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The Akiha Fire Festival takes place at Akihasan Hongu Akiha Shrine and Shuyo Temple in Hamamatsu City of Shizuoka, ea...
The Akiha Fire Festival takes place at Akihasan Hongu Akiha Shrine and Shuyo Temple in Hamamatsu City of Shizuoka, each year on December 15 & 16. The highlight of the festival is held on Dec.16th. There are three secret dances performed...
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The Miyagi Zao Sumikawa Snow Park, located in western Miyagi Prefecture, holds Juhyo Ice Monster Tours in snowcats fr...
The Miyagi Zao Sumikawa Snow Park, located in western Miyagi Prefecture, holds Juhyo Ice Monster Tours in snowcats from mid-December to early March to see this spectacular phenomenon up close. “Juhyo,” also known as “ice monsters,” are t...
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The 40m tall Zelcova tree, the symbol of Hiraka area in Akita Prefecture, is lit up with colorful lights and becomes ...
The 40m tall Zelcova tree, the symbol of Hiraka area in Akita Prefecture, is lit up with colorful lights and becomes an enormous Christmas tree every winter. Approximately 35,000 LED lights create a romantic atmosphere around Biwanuma S...
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Echizen Town in Fukui is known as one of the three largest Suisen (daffodil) colonies in Japan along with Awaji Islan...
Echizen Town in Fukui is known as one of the three largest Suisen (daffodil) colonies in Japan along with Awaji Island in Hyogo and Boso Peninsula in Chiba. Daffodils bloom along Echizen Coast is known as Echizen Daffodil, and be select...
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Kyonan Town, the southern part of Chiba Prefecture is known as a habit for daffodil("suisen" in Japanese). It is on...
Kyonan Town, the southern part of Chiba Prefecture is known as a habit for daffodil("suisen" in Japanese). It is one of the three greatest daffodil birth places along with Echizen in Fukui and Awaji Island in Hyogo. In Knonan Town, th...
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In Arashiyama area in Kyoto, places including a number of streets, Togetsukyo Bridge, some temples,shrine,bamboo fore...
In Arashiyama area in Kyoto, places including a number of streets, Togetsukyo Bridge, some temples,shrine,bamboo forest, and more is beautifully illuminated with open-air lanterns. 5-km route will be lit by about 2,500 lanterns and flowe...
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Hagoita are rectangular bats similar to badminton, and is used for playing a traditional New Year's game. Now Hagoita...
Hagoita are rectangular bats similar to badminton, and is used for playing a traditional New Year's game. Now Hagoita are regarded as lucky objects. Between Dec.17 and 19 every year, the Hagoita Fair takes place in Asakusa, Tokyo. In ...
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Atami Bay in Shizuoka has been holding its seaside fireworks displays throughout the year, not only in summer. Appro...
Atami Bay in Shizuoka has been holding its seaside fireworks displays throughout the year, not only in summer. Approximately 5,000 fireworks including the new program of fireworks and the repeated explosions called "Star Mine" are set o...
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"Fuji Marathon Festa" is a marathon competition which is held in "Fuji Speedway", one of the most famous race circuit...
"Fuji Marathon Festa" is a marathon competition which is held in "Fuji Speedway", one of the most famous race circuit in Japan. Fuji Speedway is at the foot of Mount Fuji in Oyama town, Shizuoka Prefecture and staged the Formula One in 2...
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The Kabasan Saenazumi Shrine on Mt.Kaba in Ibaraki Prefecture hosts the Fire Walking Festival on the winter solstice ...
The Kabasan Saenazumi Shrine on Mt.Kaba in Ibaraki Prefecture hosts the Fire Walking Festival on the winter solstice each year. During the ceremony, barefooted monks walk through burning embers while praying for good health. Also, visi...
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Tokyo Midtown in Roppongi is a large complex building which consists of numbers of facilities such as shops, restaura...
Tokyo Midtown in Roppongi is a large complex building which consists of numbers of facilities such as shops, restaurants, office residents, hotel, garden, museum, and more. Every winter, Tokyo Midtown holds the popular Christmas event...
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Hiraoka Shrine holds the Laughing Ritual every year on December 23 to laugh off every trouble or misfortune happened ...
Hiraoka Shrine holds the Laughing Ritual every year on December 23 to laugh off every trouble or misfortune happened in this year and pray for good luck of next year. From 10 AM on Dec.23, about 4,000 people gather at Hiraoka Shrine and ...
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Shimabara's winter tradition. It is started in hope of reconstruction from the disaster of Mt. Fugendake eruption, ...
Shimabara's winter tradition. It is started in hope of reconstruction from the disaster of Mt. Fugendake eruption, and the Shimabara Port area is illuminated with colorful illumination for each theme such as animal zone, romantic zone ...
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"Odaiba Rainbow Fireworks 2019" is held every Saturday in December. Winter is the season when the air is clear and t...
"Odaiba Rainbow Fireworks 2019" is held every Saturday in December. Winter is the season when the air is clear and the night view looks especially beautiful. Approximately 1,300 dynamic flowers bloom in the winter night sky, and the il...
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Kobe Luminarie is a light festival which has been held in Kobe every winter. The highlight is ton of arches decorate...
Kobe Luminarie is a light festival which has been held in Kobe every winter. The highlight is ton of arches decorated with thousands of lights on roads to make a tunnel called "Galleria". It goes through Nakamachi Street and visitors ca...
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"Sendai Pageant of Starlight" is held in Sendai City of Miyagi Prefecture, one of the largest winter illumination in ...
"Sendai Pageant of Starlight" is held in Sendai City of Miyagi Prefecture, one of the largest winter illumination in northern Japan. Every December, a main street in downtown Sendai called Jozenji Street is lined with 160 zelkova trees...
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Zao is one of largest ski resorts in Japan and famous for “Snow Monster(Juhyo)”, all trees covered with snow and they...
Zao is one of largest ski resorts in Japan and famous for “Snow Monster(Juhyo)”, all trees covered with snow and they just look like monsters. This natural phenomenon happens only under a specific environment condition, seen in only few ...
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On December 28th the last festival days of the year, Grand Goma Fire Ceremony will be held to thank the benefit by bu...
On December 28th the last festival days of the year, Grand Goma Fire Ceremony will be held to thank the benefit by burning the old good luck charms of this year. Contained in Naritasan, burining old good luck charms which are the other ...
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Goryokaku is a fortress that features a pentagonal design with a five-pointed star. Every winter, the illumination e...
Goryokaku is a fortress that features a pentagonal design with a five-pointed star. Every winter, the illumination event takes place at Goryokaku. The 1.8-km long moat is illuminated with about 2,000 lights to create a star-shaped illum...
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A 6-meter tall fern tree in front of the church is illuminated and surrounded by countless candles. The illuminated c...
A 6-meter tall fern tree in front of the church is illuminated and surrounded by countless candles. The illuminated crossroads that run through the forest will transform the area into a magical and mysterious atmosphere. Light-up : Dece...
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The Hakodate City Tropical Botanical Garden, located in the Yunokawa Hot Springs area, is home to some 100 free-range...
The Hakodate City Tropical Botanical Garden, located in the Yunokawa Hot Springs area, is home to some 100 free-range Japanese macaques (or snow monkeys). Although the monkeys can be seen enjoying themselves all year round, they are a pa...
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Approximately 40,000 LED lights illuminate the Hon-Shiogama Station Loop and please people's eye.
Approximately 40,000 LED lights illuminate the Hon-Shiogama Station Loop and please people's eye.
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"Art Rink" is the outdoor ice skate rink appeared in the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse only every winter. Each year, s...
"Art Rink" is the outdoor ice skate rink appeared in the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse only every winter. Each year, selected artists use the ice rink as a canvas for their creations.The theme of this season is ‘Sweets Ice Rink’, with the...
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Shibuya Blue Cave 2019 will be held this winter in Shibuya area, Tokyo. Approximately 600,000 blue LED lights will li...
Shibuya Blue Cave 2019 will be held this winter in Shibuya area, Tokyo. Approximately 600,000 blue LED lights will lighten up the avenue of Shibuya, and it stretches for about 800 m from Shibuya Koen Dori Street to Yoyogi Park Keyaki Nam...
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Niseko Ski Resort in Hokkaido is known for its consistency and quality of powder snow throughout the winter. Niseko ...
Niseko Ski Resort in Hokkaido is known for its consistency and quality of powder snow throughout the winter. Niseko Grand HIRAFU Ski Resort celebrates its 44th New Year countdown on December 31 with its famous mountain torchlight parade...
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The Prince Park Tower Tokyo, the hotel just close to Tokyo Tower, holds the new year's eve countdown event during De...
The Prince Park Tower Tokyo, the hotel just close to Tokyo Tower, holds the new year's eve countdown event during Dec.31, 2019 and Jan.1, 2020. Prince Shiba Park is a park on the grounds of the hotel, and the countdown cerebration will...
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According to old legends, foxes gather from all over Japan under a large tree on New Year's Eve, disguised in human c...
According to old legends, foxes gather from all over Japan under a large tree on New Year's Eve, disguised in human costume to visit the Oji Inari Shrine, a shrine dedicated to the deity of foxes. The famous ukiyo-e master Utagawa Hirosh...
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Joetsu Kokusai Ski Resort is one of the biggest ski area in Japan with ten million square meter slope on Mount Atema....
Joetsu Kokusai Ski Resort is one of the biggest ski area in Japan with ten million square meter slope on Mount Atema. On Dec.31, the New Year's Eve countdown celebration will be held. 2,020 candles are lighted, and fireworks are launche...
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Shibuya is one of the most popular towns of Tokyo, and also known as a youth shopping mecca. Every December 31, cro...
Shibuya is one of the most popular towns of Tokyo, and also known as a youth shopping mecca. Every December 31, crowds gather at Shibuya Crossing, a popular tourist attraction for foreign visitors, to celebrate the New Year countdown. ...
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The biggest New Year Countdown event of the West Mikawa area! Fireworks display, musical live performances, gourmet v...
The biggest New Year Countdown event of the West Mikawa area! Fireworks display, musical live performances, gourmet vendors and much more! The events are all under the "Negaigoto" keyword, which means "Make a Wish". How about make your ...
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Every winter, Karuizawa Town in Nagano is illuminated with thousands of colorful LED lights. On the first day of the...
Every winter, Karuizawa Town in Nagano is illuminated with thousands of colorful LED lights. On the first day of the festival period, the north exit of Karuizawa Station becomes a pedestrian paradise for the Chiristmas market with a var...
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On December 31st, a New Year's countdown party is held on Chichijima, one of the Ogasawara Islands, to welcome the ne...
On December 31st, a New Year's countdown party is held on Chichijima, one of the Ogasawara Islands, to welcome the new year. Afterward, an event on January 1st marks the opening of the local public beaches. The countdown party starts a...
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It is the event lasting from New Year's Day in 1988 to welcome people who visit Soya Cape to see the first sunrise of...
It is the event lasting from New Year's Day in 1988 to welcome people who visit Soya Cape to see the first sunrise of a new year at the northernmost part of Japan. The event features fireworks shows, the ignition of bonfire, distribution...
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Tsuruga-jo Castle is open on New Year's Day. Visitors can enjoy the amazing view of the 230,000 koku castle town fr...
Tsuruga-jo Castle is open on New Year's Day. Visitors can enjoy the amazing view of the 230,000 koku castle town from the 5-story castle tower. The first 5000 visitors will receive an engi mashibera, a lucky rice paddle, which is exo...
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To celebrate New Year, 4 local young men will perform the dance of pounding mochi rice cake to pray for continued fer...
To celebrate New Year, 4 local young men will perform the dance of pounding mochi rice cake to pray for continued fertility. After the performance, mochi rice cakes will be offered to visitors. Date : January 1, 2020 Hours : 11:00 a...
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Fujinami Mochi-tsuki Odori is a traditional folk art performance, which is believed to date back to the latter half o...
Fujinami Mochi-tsuki Odori is a traditional folk art performance, which is believed to date back to the latter half of the Edo era, and is designated as an intangible folk cultural asset by Ageo City. This dance is not the one which wa...
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Nishikata Water Festival in Fukushima Prefecture is the annual event marking the start of the traditional New Year. ...
Nishikata Water Festival in Fukushima Prefecture is the annual event marking the start of the traditional New Year. People splash water each other to pray for perfect health, prosperity of descendants, and rich harvest. It is said tha...
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Peony flowers have flowers blooming in winter and spring. Because flowers fall by the weight of the snow, peony flow...
Peony flowers have flowers blooming in winter and spring. Because flowers fall by the weight of the snow, peony flowers which blooms in winter will fall, so we will create an enclosure to guard and protect the flowers. Winter peony whi...
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Hakozakigu Shrine in Fukuoka is one of the three major Hachimangu Shrines in Japan. Every 3rd January, Hakozakigu Sh...
Hakozakigu Shrine in Fukuoka is one of the three major Hachimangu Shrines in Japan. Every 3rd January, Hakozakigu Shrine holds the Tamaseseri Festival, or Ball-Catching Festival with 300-years history to pray for a bumper crop and good ...
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Izu Shaboten Zoo where you can interact surprisingly closely with 1500 kinds of cactuses and 120 kinds of animals inc...
Izu Shaboten Zoo where you can interact surprisingly closely with 1500 kinds of cactuses and 120 kinds of animals including Capybara. "Capybara Open Air Bath" at Izu Shaboten Zoological Park, was discovered by chance when the breeding s...
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The winter illumination "The Jewel of Shonan" is held at Enoshima Island in Kanagawa Prefecture, and known as one of ...
The winter illumination "The Jewel of Shonan" is held at Enoshima Island in Kanagawa Prefecture, and known as one of the three greatest winter illuminations around Tokyo area. "Shonan" is a name of the seaside area of Sagami Bay from Eno...
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Hana-no-Miyako Park is a flower park located in Lake Yamanakako in Yamanashi Prefecture. And they have a illuminatio...
Hana-no-Miyako Park is a flower park located in Lake Yamanakako in Yamanashi Prefecture. And they have a illumination event "Art Illumination FANTASEUM" during late-November and early-January each year. In addition, there are food boot...
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It is held on January 6 every year praying for a good harvest for the year at Nagataki Hakusan Shrine. At the festiv...
It is held on January 6 every year praying for a good harvest for the year at Nagataki Hakusan Shrine. At the festival, Japans Intangible Folk Cultural Property "Nagataki no Ennen (長滝の延年)" is dedicated, and in the latter half, Hana...
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The Hatsuichi Festival takes place annually on early-January in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture. It has a history of ...
The Hatsuichi Festival takes place annually on early-January in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture. It has a history of more than 400 years. People come to give thanks for the past year and wish for good luck in the new year using Daruma D...
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Gion Ebessan 2019 is held at Yasaka Shrine in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City on January 9th and 10th, it is one of the ...
Gion Ebessan 2019 is held at Yasaka Shrine in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City on January 9th and 10th, it is one of the winter traditions of Kyoto. Deity of the Shrine, Susanoonomikoto (素戔鳴尊) decendant god Kotoshironushi-no-kami (事代...
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Nishinomiya shrine (Nishinomiya shrine) a Shinto shrine in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, is a head templ...
Nishinomiya shrine (Nishinomiya shrine) a Shinto shrine in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, is a head temple of the Ebisu shrine about 3500. Say in the Kansai area enjoys the evisu belief, especially such as offices and shop...
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Miuneyama(Mt. Miune) in Nara Prefecture is a famous place for viewing its rime ice in winter. Rime ice is created by...
Miuneyama(Mt. Miune) in Nara Prefecture is a famous place for viewing its rime ice in winter. Rime ice is created by airborne water that freezes on the branches of trees near the mountain’s summit, and it is simply the general term for ...
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Period : Jan/11/2020 ~ Feb/24/2020 Flowering season : mid December-early March Forecast for Western garden ：mid-Ja...
Period : Jan/11/2020 ~ Feb/24/2020 Flowering season : mid December-early March Forecast for Western garden ：mid-Jan to early Feb Forecast for Eastern garden ：late Jan to early Feb Events (1) Tea service at tourist information cen...
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The 76th Atami Plum Garden Festival takes place between Jan.11 and Mar.8 at Atami plum garden, located in Atami City,...
The 76th Atami Plum Garden Festival takes place between Jan.11 and Mar.8 at Atami plum garden, located in Atami City, Shizuoka Pref. There are 472 plum trees of 58 different varieties on its 4.4-hectare site. And there are both early an...
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The Kite Festival takes place annually in January as a New Year's event in Kota Town, Aichi Prefecture. Various kite...
The Kite Festival takes place annually in January as a New Year's event in Kota Town, Aichi Prefecture. Various kites are gathered from all over the country, from small kites to large kites. Period: January 12th, 2020 (Sun) 9:00 am to ...
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Shirakawago famous for “Historic Villages of Shirakawago (Gassho-zukuri Shuraku)” listed as world heritage sites is c...
Shirakawago famous for “Historic Villages of Shirakawago (Gassho-zukuri Shuraku)” listed as world heritage sites is crowded in the snowy season crowded with many tourists. World heritage of Shirakawago → Ogimachi village of Gifu prefect...
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"Saitama Children's Zoo" in Saitama Prefecture, in addition to a "zoo" where you can enjoy horseback riding and feedi...
"Saitama Children's Zoo" in Saitama Prefecture, in addition to a "zoo" where you can enjoy horseback riding and feeding experiences, this is a park full of facilities where parents and children can play all day, such as "Minna no Hiroba ...
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Hiroshima Dreamination is a illumination event featuring trees and monuments decorated with thousands of colorful lig...
Hiroshima Dreamination is a illumination event featuring trees and monuments decorated with thousands of colorful lights along 2km-long Peace Boulevard and around the city center. Approximately 1.4 million colorful LED bulbs create a fa...
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"Yubatake Tree & Illumination" will be lit at "Toji Plaza" in front of Yubatake(hot-water field) ! A large tree will...
"Yubatake Tree & Illumination" will be lit at "Toji Plaza" in front of Yubatake(hot-water field) ! A large tree will be set up and illuminated in Toji Plaza, which looks over the symbol of Kusatsu Onsen, the yubatake, or hot-water field...
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Hida Furukawa Town in Gifu Prefecture holds an annual event "Santera Mairi Festival (Three Temple Pilgrimage)" on Jan...
Hida Furukawa Town in Gifu Prefecture holds an annual event "Santera Mairi Festival (Three Temple Pilgrimage)" on January 15. Participants make pilgrimage to three Buddhist temples (Enkoji, Shinshuji, and Honkoji temples) in the town of ...
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Dondo-yaki, an event you burn up new year ornaments has been held in many places around Nagano Prefecture. Dousojin ...
Dondo-yaki, an event you burn up new year ornaments has been held in many places around Nagano Prefecture. Dousojin Festival (Nozawa Onsen Fire Festival) is one of the biggest Dondoyaki Festivals in Japan. And it is also counted as one ...
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Tokyo Dome City is a leisure complex which has a baseball stadium, an amusement park, spa, shops, restaurants, and a ...
Tokyo Dome City is a leisure complex which has a baseball stadium, an amusement park, spa, shops, restaurants, and a hotel. Also Tokyo Dome City is known as one of the major spots in Tokyo to see winter illumination. The 2019-2020 il...
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Shimane Arts Center, known as "Grand Toit" museum, is illuminated each year during mid-November and late-December. ...
Shimane Arts Center, known as "Grand Toit" museum, is illuminated each year during mid-November and late-December. The light of the illumination is reflected on a shallow reflecting pool in a courtyard, it is breathtakingly beautiful. ...
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One of the oldest shrines in Kyoto, Kamigamo Shrine, holds the special traditional archery event "Musha Jinji" each y...
One of the oldest shrines in Kyoto, Kamigamo Shrine, holds the special traditional archery event "Musha Jinji" each year on January. There is a 40m long shooting range in front of a treasury, and people dressed in traditional attire sho...
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Azami Group Members in Ikeda Town teach people how to make Kaiki-mochi(dried and fried mochi) and kibidango dumpling....
Azami Group Members in Ikeda Town teach people how to make Kaiki-mochi(dried and fried mochi) and kibidango dumpling. Also you can bring Kaki-mochi home as a souvenir. Enjoy making by yourself and tasting a freshly made rice cake! D...
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