Saikū Cultural Art Festival
Hot air balloons, a giant moon, and traditional performances from the past — welcome to the Saikū Cultural Art Festival.
Hot air balloons, a giant moon, and traditional performances from the past — welcome to the Saikū Cultural Art Festival.
This bizarre New Year's Eve ritual, dating back to the Edo period, lets participants shout away their frustrations while trekking to the temple summit.
Want to ensure peace and prosperity for the new year? You might have to stay up all night.
On the first two days of the year, many flock to Takasaki to buy daruma dolls.
The whole of USJ will get a blanket of festive fun. Expect cheery decorations and a massive show under the impressive 30-meter-tall glowing Christmas tree.
Daruma make for one of the most traditional Japanese festivals you're likely to see at this event.
Join the festive atmosphere of Osaka’s Toka Ebisu Festival at Imamiya Ebisu Shrine, where locals gather to pray for wealth and success while enjoying street food and lively parades.
Join in this noisy and raucous festival as people knock on wooden boards to get the attention of a lucky God.
See dozens of loincloth-clad men and boys doused in very cold water as they compete in teams for banknotes.
Put some heat into your winter and New Year with this steamy (in more ways than one!) festival.
Teams race to be the first to reach the shrine and onlookers also push to touch the special charms of this shrine.
Warm up a chilly night with candlelight and your favorite songs from Studio Ghibli composer Joe Hisaishi.
A traditional Japanese New Years' festival to bring you some luck.
See an entire mountainside in Nara go up in flames as fireworks are launched behind it.
An amazing chance to see a remote, snow-covered thatched village illuminated with hundreds of lanterns.
See Osaka and Kobe come alight at this unique illumination event.