Culture Matsuda Wintersweet Festival 2026 Mid Jan - Mid Feb In the Yadoriki area of Matsuda town, witness a huge field of over 20,000 wintersweet plants. The festival runs from mid-Jan..
10 Culture Kamakura Camera Egara Tenjin-sha Shrine Peter Oxley Let's visit Egara Tenjin-sha, an important Shinto shrine dedicated to a poet and scholar who loved plum blossoms.
Activities Odawara Flower Garden Plum Festival 2026 Late Jan - Early Mar The annual Odawara Flower Garden Plum Festival showcases the beauty of early, mid, and late blooming plum tree varieties, along..
Accommodation McArthur Heights Ken Masuda Dec 1, 2022 Ocean, yacht, fish market, vegetables, one hour from Tokyo
10 Kamakura Camera — Autumn Colors Peter Oxley Local cameraman and community writer, Peter Oxley, takes a look at autumn in Japan and Kamakura, the ancient capital, in particular,..
Activities Yokohama Bay Quarter Christmas Forest 2025 Nov 1st - Dec 25th Running for an impressive 17 years now, the Yokohama Bay Quarter Christmas Forest event brings approximately 23,000 sparkling lights..
Culture Myōraku-ji Temple Hydrangea Festival Kim Bergström Commonly known as the hydrangea temple, Myōraku-ji Temple in Kawasaki is home to an impressive 28 different varieties of hydra..