Culture Chindon Festival Michael Mighty Chindon performers dressed in colorful costumes dancing and playing their musical instruments in the streets of Toyama City.
Activities Asahi Funagawa Spring Quartet Kim The Asahi Funagawa Spring Quartet event runs for two weeks during April, and it's a real celebration of the season, with saku...
Activities Sakura Season at Toyama's Matsukawa Park Kim Toyama's Matsukawa Park is home to around 500 cherry trees that line the banks of the Matsukawa River. It is also one of Japa...
Activities Nyuzen Flower Road Kim The Nyuzen Flower Road event sees an incredible 2.3 million tulips covering about 70 varieties fill an area of over 5 hectare...
Culture Takaoka Mikurumayama Festival Jonathan Jahnke Takaoka's Mikurumayama Festival, a 400 year old parade celebrating the founding of the city. One of only five festivals in Ja...
Yatsuo Hikiyama Festival Jonathan Jahnke Lantern covered floats roll their way through the old streets of Yatsuo, at the Hikiyama Festival.
Culture Tonami Tulip Fair Michael Mighty 600 varieties and over 2 million tulip plants are on display at the Tonami Tulip Fair.
Culture Toide Tanabata Festival Kim The Toide Tanabata Festival has been running for almost 60 years now, and is often referred to as the best Tanabata event on ...
Activities Tateyama's Snow Wall Walk Christina Nunotani Toyama’s Yuki-no-Otani is open from around mid-April until early June. The walkway closed June 10th for 2012, but you can sti...