Culture Okutsuhime Shrine Festival in Wajima 2026 Alena Eckelmann Young men dressed in women's clothes and with make-up on their faces carry a portable shrine into the ocean at Sodegahama Bea...
Food All Japan Gyoza Festival 2026 Kim Bergström The All Japan Gyoza Festival allows attendees to enjoy a range of gyoza varieties from all corners of the country, including ...
Food Bengal Curry, Iwata Helen Xavier Bengal Curry is a Bengali & Bangladeshi restaurant in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture. The restaurant features good quality vegeta...
Activities Toki no Sumika Illumination 2026-2027 Kim Bergström The Toki no Sumika Illumination event takes place at the Gotemba Kogen Resort annually, and is now in its 19th year. There ar...
7 Activities Fuji Views From Tokinosumika Lynda Hogan Tokinosumika (Gotemba Kogen) offers plenty of things to see and do. Moreover, one of the selling points of the resort is that...
Activities Karuizawa Winter Festival 2026-2027 Lynda Hogan Karuizawa has long been renowned as a great place to enjoy Christmas in Japan. Furthermore the area has some great winter spo...
Area Echizen Tom Roseveare Explore Echizen City, in Fukui Prefecture, and discover Echizen's famous temples and shrines, experience Echizen's traditiona...
Activities Scenes From a Walk Along Arakawa River Reynald Ventura To be able to film the burning red momijis in the wind was a first experience. Dancing red leaves in the autumn breeze and wa...
11 Activities The Momijis of Shosenkyo Reynald Ventura Taking advantage of the government’s Go to Travel Campaign, I took a day-trip to Shosenkyo Gorge in Yamanashi. The momijis we...
Culture Shimada City: Green Tea Day Out Samuel Richards Enjoy a relaxing day out in the heart of Shizuoka, Japan's best green tea region, learning the production process of your fav...
