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The 47 Ronins of Ako (Ako Gishi, loyal samurai) is a real story of loyalty and revenge. These 47 samurai, whose leade...
The 47 Ronins of Ako (Ako Gishi, loyal samurai) is a real story of loyalty and revenge. These 47 samurai, whose leader was ordered to commit suicide for slashing Kira Lord with his sword in 1701, spent over a year planning to avenge thei...
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"Misaki Port & Jogashima Fireworks Festival", which was cancelled on August due to typhoon, will be postponed to Dece...
"Misaki Port & Jogashima Fireworks Festival", which was cancelled on August due to typhoon, will be postponed to December 14th, 2019. Approximately 2,500 fireworks are launched continuously at Misaki Port, and it is extremely powerful. ...
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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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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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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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LOHAS is an acronym for Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability. This event links producers and consumers who are i...
LOHAS is an acronym for Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability. This event links producers and consumers who are interested in LOHAS through food, culture, and music. There are various fun events such as stage shows, sweets and f...
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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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At Tori-no-ichi festival, ornamental bamboo rakes called Kumade are sold to attract good luck. The Bamboo Rake Fair(...
At Tori-no-ichi festival, ornamental bamboo rakes called Kumade are sold to attract good luck. The Bamboo Rake Fair(Kumade Ichi) takes place every December 6th at Oji Shrine, Tokyo. Kumade rakes are decorated with lucky objects such as ...
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The Morotabune Ritual is a Shinto ritual taking place on December 3 each year at Miho Shrine in Shimane Prefecture, r...
The Morotabune Ritual is a Shinto ritual taking place on December 3 each year at Miho Shrine in Shimane Prefecture, re-enacting a famous episode of the Kojiki, "Records of Ancient Matters", written 1300 years ago. The ritual is based on ...
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The Chichibu Night Festival is the annual festival for Chichibu Shrine in Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture. This fe...
The Chichibu Night Festival is the annual festival for Chichibu Shrine in Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture. This festival is considered one of the three major float festivals along with Kyoto Gion Festival and Hida Takayama Festival, a...
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Atami Plum Garden (Atami Baien), famous for its early blooming plum blossoms, is also a nice spot for viewing autumn ...
Atami Plum Garden (Atami Baien), famous for its early blooming plum blossoms, is also a nice spot for viewing autumn leaves. There are approximately 380 maple trees in the garden, and the fall foliage in here is described as "the latest...
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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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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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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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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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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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The Momiji Festival takes place every November at Homon Park in Oyama Town, Shizuoka. It is a festival where you can...
The Momiji Festival takes place every November at Homon Park in Oyama Town, Shizuoka. It is a festival where you can enjoy the autumn leaves while feeling the history of Oyama Town at Homon Park with registered tangible cultural propert...
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Hofu Tenmangu Shrine is a shrine located in Hofu of Yamaguchi Prefecture, dedicated to the god of academics, Sugawara...
Hofu Tenmangu Shrine is a shrine located in Hofu of Yamaguchi Prefecture, dedicated to the god of academics, Sugawara no Michizane. The Gojinko Festival of Hofu Tenmangu, also called Hadakanbo(half-naked man festival), is the largest ...
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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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Approximately 500 metasequaia trees (dawn redwoods) are stretching over 2.4km-long Metasequoia Avenue in Shiga Prefec...
Approximately 500 metasequaia trees (dawn redwoods) are stretching over 2.4km-long Metasequoia Avenue in Shiga Prefecture. Enjoy strolling the Metasequaia tree-lined street while viewing beautiful fall foliage. Dates : November 23(S...
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Yoro Valley is one of the best scenic spots in Chiba, which is upstream of Yoro River. Yoro River is surrounded by a ...
Yoro Valley is one of the best scenic spots in Chiba, which is upstream of Yoro River. Yoro River is surrounded by a beautiful forest and you can enjoy viewing trees dyed in deep reds and yellows between November and early-December. Espe...
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Sanetomo Festival is the memorial event for the third Kamakura Shogun, Sanetomo Minamoto, held in Hadano City, Kanaga...
Sanetomo Festival is the memorial event for the third Kamakura Shogun, Sanetomo Minamoto, held in Hadano City, Kanagawa Prefecture. The festival features the children's parade which local children dressed in traditional costumes such a...
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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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Gastronomy tourism involves visiting an area to experience the local cuisine and delve deeper into the area's history...
Gastronomy tourism involves visiting an area to experience the local cuisine and delve deeper into the area's history and culture. While gastronomy is growing in popularity in Western countries, we in Japan provide a new approach on this...
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Okazaki Gourmet Festival is a food event specialized in Okazaki local food held every November at Okazaki City, Aichi...
Okazaki Gourmet Festival is a food event specialized in Okazaki local food held every November at Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture. You can enjoy tasty dishes such as Hatcho Miso and Okazaki Ouhan Chicken. Also, there are fun stage event...
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Rikugien Garden is one of the Tokyo's most beautiful Japanese gardens along with Koishikawa Korakuen. It is a stroll...
Rikugien Garden is one of the Tokyo's most beautiful Japanese gardens along with Koishikawa Korakuen. It is a strolling garden built in Edo Period(around 1700) for the 5th Tokugawa Shogun, and features a large central pond surrounded by...
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Ebisuko is an annual festival of Nishinomiya Shrine in Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture. Nishinomiya Shrine was establis...
Ebisuko is an annual festival of Nishinomiya Shrine in Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture. Nishinomiya Shrine was established in Kiryu City as the branch shrine of Nishinomiya Shrine in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture. Many stalls are set...
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Ebisuko Festival is one of the Hiroshima's three greatest festivals along with Tokasan Festival and Sumiyoshi Festiva...
Ebisuko Festival is one of the Hiroshima's three greatest festivals along with Tokasan Festival and Sumiyoshi Festival. Ebisuko Festival, known among locals as Ebessan after the god of commerce, is autumn festival of Ebisu Shrine in Hir...
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Komyoji Temple in Kyoto is the head temple of Seizan Pure Land Buddhism. During Nov.16 and Dec.1, the temple ground ...
Komyoji Temple in Kyoto is the head temple of Seizan Pure Land Buddhism. During Nov.16 and Dec.1, the temple ground is opened to the public so that visitors can enjoy viewing fall foliage. About 500 maple trees turning red and yellow w...
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Kiyomizu Temple (Kiyomizu-dera) ,with over 1,200 years of history, is one of the most famous and celebrated temples i...
Kiyomizu Temple (Kiyomizu-dera) ,with over 1,200 years of history, is one of the most famous and celebrated temples in Kyoto and also a UNESCO world Heritage site. Autumn is the best time to visit, about 1,000 maple trees show their bea...
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The 4km stretch of road(Koshu Highway) leading from Hachioji's Oiwakecho to Takao Station is lined with over 770 gink...
The 4km stretch of road(Koshu Highway) leading from Hachioji's Oiwakecho to Takao Station is lined with over 770 ginkgo trees. There ginkgo trees were planted during the Showa Era. And it is one of the three greatest tree-lined streets i...
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Mount Yoshino is a 690-meter tall mountain in the town of Yoshino in Nara Prefecture. It covers all over the mountain...
Mount Yoshino is a 690-meter tall mountain in the town of Yoshino in Nara Prefecture. It covers all over the mountain paths around 8 kilometers, from Yoshino River to Omine mountains. It is also a base of Omine spiritual mountain walk f...
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Genkyu-en Garden is located to the north of Hikone Castle in Shiga Prefecture. It was the castle lord's garden, made...
Genkyu-en Garden is located to the north of Hikone Castle in Shiga Prefecture. It was the castle lord's garden, made to recreate the famous Eight Views of Omi (in turn modeled on the Chinese "Eight Views of Xiaoxiang").The garden was co...
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The autumn festival will be held at Toyokawa Inari Shrine, one of Japan's three great Inari Shrines, with more than 1...
The autumn festival will be held at Toyokawa Inari Shrine, one of Japan's three great Inari Shrines, with more than 1000 large and small stone statues of foxes and Reikozuka (fox burial mound). It is the Thanksgiving Festival, also call...
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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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Taketa Bamboo Lantern Festival, such a fantastic festival which brings you to the mysterious world, is held annually ...
Taketa Bamboo Lantern Festival, such a fantastic festival which brings you to the mysterious world, is held annually on November at Taketa City, Oita Prefecture. Oita Prefecture is known as the place of No.1 production of Japanese bamboo...
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Shuzenji in Izu, Shizuoka is known as the "little Kyoto of Izu", which famous for its hot springs. And also famous f...
Shuzenji in Izu, Shizuoka is known as the "little Kyoto of Izu", which famous for its hot springs. And also famous for viewing autumn leaves, especially Momiji (maple) trees. Between mid-November and early-December, leaves of about 1,0...
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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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Yellow foliage spot in Tokyo known for Ginkgo trees lasting about 300m, "Meiji Jingu Gaien (outer gardens of Meiji Sh...
Yellow foliage spot in Tokyo known for Ginkgo trees lasting about 300m, "Meiji Jingu Gaien (outer gardens of Meiji Shrine)" holds "Gingko Festival". It has become famous as an autumn landscape in downtown Tokyo, and in recent years it a...
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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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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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Arashiyama in Kyoto is a famous spot for viewing beautiful red maple leaves(momiji) in fall. And the the picture of T...
Arashiyama in Kyoto is a famous spot for viewing beautiful red maple leaves(momiji) in fall. And the the picture of Togetsu Bridge across the Katsura River with Mt.Arashiyama turned red and yellow is well-known for visitors. Arashiyama ...
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Hita City in Oita is a former castle town and Mameda Town in the northern part of Hita developed in the early Edo Per...
Hita City in Oita is a former castle town and Mameda Town in the northern part of Hita developed in the early Edo Period. In Mameda Town, there are lots of old houses and traditional buildings, and the town is designated as Nationally se...
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As the oasis that can be enjoyed seeing plum and cherry trees, fresh green, autumn colored leaves, and the winter sno...
As the oasis that can be enjoyed seeing plum and cherry trees, fresh green, autumn colored leaves, and the winter snow, the Naritasan Park with a very large area of 165,000 square meters in Naritasan Shinshoji Temple is familiar to local...
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Sakamoto Ryoma is a hero of the Meiji Restoration. And Ryoma Yosakoi is a Yosakoi Festival held at location related ...
Sakamoto Ryoma is a hero of the Meiji Restoration. And Ryoma Yosakoi is a Yosakoi Festival held at location related to Sakamoto Ryoma, in Kyoto. Dancers from all over Japan gather in Kyoto and perform the various dance such as Yosakoi ...
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Taimatsu Akashi, is an autumn festival that represents Fukushima Prefecture, with a tradition of over 400 years, take...
Taimatsu Akashi, is an autumn festival that represents Fukushima Prefecture, with a tradition of over 400 years, takes place every second Saturday of November every year. Famous as one of Japan's Top 3 Fire Festivals along with "Kurama ...
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Mitake Gorge (Mitake Valley) is a famous spot for viewing beautiful autumn foliage in Tokyo, located just a minute fr...
Mitake Gorge (Mitake Valley) is a famous spot for viewing beautiful autumn foliage in Tokyo, located just a minute from Mitake Station. Both sides of the gorge are covered in ginkgo and maple trees, you can enjoy viewing red and yellow ...
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Tori-no-Ichi Fair is an open-air market held across Japan in November on the day of the Rooster in Chinese calendar s...
Tori-no-Ichi Fair is an open-air market held across Japan in November on the day of the Rooster in Chinese calendar since the Edo period. The Tori-no-Ichi Fair of Ohtori Shrine in Asakusa is one of the biggest Tori-no-Ichi festivals in ...
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Oita Prefecture is the number one producer of Japanese timber bamboo and known for its traditional bamboo crafts. O...
Oita Prefecture is the number one producer of Japanese timber bamboo and known for its traditional bamboo crafts. Oita Prefecture has the three biggest bamboo lantern festivals―Usuki Takeyoi, Taketa Chikuraku, and Sennen Akari, or Thou...
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Gujo Hachiman Castle is a mountain castle located on top of Mount Hachiman in Gujo Hachiman, Gifu Prefecture. The c...
Gujo Hachiman Castle is a mountain castle located on top of Mount Hachiman in Gujo Hachiman, Gifu Prefecture. The castle was rebuilt in 1933 using wood rather than concrete. And it is also a famous spot for autumn leaves viewing for b...
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