14 Manhole Art in Shiga Prefecture Cathy Cawood landmarks like Hikone Castle are also featured, as is the Otsu Firework Festival
6 Shopping Nakasu-Kawabata Shotengai Anonymous quite a few shops selling traditional clothing that is worn at Japanese festivals... Fukuoka has two major festivals: Dontaku and Yamakasa.
10 Climbing Daimonji-yama Cathy Cawood mountains in Kyoto with the blazing kanji for the Daimonji Gozan-Okuribu Fire Festival
9 Culture Mystic Views of Akarenga Soko Manish Prabhune Munich's world famous beer festival "Oktoberfest" is also held here at Akarenga Soko.
Food Kansou Seaweed Ice Cream Jeannie Gan Kansou is designed to depict the Tenjin Matsuri, one of the three biggest festivals... There were puppets dressed in kimonos, a TV playing the scenes of the festival
Culture Exploring Hiroshima Castle JJ Walsh On the 2nd week of January, the Tondo Matsuri bonfire festival is held... In October, the annual Hiroshima International Food festival is held around
10 Culture Ie-jima Hibiscus Garden Peter Sidell There's an annual lily festival and towards the eastern end of the
10 Culture Brazilian Day 2013 Perri Silverstein Festival goers don their best yellow and green attire to celebrate Brazilian