Culture Firefly Viewing at Okawa Onsen Takegasawa Park 2025 Kim Bergström Fireflies are a beloved symbol of early summer in Japan, and their incredible bioluminescent glow has captured the imaginatio...
Culture Acao Rose Festa 2025 Kim Bergström The Acao Rose Festa is billed as one of the best rose events in the Kanto region, with around 4000 roses covering an incredib...
Nightlife Bentenjima Fireworks Festival 2025 Anonymous Bentenjima is a large island in Lake Hama. It holds one of the bigger, free, firework festivals in the area, usually on the f...
Culture Matsukawa Tarai Race 2025 Kim Bergström Tarai-bune, also known as "tub boats," are traditional Japanese wooden boats which were traditionally used for fishing. The M...
Culture Summer Potato Festival 2025 Kim Bergström The Summer Potato Festival in Shizuoka is a celebration of all things sweet potato related, and the two-day event this July i...
Culture Fuelfest Japan 2025 Kim Bergström Auto aficionados are in for a treat this summer as Fuelfest Japan returns to Fuji Speedway in August, coinciding with the Mou...
Activities Kanzanji Lanterns & Fireworks 2025 Anonymous A fireworks display in the Kanzanji area of Lake Hamana
Food Shizuoka Chagori 2025 Richard Sweet In Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan, over sixty cafes and tea retailers have come together to create gourmet tea inspired...
Dontsuku Festival 2025 Kim Bergström The fertility-focused Dontsuku Festival sees a giant wooden phallus placed on a mikoshi (portable shrine) and paraded around ...
Culture Shimada Obi Festival 2025 Illaura Rossiter Shimada, Shizuoka is home to one of Japan's three most unusual festivals, the Obi Festival, which takes place only once every...
