A cheapo's guide to Japan
Making the best of the truckloads of snow that cover Hirosaki each winter, the Hirosaki Castle Snow Lantern Festival …
On the shores of Lake Towada, the venue is transformed into an illuminated winter wonderland for a period of three weeks …
While cherry blossoms in Kansai and Kanto are at their peak at the end of March/start of April, the 2,600 trees in the …
Hirakawa city in Aomori Prefecture hosts a Nebuta Festival at the beginning of August each year. While the Aomori City …
Kuroishi, a town on the central Tsugaru Plain of Aomori Prefecture holds its own Nebuta festival (called Neputa in these …
This festival for which Aomori is most famous takes place in Aomori City during the first week of August, however on the …
The Hirosaki Neputa Festival is a lower-key (but still spectacular) sibling of the much rowdier Nebuta Festival in …
Goshogawara hosts the third of the famous Nebuta festivals in Aomori. The others being Aomori Nebuta in Aomori City and …
If you’ve never shaken off your childhood fascination with planes or just enjoy seeing fighter jets scream …
