Hokkaido is a popular destination in Japan that many people visit during the winter for snow sports such as skiing, dog sledding, or snowboarding. But Hokkaido is also a wonderful place…
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Japan is a wonderful country filled with so much beauty. You’ll find areas of Japan that are rich in history and tradition and others that represent a quirky newly founded modern…
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A Quick Guide to Visiting Nachi Falls on the Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage Nachi-Katsuura (那智勝浦) is a small coastal town in the southern part of the Wakayama Prefecture in Japan. It is…
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During the summer we lived in Japan we decided we were going to be realllllly ambitious and attempt to visit as many summer festivals in Japan as we could. Summer matsuri…
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Akita Kanto Matsuri, also known as the pole lantern festival, is an annual event that brings in over one million visitors every year. At this festival you can watch as over…
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Aomori Nebuta Matsuri is perhaps the most intricate summer festival that we attended in Japan. But don’t just take our word for it, this epic summer event brings in over 3…
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Tenjin Matsuri in Osaka is ranked one of the top three summer festivals in Japan alongside Gion Matsuri in Kyoto and Kanda Matsuri in Tokyo. It is known as the festival…
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Gion Matsuri is held in Kyoto and lasts for the entire month of July. It is by far the most popular summer festival in Japan and one of the most historic.…