Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival
See early blooming cherry blossoms at Kawazu's annual flower festival.
See early blooming cherry blossoms at Kawazu's annual flower festival.
Join the Gekkeikan Sake Brewery Festival in Kyoto and dive into the world of traditional sake brewing, complete with tastings, live performances, and much more.
Enjoy the early sights of plum blossoms blooming at the Atami Plum Blossom Festival
Feast on this winter delicacy that was fetched fresh from nearby waters.
Feast your eyes upon 5,100 individual plum trees and 25 different varieties at this quaint park in Aichi.
See films from over a dozen different countries, at venues around Osaka (and online).
Pound the asphalt or cheer from the sidelines at the Nagoya Women's Marathon
On the second Sunday of March, a 2.2 meter tall phallic-shaped statue that weighs approximately 600kg is paraded around a small village in Niigata.
Join this annual celebration of Tagata Shrine in Aichi and promote all things phallic.
See Japan's top wrestlers have a go at it in Osaka.
This nighttime event lights up the thousands of cherry blossoms at Hikone Castle near Lake Biwa.
Warm up a chilly night with candlelight and your favorite songs from Studio Ghibli composer Joe Hisaishi.
To celebrate the change to spring, Kiyomizu-dera will hold a night event to brighten up the foliage.
The first of Kyoto's annual spring geisha performances, performed by the geiko and maiko of Kamishichen.
Expo '70 Commemorative Park is known for being one of Japan's top 100 cherry blossom viewing spots.
See Fukuoka Castle shine in all its glory at this special illumination event happening between March and April.
Nagoya's biggest spring festival will be taking place on the grounds of the famous Nagoya Castle.
The light-up event of the weeping cherry tree at Maruyama Park in Kyoto is a must-see annual tradition.
There's a little Netherlands in Nagasaki and in spring it transforms itself into a tulip paradise.
Tokyo-based art collective Naked once again has a hand in these stunning, seasonal illuminations.
Miharu Takizakura in Fukushima is known as the "waterfall cherry tree" and is one of Japan's major cherry blossoms spots.