Culture Sendai Tea Ceremony Festival 2024 Hiroko Maruya Sendai's annual tea ceremony festival is held at Kotodai Park on the second weekend of June. 13 tea schools gather to offer g...
Shopping Ohasama Wine Festival 2024 Malcome Larcens Ohasama Wine Festival in Iwate, come and enjoy good wine and good food
Culture Aizu Festival in Fukushima 2024 Sarah Chaney Aizuwakamatsu City is well-known for its rich samurai heritage. Every year, a 3-day festival takes place around the castle an...
Activities Kakunodate Fire and Snow Festival 2025 Justin Velgus The Kakunodate Fire and Snow Festival (火振りかまくら Hiburi Kamakura) takes place in Kakunodate, Akita Prefecture annually o...
Culture Matsushima Hiyoshi Sanno Festival 2025 Roger Smith The Hiyoshi Sanno Festival is a Shinto festival to bless a Buddhist temple. It takes place the third Sunday of April in Matsu...
Hirosaki's Neputa Matsuri 2024 Mandy Bartok Hirosaki's Neputa Matsuri offers an impressive display of drums and floats to light up the summer evenings during the first w...
Activities Akiu Night Museum 2024 Kana Shimoniida The annual Light up event at Tensyukaku National Park in Akiu Spa, Miyagi Prefecture, takes place the last week of October to...
Activities Tohoku Food Marathon and Festival 2025 Ashley Cox Tohoku Food Marathon and Festival-a combination of a food event and a race. It is the best of both worlds!
Activities Lake Towada's Winter Story 2024-2025 Shawn Swinger Lake Towada's Winter Story is the Tohoku region's largest winter festival, find out what goes on and how to get there.
Culture Fukushima Fireworks Festival 2023 Kim Many people associate fireworks festivals with the summer months in Japan, but there are plenty of events outside that timefr...