Shizuoka: The Green Tea Center Of Japan
Shizuoka is the largest producer of this national beverage. You too can become a tea expert, as you learn about…
Best Festivals in Mie Prefecture
Mie prefecture is home to many fascinating festivals. Here’s our list of the best of them. Geita Festival Held at…
Shizuoka Spring Festivals Guide
Here’s our list of the best Festivals going on in Shizuoka Prefecture in Spring in the months of March, April…
Honen Matsuri Harvest Festival Guide
This Shrine is dedicated to the God of harvest which is five staple grains (rice, wheat, etc.) and the prosperity…
Nasukarasuyama Yama-age Festival
Yama-age festival is held on 4th Saturday in July following Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The Yama-age festival is said to…
Shizuoka Summer Festivals
Here’s our of all the fantastic festivals that take place in Shizuoka prefecture over the summer months from June until…
Nagano City Four Seasons Festival Event and Flower Calender
There are various kinds of festivals such as traditional performances succeeded for a long time and modern festivals for all…
Tanabu Festival Of Mutsu City
Centuries before the city of Mutsu ever exited, during the Edo Period, Tanabu Shrine was a critical religious and administrative…
Ominato Nebuta Festival of Mutsu City
The Ominato Nebuta Festival carries with it a history of more than one hundred years. The illuminated nebuta floats depicting…
Yabusame Festival of Fujiyoshida
JapanGuides.net This festival at the Fuji Omuro Sengen Jinga near Shimoyoshida Station is a Equestrian Archery(Yabusame) Festival (held annually in…
Yamanashi Festivals and Events
People living in mountainous areas have good reason to celebrate the coming of spring after enduring the hardships of a…
Events and Festivals around Nemuro Peninsula – Tourist Attractions, Nemuro City (Nemuro-shi)
On the first of January, many tourists rush to Cape Nosappu. Seeing the earliest sunrise in Japan at the cape…
Momotaro Park, includes the Momotaro Shrine and Festival alongside the Kiso River in Inuyama City (Inuyama-shi)
JapanGuides.net Momotaro Park was built alongside the Kiso River, blessed with the beautiful landscape of the surrounding area. The park…
The Black Ship Festival In Shimoda (Kurofune Matsuri)
The most famous festival of Shimoda celebrates in honor of the arrival on the Blackship and Commodore Perry landing in…
Odawara Festivals and Events in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter Season, Odawara City (Odawara-shi) Tourism
Akibasan Hibuse Matsuri (Firewalking Festival) is a ritual performed by mountaineering ascetics called Yamabushi in their unique clothes in Odawara,…
Shizuoka Autumn Festivals
Festival Period: A naked festival in honor of the shrine deity, held on the Saturday preceding August 10 under the…
Ama diving/ Shirongo Festival, Toba City (Toba-shi), Ise-Shima (Shima Peninsula) Area
JapanGuides.net Experience the Huts for Women Divers. Ama diving is a traditional fishing method practiced by free-diving women. Enjoy the…
Oiwa Bishamonten (Saishoji Temple), Akutai & Tainagashi no Shiki Festival in Ashikaga City (Ashikaga-shi)
JapanGuides.net The “Bishamonten” are dedicated to the God of war. Oiwa Bishamonten is one of the three famous Bishamonten in…
Arimatsu Festival Float Hall (Arimastu Float Museum) in Arimatsu, Midori Ward (Midori-ku), Nagoya City (Nagoya-shi)
JapanGuides.net A gorgeous float, mounted with Karakuri Mechanical Dolls, is exhibited in this hall. One of the three festival floats…
The Anjo Tanabata Festival
JapanGuides.net This festival celebrates an event that adds poetic charm to summer. The three-day Anjo Tanabata Festival, with its dreams…
Daidogei Street Performance Festival (Daidogei World Cup in Shizuoka) in Shizuoka City (Shizuoka-shi)
JapanGuides.net Probably the biggest event on Shizuoka’s Calendar, held annually in early November, jugglers, mimes, magicians and other performers from…