The Sapporo Snow Festival 2012 ~ Magical Snow & Ice world in Hokkaido ~ The Sapporo Snow Festival is held in Sapporo, the capital of Hokkaido from 6th to 12th of February 2012. Every year, both Japanese and foreign visitors expect to see the hundreds of beautiful snow statues and i
Read Full Story[caption id="attachment_596" align="alignright" width="300" caption="羽子板市"][/caption] Hagoita fair, a popular annual event at Sensoji Temple in Asakusa is held from 17th to 19th of December. Hagoita is a colorful and decorated wooden paddle, which is used for playing badminton-like game
Read Full StoryThe end of sultry summer brings a stable and comfortable days in Japan. Autumn is taken as a season for sport, read, eat, and both indoor and outdoor activities are taken place everywhere. Especially Autumn stimulates our appetite more than any other seasons in a year, as it is a harvest ti
Read Full StoryGeisha Nowadays [caption id="attachment_578" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Geisha"][/caption] As widely known, Geisha are women who make a profession on entertaining guests for banquets. Their skill of performing traditional music and elegant classic dance are astonishing, and even th
Read Full StoryJapanese summer can never be done without enjoying fireworks festival!! As "Hanabi", fireworks in Japanese means "Flowery Fire" is a typical summer scene in Japan, you may easily encounter fireworks festivals all over Japan throughout summer time. People like to wear "yukata", a casual ty
Read Full StorySummer Festival in Tohoku encourage 3.11 victims [caption id="attachment_561" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Nebuta"][/caption] Although Tohoku region had been damaged by the cruel natural disaster on March 11th 2011, we are on the way to overcome the tragedy. Summer festivals in
Read Full StoryThe 3rd of March was Hina-Matsuri, the Doll's Festival for girls. It's a day to wish for girls growth and happiness in each family, Originally, paper dolls were thrown away into rivers and sea for sending away evil sprits with them. Nowadays a set of dolls is displayed at home in a fa
Read Full StoryTakayama Festival is one of the three most beautiful festivals of Japan and it helds in Spring and Autumun. Spring Takayama Festival is the annual festival of Hie Shrine and it helds on 14 and 15 April. It also called "Sanno Matsuri." ("Sanno" is name of the enshrined deity of Hie Shrine, "M
Read Full StoryKawazu is onsen (hot spring) town located on the Izu Peninsula where is known as famous Onsen area. Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival will be held from 05th Feb. to 10 Mar 2011. Kawazu cherry blossoms are know as one of the earliest blooming cherry blossoms in Honshu region in Japan.
Read Full StoryHow about going to strawberry picking? The farms are all over this country. Strawberries are firming in greenhouses and you can enjoy it from winter to spring, around May. You will be allow to eat as many straberries as you can inside the farm until the time limit, 30~60 minutes (depend on
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The Sapporo Snow Festival is held in Sapporo, the capital of Hokkaido from 6th to 12th of February 2012.
Every year, both Japanese and foreign visitors expect to see the hundreds of beautiful snow statues and ice sculptures on Odori Park,
and walk along the site for 1,5km where turned into a crystal magical world graced by ice and snow.
January 10, 2012 | Event Info, Hokkaido
Hagoita fair, a popular annual event at Sensoji Temple in Asakusa is held from 17th to 19th of December.
Hagoita is a colorful and decorated wooden paddle, which is used for playing badminton-like game called Hanetsuki during New years period to welcome spring.
Hagoita – “Ha” means feather, “go” means a child, and “ita” means a board.As [...]
November 15, 2011 | Culture, Event Info, Kanto
Autumn stimulates our appetite more than any other seasons in a year,
as it is a harvest time for variety of food, such as rice, vegetables, and fruits.
Many farms are open public to let people enjoy picking their harvest such as grapes, apples, and chestnuts.
Additional activities such as hiking, barbecuing, fishing, and picnic allow you to spend whole day in the nature.
It’s an ideal leisure to share your appetite with your family and friends under the sunny sky with a crisp breeze!
October 7, 2011 | Culture, Event Info
In spite of the fact that there are still lots of foreigners who believe the Geisha are all around Japan in this modern age,
unfortunately, we can hardly find beautiful Geisha nowadays, walking down an alley in Tokyo area.
However their culture still exists in certain area such as Kyoto even now,
and they are regarded as inheritance of Japanese traditional culture and art.
Japanese summer can never be done without enjoying fireworks festival!!
As “Hanabi”, fireworks in Japanese means “Flowery Fire” is a typical summer scene in Japan,
you may easily encounter fireworks festivals all over Japan throughout summer time.
People like to wear “yukata”, a casual type of traditional costume,
while eating and drinking on the banks of rivers or in [...]
August 11, 2011 | Culture, Event Info
Aoyama Nebuta festival is held from 02 to 07 of August every year, where the big float of a brave warrior-figure is carried through the city.
Dancers wearing a unique costume called HANETO chant “Rassera”, jumping around the warrior-figure.
This year, about 200 victims of 3.11 disaster from Miyagi prefecture and 60 evacuees in Aomori were invited to Nebuta.
They joined Haneto and enjoyed the enthusiasm of festival, wishing for the reconstruction of Japan.
August 4, 2011 | Culture, Event Info, Tohoku
The 3rd of March was Hina-Matsuri, the Doll’s Festival for girls.
It’s a day to wish for girls growth and happiness in each family,
Originally, paper dolls were thrown away into rivers and sea for sending away evil sprits with them.
Nowadays a set of dolls is displayed at home in a family with girls, and is believed to protect [...]
March 22, 2011 | Culture
Takayama Festival is one of the three most beautiful festivals of Japan and it helds in Spring and Autumun.
Spring Takayama Festival is the annual festival of Hie Shrine and it helds on 14 and 15 April.
It also called “Sanno Matsuri.” (”Sanno” is name of the enshrined deity of Hie Shrine, “Matsuri” means festival)
Gorgeous decorative “Yatai” (floats) are pulled in [...]
February 15, 2011 | Chubu, Culture, Event Info
Kawazu is onsen (hot spring) town located on the Izu Peninsula where is known as famous Onsen area.
Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival will be held from 05th Feb. to 10 Mar 2011.
Kawazu cherry blossoms are know as one of the earliest blooming cherry blossoms in Honshu region in Japan.
They are different from Somei-yoshino which is the [...]
January 31, 2011 | Event Info, Tokai
How about going to strawberry picking?
The farms are all over this country. Strawberries are firming in greenhouses and you can enjoy it from winter to spring, around May.
You will be allow to eat as many straberries as you can inside the farm until the time limit, 30~60 minutes (depend on the farm). The price is vary from [...]
January 12, 2011 | Event Info, Kanto, Tokyo