A cheapo's guide to Japan
Vogue magazine holds their annual “global festival of shopping” event ‘Fashion’s Night Out’ at Hankyu’s Umeda Honten and Hankyu Men’s Osaka department stores on two week nights this year – one more night than Tokyo gets! The theme this year is Fashion X Sustainability, so it’s right on trend with the current climate of ethical fashion.
Along with the opportunity to group shop, there will be lots of entertainment and special celebrity guests. Entry is free.
One of the most impressive sights in Japan this January, the Wasakusa Yamayaki sees the entire mountainside go up in flames as fireworks are launched behind it. Although its origins are unclear, possible explanations include disputes about boundary lines between […]
An amazing chance to see a remote, snow-covered thatched village illuminated with hundreds of lanterns.
While most snow festivals feature man-made sculptures, the snow monsters of Zao are entirely natural. Created in rare circumstances that require specific weather and tree formation, the snow gathers in such a way that monsters are formed in the mountains. […]
Celebrated to mark the end of winter and the day before spring begins, setsubun is an age-old Japanese ceremony thought to drive evil spirits from the house. Many people dress as demons and are herded out of businesses and houses […]
