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Sakura festival is not held in 2021. -------------------------------------------------- Asukayama Park in Kita War...
Sakura festival is not held in 2021. -------------------------------------------------- Asukayama Park in Kita Ward of Tokyo, has been a famous spot for Sakura viewing since the Edo period (1600-1868), when Yoshimune Tokugawa(the 8th ...
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”Nabana-no-Sato” is a flower theme park on the island of Nagashima in Kuwana City, Mie Prefecture. This park hosts o...
”Nabana-no-Sato” is a flower theme park on the island of Nagashima in Kuwana City, Mie Prefecture. This park hosts one of the largest flower festivals in Japan every Spring. Tulip Festival is the most popular event in there because of ...
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※Sakura Festival in 2021 is cancelled due to the coronavirus fears. Sakura Night Illumination will be held as schedul...
※Sakura Festival in 2021 is cancelled due to the coronavirus fears. Sakura Night Illumination will be held as scheduled. Sakura Night Illumination :no ――――――――――――――――――――――――― Sumida park has been popular with about 700 Sakura(cherry...
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"Yomiuri Land" is Tokyo's largest amusement park. You can enjoy over 44 rides and attractions! In Sping, about 1000...
"Yomiuri Land" is Tokyo's largest amusement park. You can enjoy over 44 rides and attractions! In Sping, about 1000 sakura cherry trees bloom, and Yomiuri Land has really found a great way of viewing sakura with their rides. During the...
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※Tokyo Government has requested people to refrain from a drinking party to prevent infection of coronavirus in the pa...
※Tokyo Government has requested people to refrain from a drinking party to prevent infection of coronavirus in the park. Inokashira Park is one of the most popular spots to see Sakura cherry blossoms in Tokyo. The park is located in ...
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※Due to the coronavirus concerns, the Sakura Festival is cancelled. "Izu-Kogen Cherry Blossoms Festival" is a ch...
※Due to the coronavirus concerns, the Sakura Festival is cancelled. "Izu-Kogen Cherry Blossoms Festival" is a cherry blossoms viewing festival held at Izu Kogen(south of Ito city) in Shizuoka prefecture. The festival is held twic...
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Maruyama Park is the oldest park in Kyoto and located in the center of Gion area, next to Yasaka Shrine. In the par...
Maruyama Park is the oldest park in Kyoto and located in the center of Gion area, next to Yasaka Shrine. In the park, there is a walk-through Japanese garden with a pond in the centre. And the symbol of Maruyama Park, "Weeping Cherry o...
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Sakura festival is not held in 2021. ----------------------------------------------- Koganei Park is located in we...
Sakura festival is not held in 2021. ----------------------------------------------- Koganei Park is located in western Tokyo in Koganei area, approximately 40 minutes away from Shinjuku Sta. by JR train, and Tokyo's second largest pa...
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※Due to the coronavirus concerns, the Sakura Festival is canceled in 2020. Ueno Park is one of the best places to ...
※Due to the coronavirus concerns, the Sakura Festival is canceled in 2020. Ueno Park is one of the best places to see cherry blossoms in Tokyo. The vast park is rich in nature, and has around 1,200 cherry trees along the park’s main...
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※Some events are canceled due to the coronavirus fears. Only the Night Illumination including a projection mapping wi...
※Some events are canceled due to the coronavirus fears. Only the Night Illumination including a projection mapping will be held. Nijo Castle is a Japanese castle built by Tokugawa Ieyasu in the Edo period in Kyoto city and is registe...
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Tagata Shrine in Aichi Prefecture holds the Honen Festival every March 15, which is known as a strange festival invol...
Tagata Shrine in Aichi Prefecture holds the Honen Festival every March 15, which is known as a strange festival involving the dedication of a giant symbol of manhood made of wood. It is also called "Penis Festival". The main highlight o...
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Yoyogi park is one of Tokyo's largest city parks at 54 hectares, featuring wide lawns, ponds, and forests area includ...
Yoyogi park is one of Tokyo's largest city parks at 54 hectares, featuring wide lawns, ponds, and forests area including sakura cherry trees. It is a great place for jogging, birdwatching, and any other outdoor activities. On April, Yoy...
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Takao-san Yakuo-in Temple is an old Buddhist temple located at the top of Mt. Takao, and holds "Fire Walking Festival...
Takao-san Yakuo-in Temple is an old Buddhist temple located at the top of Mt. Takao, and holds "Fire Walking Festival" on the second Sunday of March each year. It attracts over 5,000 visitors in recent years. The highlight of the festiv...
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Blue Dragon(Seiryu, in Japanese) is one of the 4 Gods protecting Kyoto City. And Brue Dragon guards the Higashiyama a...
Blue Dragon(Seiryu, in Japanese) is one of the 4 Gods protecting Kyoto City. And Brue Dragon guards the Higashiyama area to the east, where Kiyomizu-dera Temple is located. It is said that the blue dragon visits the waterfalls of Kiyomiz...
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Yasukuni Shrine is one of the most famous shrines in Tokyo established in 1869 by the will of the Emperor Meiji. Ya...
Yasukuni Shrine is one of the most famous shrines in Tokyo established in 1869 by the will of the Emperor Meiji. Yasukuni Shrine was established to commemorate and honor the achievement of those who dedicated to their lives for the cou...
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Spring Festival will be held on 13th and 14th March at Enoshima, Kanazawa Prefecture, which will be the venue for ...
Spring Festival will be held on 13th and 14th March at Enoshima, Kanazawa Prefecture, which will be the venue for sailing competition for the Tokyo 2021 Olympic/Paralympic Games. The festive activities are extensive, such as Mini ...
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Aoe Dam Park in Tsukumi City, is one of the famous spots for viewing cherry trees in Oita Prefecture. Approximately ...
Aoe Dam Park in Tsukumi City, is one of the famous spots for viewing cherry trees in Oita Prefecture. Approximately 5,000 Yama-Zakura cherry trees reach in full bloom from mid-March to early-April. Another 5000 Sakura cherry trees in t...
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"Higashiyama Hanatouro" is a 10-days illumination festival held annually on early-March along the ancient streets of ...
"Higashiyama Hanatouro" is a 10-days illumination festival held annually on early-March along the ancient streets of Kyoto. Approximately 2,500 LED lights inside bamboo lanterns illuminate a 5-kilometer walking path, from Kiyomizu Templ...
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Dolls are crammed on to the altar of Awashima-jinja (Shrine), which is famous for the Shinto ritual of Hina-nagashi (...
Dolls are crammed on to the altar of Awashima-jinja (Shrine), which is famous for the Shinto ritual of Hina-nagashi (floating Girl’s Festival dolls on the sea of March 3rd). A fantasy world opens up before your eyes and you become caught...
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As a part of Ganzan Daishi Festival, the largest of Jindaiji Temple events, Daruma Doll Market will open on 3rd and 4...
As a part of Ganzan Daishi Festival, the largest of Jindaiji Temple events, Daruma Doll Market will open on 3rd and 4th of March. Daruma doll is modeled after Bodhidharma, the founder of the Zen sect of Buddhism, and is regarded as a t...
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If you are looking for the best plum blossom(Ume) spot in Tokyo area, "Yoshino-Baigo(plum garden) in Ome city" is hig...
If you are looking for the best plum blossom(Ume) spot in Tokyo area, "Yoshino-Baigo(plum garden) in Ome city" is highly recommended. Plum trees are planted all over in this town and there are 25,000 red and white plum trees on the 4.5h...
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Shunie Ceremony is a 2-week Buddhist Fire Ceremony held at Nigatsudo Hall of Todaiji Temple on March. It dates back t...
Shunie Ceremony is a 2-week Buddhist Fire Ceremony held at Nigatsudo Hall of Todaiji Temple on March. It dates back to 752 and has been held annually for more than 1,260 years. The Shunie Ceremony features 2 main events, "Otaimatsu" and ...
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No festival program in 2021. ------------------------------------------------- "Katsuyama Sagicho Festival" takes ...
No festival program in 2021. ------------------------------------------------- "Katsuyama Sagicho Festival" takes place annually on the final Sat & Sunday of February in Katsuyama City, Fukui. This 300-year old festival marks the comi...
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Nakatsugawa area of Iide Town, Yamagata Prefecture is one of the heavy snowfall areas in Japan. Nakatsugawa Snow Fest...
Nakatsugawa area of Iide Town, Yamagata Prefecture is one of the heavy snowfall areas in Japan. Nakatsugawa Snow Festival takes place when they get the biggest amount of snow. They have a number of activities, such as a lit-up snow monum...
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Approximately 10 million brilliant yellow canola flowers bloom all along the 2-km stretch of the natural willow fores...
Approximately 10 million brilliant yellow canola flowers bloom all along the 2-km stretch of the natural willow forests that run parallel with the Shimanto River on March each year. The contrast of colors with the blue sky creates an ...
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Mt.Tsukuba (Tsukubasan) Plum Grove located half way up Mt. Tsukuba is a 4.5 hectare forest with around 1000 plum tree...
Mt.Tsukuba (Tsukubasan) Plum Grove located half way up Mt. Tsukuba is a 4.5 hectare forest with around 1000 plum trees. There are huge rocks all over Mt.Tsukuba and plum trees show beautiful against rocks. The " Mt.Tsukuba Plum Festi...
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There is no naked men perform hold on 2021. ------------------------------------------------------------------------...
There is no naked men perform hold on 2021. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Every freezing cold February, thousands of naked men perform the Hadaka Matsuri, or Naked Festival. The battalion...
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It is not opened for the vistors this year. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sa...
It is not opened for the vistors this year. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Saidaiji Eyo (Saidaiji Naked Festival) is one of the Japan’s three major eccentric festivals with over 500 years history. ...
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Approximately 30,000 hina dolls are displayed throughout Katsuura City, Chiba. One of the highlights of Katsuura’s H...
Approximately 30,000 hina dolls are displayed throughout Katsuura City, Chiba. One of the highlights of Katsuura’s Hina Matsuri(Hina Doll Festival) is the approximately 1,800 dolls that decorate the 60 stone steps of Tomisaki Shrine. St...
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In Mt. Narita Park, behind the Great Main Hall of Naritasan Shinshoji Temple, you can enjoy the view of seasonal flow...
In Mt. Narita Park, behind the Great Main Hall of Naritasan Shinshoji Temple, you can enjoy the view of seasonal flower which spread out over the vast 165,000m2 park. Approximately 500 plum trees with red blossoms and white plum blossoms...
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Minamoto no Yoritomo was opened Kamakura Bakufunate in 13th century, and lost the battle of Ishibashiyama and fled to...
Minamoto no Yoritomo was opened Kamakura Bakufunate in 13th century, and lost the battle of Ishibashiyama and fled to Awa’s Ryushima by small boat (currently known as Kyonan Town) to plan his comeback. The “Kawazu Zakura” were renamed to...
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Yoshino Baien(Yoshino Plum Garden) is one of the most popular plum gardens in Oita Prefecture. There are around 450...
Yoshino Baien(Yoshino Plum Garden) is one of the most popular plum gardens in Oita Prefecture. There are around 450 plum trees including "Garyubai" which is named because its appearance looks like a dragon lying down on the ground, and...
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Cancellation .It will not hold on in 2021. --------------------------------------------------------- Every second S...
Cancellation .It will not hold on in 2021. --------------------------------------------------------- Every second Sunday of February, Toba Shinmei Shrine in Nishio City holds a Fire Festival with a fire pillar rising in the clear winte...
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Hita city in Oita Prefecture is famous for the plum production area. "Hita Oyama Plum Festival" is the festival which...
Hita city in Oita Prefecture is famous for the plum production area. "Hita Oyama Plum Festival" is the festival which last almost 40 years to pray a good harvest of plum and appeal to outside. Around 6,000 plum trees in Okubodai Plum ...
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There is no various food stalls and stage events held on this year 2021. -------------------------------------------...
There is no various food stalls and stage events held on this year 2021. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Each year on the second Saturday and Sunday of February, the snow festival takes place at Ues...
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Miura Coast, on the southeast part of Miura Peninsula, Kanagawa Prefecture, is known as a good point viewing Kawazu-s...
Miura Coast, on the southeast part of Miura Peninsula, Kanagawa Prefecture, is known as a good point viewing Kawazu-sakura in late February around. Kawazu-Sakura is a type of early-blooming cherry blossom and has dark pink flowers. Appro...
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·Cancel by 2021. --------------------------------- Minamiuonuma Snow Festival is one of the three biggest snow fest...
·Cancel by 2021. --------------------------------- Minamiuonuma Snow Festival is one of the three biggest snow festivals in Japan. The sacred fire from the shrine is passed to the candles inside the snow corridor and snow lanterns, it...
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Mother Farm, Chiba Prefecture, is a theme park with 250-hectare area where visitors can come in contact with various...
Mother Farm, Chiba Prefecture, is a theme park with 250-hectare area where visitors can come in contact with various animals and watch seasonal flowers. During mid-February and mid-April, approximately 3.5 million rape flowers bloom in...
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"Nagasaki Lantern Festival" is one of the biggest lantern festival in Japan, which is originally begun as a celebrati...
"Nagasaki Lantern Festival" is one of the biggest lantern festival in Japan, which is originally begun as a celebration of the Chinese New Year by the Chinese marchants residents in Nagasaki. During the festival period, over 15,000 colo...
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Aizu Painted Candle is known as a traditional handicraft of Aizu Region in Fukushima Prefecture. During the festival...
Aizu Painted Candle is known as a traditional handicraft of Aizu Region in Fukushima Prefecture. During the festival, approximately 10,000 candles illuminate the snowy landscape at Tsuruga Castle, Oyaku-en Garden, and throughout the Aiz...
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The number of people will be limited to 1000 each day, and the event will be held by "advance application system". P...
The number of people will be limited to 1000 each day, and the event will be held by "advance application system". Please take ticket from this site: https://sedo.base.ec/ ---------------------------------------------------------------...
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The Kawazu-zakura cherry blossoms have become famous as the earliest blooming cherry blossoms around Tokyo areas. Kaw...
The Kawazu-zakura cherry blossoms have become famous as the earliest blooming cherry blossoms around Tokyo areas. Kawazu-zakura bloom from early-February until early-March, while sakura bloom in Tokyo between late March and early April. ...
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"Hirosaki Castle Snow Lantern Festival" is held at and around Hirosaki Castle of Aomori Prefecture, which creates the...
"Hirosaki Castle Snow Lantern Festival" is held at and around Hirosaki Castle of Aomori Prefecture, which creates the fantasy world of snow and illumination. Approximately 150 Japanese style lanterns made out of snow are constructed thr...
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CANCLED。 -------------------------------------------------------- “Paper Balloon Festival of Kamihinokinai” held i...
CANCLED。 -------------------------------------------------------- “Paper Balloon Festival of Kamihinokinai” held in the area of Kamihinokinai in Semboku City, Akita Prefecture, is a mysterious event with history over 100 years. Pape...
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In Minami-Izu Town, Shizuoka Prefecture, approximately 800 early-blooming Sakura trees and rape blossoms are in full ...
In Minami-Izu Town, Shizuoka Prefecture, approximately 800 early-blooming Sakura trees and rape blossoms are in full bloom along the banks of the Aonogawa river on February. The contrast between pink cherry blossoms and yellow rape blos...
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20 kinds of (totally about 1,000) plum trees including old trees over 100 years are planted in Shuzenji Bairin. Durin...
20 kinds of (totally about 1,000) plum trees including old trees over 100 years are planted in Shuzenji Bairin. During Plum Festival, there are a mass of blossoms over an area of 3 hectares . Plum Festival is held from early February u...
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Soga Bairin is the plum grove in Yamanashi Prefecture where you can enjoy the contrast of Mt.Fuji and a plum tree for...
Soga Bairin is the plum grove in Yamanashi Prefecture where you can enjoy the contrast of Mt.Fuji and a plum tree forest. Soga Bairin is a general term for three plum groves(Nakagawa Bairin, Hara Bairin, and Bessyo Bairin) and about 35 ...
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Youra penninsula faces Bungo-Suido(Bungo Channel) in Tsukumi city, Oita Prefecture is one of the most famous Kawazu-z...
Youra penninsula faces Bungo-Suido(Bungo Channel) in Tsukumi city, Oita Prefecture is one of the most famous Kawazu-zakura cherry blossom viewing spot in Oita. Kawazu-Zakura cherry trees are kinds of the earliest blooming in Japan. Abou...
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Kawazu-sakura (Kawazu-zakura) is a type of early-blooming sakura cherry trees, blooming from around early-February. ...
Kawazu-sakura (Kawazu-zakura) is a type of early-blooming sakura cherry trees, blooming from around early-February. Izu Peninsula is the most famous place for Kawazu-sakura in Japan, yet Matsuda Town of Kanagawa Prefecture is also a goo...
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Makuyama Mt. is 626 meters high, and has steep curtain-like cliffs and great landscape through all seasons. Around 4...
Makuyama Mt. is 626 meters high, and has steep curtain-like cliffs and great landscape through all seasons. Around 4,000 red and white plum trees bloom and create a carpet of blossoms on the hillside of Makuyama, and the garden is fragr...
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Matsuri (also known as Girls' Day) is a festival to pray for the health and safety of daughters by displaying "hina" ...
Matsuri (also known as Girls' Day) is a festival to pray for the health and safety of daughters by displaying "hina" dolls on the "Peach Day," one of "sekku" turning-point days in the Japanese calendar when traditional seasonal festivals...
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"Yuki-touro", Snow Light Path, is the annual winter event held at Jozankei Shrine in Sapporo City, Hokkaido. Approxi...
"Yuki-touro", Snow Light Path, is the annual winter event held at Jozankei Shrine in Sapporo City, Hokkaido. Approximately 2,000 candles in garden lanterns made of snow, create a fantastic world in the shrine in the hot spring village. ...
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Magome-juku is a preserved post town on the Nakasendo Route of Gifu Prefecture, flourished during the Edo period. "I...
Magome-juku is a preserved post town on the Nakasendo Route of Gifu Prefecture, flourished during the Edo period. "Ice Candle Festival" is the annual Ice Candle Festival at Magome-juku, an event held for only two hours a year. Thousand...
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“Yonekawa Mizukaburi” is a traditional ritual which has been passed down for generations at Yonekawa. Men dress as d...
“Yonekawa Mizukaburi” is a traditional ritual which has been passed down for generations at Yonekawa. Men dress as divine messengers and make a procession throughout the town of Yonekawa, putting soot on their cheeks and a costume made ...
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From Iwamotoyama park, you can see the superb view of Mt.Fuji, and plum or cherry blossoms in Spring. Approximately ...
From Iwamotoyama park, you can see the superb view of Mt.Fuji, and plum or cherry blossoms in Spring. Approximately 300 early-blooming plums are in full bloom on early Spring, and 400 cherry blossoms are in full bloom on late-March. It...
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Sounkyo Ice Waterfall Festival is one of the major ice festivals in Hokkaido, held in Sounkyo Onsen, Kamikawa Town. ...
Sounkyo Ice Waterfall Festival is one of the major ice festivals in Hokkaido, held in Sounkyo Onsen, Kamikawa Town. The average temperature in winter in Sounkyo is below freezing, and especially it falls from 10 to 20 degrees below zero...
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Cancellation in 2021. ------------------------------- A spectacular field-burning event where flaming arrows are sh...
Cancellation in 2021. ------------------------------- A spectacular field-burning event where flaming arrows are shot to ignite the grasslands around Shionomisaki, the southern most tip of Honshu. Watch as the fire spreads rapidly acro...
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Lake Shikotsu in Hokkaido is known as an unfrozen lake even in the northernmost of Japan. "Chitose Lake Shikotsu Ice...
Lake Shikotsu in Hokkaido is known as an unfrozen lake even in the northernmost of Japan. "Chitose Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival" is a snow event held around Shikotsuko Onsen, about 40 mins away from Sapporo City from late-January to mid-F...
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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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Toi Sakura (Toi-zakura) which bloom in Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka Prefecture, is known as one of the earliest blooming c...
Toi Sakura (Toi-zakura) which bloom in Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka Prefecture, is known as one of the earliest blooming cherry blossoms in Japan. Toi Sakura starts to open in the end of December, and comes to into bloom in early January. Wha...
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