local men mount
Culture Furukawa Festival 2026 Apr 19th - Apr 20th parade—one of the festival’s most iconic moments—hundreds of half-naked men
Culture Shimada Obi Festival 2026 Mid Oct Men and women dressed in traditional garb make their way through the town... The men carrying the obi are the most well-known part of the procession
Activities Daishoji Hydrangea Festival Kim Bergström Adult admission to the hydrangea festival is priced at 200 yen.
Activities Peony Season at the Sukagawa Peony Garden Kim Bergström Adult admission to the park during peony season is priced at 500 yen.
Accommodation Aizu Wakamatsu New Palace Hotel Peter Sidell Noguchi, the famous bacteriologist whose portrait adorns the thousand-yen... reasonable walk to the castle of Tsuruga-jo, a little further to Oyaku-En
Culture Styrofoam Art in Kawagoe Lynda Hogan In this picture the chameleon is on a five yen and for many years it was... However, sometime in the last year the five yen was replaced with a thumb