Culture Chagu Chagu Umakko Festival 2025 Kim Bergström Held on the second Saturday of June every year, the Chagu Chagu Umakko Festival is an event intended to worship Sozen-sama, t...
Culture Otaue Rice Planting Festival 2025 Mandy Bartok Japan reaffirms its deep connections with its staple crop at the annual Sumiyoshi Shrine rice-planting festival in Osaka on J...
Shopping Flea Market at Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park 2025 Lynda Hogan Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park has a long running popular flea market once a month, weather permitting. Approximately 200 ...
Culture Kajiki Spider Fighting Festival 2025 Laura Keating The townsfolk of Kajiki, a town in Aira City, Kagoshima, happily partake in a tradition which reaches back over four-hundred ...
Culture American Day in Misawa 2025 Shawn Swinger American Day in Misawa offers a unique experience of how a foreign community chooses to celebrate it's culture out in rural J...
Activities Wakamatsu Hydrangea Festival 2025 Kim Bergström The Wakamatsu Hydrangea Festival has been running at Kitakyushu's Takatoyama Park for over 20 years now, and it showcases the...
Shopping Oedo Antique Market 2025 Farah Bassyouni Considered the largest outdoor antique market in Japan, selling a variety of both Japanese and foreign goods, here's all you ...
Culture Tohoku Kizuna Festival 2025 Tiffany Aguilar The Tohoku Kizuna Festival was initially created to remember the lives lost in the Great East Japan Earthquake. Now, it’s an ...
Shopping Yokohama Handmade Marche 2025 Kim Bergström The Yokohama Handmade Marche is Kanagawa's largest handmade event, with approximately 2,500 different vendors selling a varie...
