Aomori Prefecture’s Nebuta Festival
Jul 30, 2018 By Bert Wishart
Throughout July and August there are festivals all over Japan celebrating all manner of things - from the literal star-crossed lovers of Tanabata to the returning of deceased ancestors at...[ Click to read more ]
Bon Odori Dancing Festivals in Tokyo
Jul 27, 2018 By Jason Gatewood
Obon is an annual event where Buddhists and Confucians celebrate their ancestors. Buddhists and many Japanese people in general believe that every year during Obon their ancestor's spirits will return...[ Click to read more ]
Buying Summer Yukata in Nagoya
Jul 27, 2018 By Bert Wishart
If you have been to any of this summer's fireworks festivals around Nagoya and Aichi you may have noticed many people wearing traditional Japanese dress and wondered what was going...[ Click to read more ]
Celebrate Bon Odori By the Kobe Seaside
Jul 25, 2018 By Justin Hanus
Bon Odori festivals are well known as an entertaining and interesting summer events across Japan, and Kobe’s seaside fest is no exception. Bon Odori, or simply Bon dances, are some...[ Click to read more ]
Gujo Hachiman Bon Dancing Festival in Gifu
Jul 11, 2018 By First Admin
For four magical nights each August, at Gujo Hachiman in Gifu, dancers revelers line the streets until dawn breaks over the surrounding mountains in celebration of Obon. Across most of Japan,...[ Click to read more ]
Hiroshima Port Dream Fireworks
Jun 26, 2018 By Matt Mangham
Summer in Japan just doesn’t quite work without taking in at least one fireworks show. Hiroshima has several, but the two big crowd pleasers are the Miyajima show in August,...[ Click to read more ]
Ise Ebi Matsuri (Lobster Festival)
May 29, 2018 By Bert Wishart
For much of the world, there is little more decadent than dining out on lobster. However, here in Japan, lobster - while still relatively pricey compared to most seafood -...[ Click to read more ]
Hiroshima’s Toukasan Festival
May 29, 2018 By Matt Mangham
For four hundred years, Hiroshima’s Toukasan festival has marked the arrival of summer for locals. Stretching over three days on the first weekend in June, the festival is officially in...[ Click to read more ]
Atsuta Shrine Festival in Nagoya
May 18, 2018 By Ray Proper
Atsuta Jingu, ranks in importance second only to the Great Shrine of Ise in Mie, which is the center of the Shinto religion in Japan, and draws over 9 million...[ Click to read more ]
Tebasaki Summit – Scaling the Heights of Nagoya’s Most Famed Food
May 16, 2018 By Bert Wishart
Americans could be forgiven for thinking that chicken wings come from Buffalo, and Brits may think of them as that bit of the Sunday roast that no one really wants,...[ Click to read more ]
