Activities Konosu Poppy Season Reiko Senna Konosu City in Saitama Prefecture, also known as Flower Town, is celebrating its annual Poppy Festival, with over 10 million poppies in full bloom.
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
6 Culture Cosmos in the Kumamoto countryside Mandy Bartok A cosmos festival is held every year in early October.
10 Culture Ie-jima Hibiscus Garden Peter Sidell There's an annual lily festival and towards the eastern end of the
11 Enoshima, an Escape not to Miss! Andre Moreira unless you want to see the Enoshima fireworks display or some special festival
Kyoto Kamogawa River in Summer Tomoko Kamishima At the Star Festival (Tanabata 七夕) in Kyoto, decorations made up of bamboo
8 Food Sumida Park Open Cafe Manish Prabhune They do that by holding events like the Tokyo Hotaru Festival “Symphony of Light” when blue LED lights are released onto the river, and through