Culture Ryosanji Temple Goho Festival 2026 Mid Aug Every year on the night of August 14th, Ryosanji Temple in Okayama Prefecture holds a special event known as the Goho Festival.
Planning Shirakawa-go Named on World's Top Small Towns List Kim Bergström Jun 3, 2025 Located in Gifu Prefecture, Shirakawa-go is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed
Food The New Golden Route is Gastronomy Featured The prefecture's combination of highlands, which provide the perfect... strawberries, blueberries, and apples in orchards located throughout Gunma Prefecture
Food Regional Ramen - Kanto Sleiman Azizi Ie-kei ramen, Kanagawa Ie-kei ramen from Kanagawa prefecture combines a... go along with its thin soy sauce-based broth, Sano ramen from Tochigi prefecture
Culture Lighting Up Yokohama's Past Emi Takahata the world in 1859, and is now one of Japan's top ten most popular prefectures... Yokohama Customs building (known as the Queen's Tower), the Kanagawa Prefectural
Lions Summer Festival 2026 Mid Jul Tokyo is the Seibu Lions, whose home field is the Belluna Dome in Saitama Prefecture
Activities Tainai Sakura Festival 2026 Mid - Late Apr Tainai City in Niigata Prefecture falls into the latter category, but the Tainai Sakura Festival hopes to change this!
Culture Kanazawa Coffee Festival 2026 Late May The beautiful city of Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture is often nicknamed