
Koinobori at Ōboke Gorge
View the iconic koi carp streamers hanging above Yoshino River at Ōboke Gorge.
View the iconic koi carp streamers hanging above Yoshino River at Ōboke Gorge.
Walk a mile in Japan and you’ll come across another regional food specialty you just have to try. Running concurrently with the Fuji Shibazakura Festival, and situated at the same location, the …
Hiroshima Toukasan Matsuri is a yukata festival. Yukata are the light and often bright kimonos worn by both men and women in Japan during the warm summer months. The Toukasan Festival marks the …
One of Kanazawa's top annual festivals, held over three days.
Taking place in Akita City, this beer festival features brewers from the northern part of Honshu. Brewers in attendance include North Island from Hokkaido, Iwate-kura, Tazawa-ko and the host …
The two days of the Horikawa festival feature quite different but equally impressive processions. Schedule Day one features an after-dark procession with taiko drums accompanying a parade of …
If you’re a bit puzzled what a ‘Gatalympics’ might be then an easier way to think of this festival is ‘fun with mud’. The event takes place on the mudflats on the …