The Ultimate Guide To Tokyo
Fireworks festivals in Japan are actually called ‘contests’ – with two different locations …
The Thai Fair – traditionally one of the most popular of the ethnic festivals at Yoyogi Park – is on this …
The Ueno Natsu Matsuri Parade takes place this Saturday, the 20th along a 500m stretch of Chuo Dori starting from Ueno …
After a foray to Tokyo Midtown for the 2012 version, the Indonesia Festival is back at the events square of Yoyogi Park …
On the 7th day of the 7th month, Tanabata (star festival) marks the once a year tryst between the dieties Orihime and …
If your soul is feeling a little dusty you might consider giving it a good old scrubbing at one of the many shinto …
The 1 million person Candle Night series of events rolls on. Last week it was Ikegami Honmonji, this week you can see …
In case you haven’t noticed, it’s raining a lot recently, which is to be expected at a time of year known …
There are three big traditional central city festivals on this weekend Hot on the heels of the rowdy Sanja matsuri and …
At the event square at Yoyogi Park this weekend is another outdoor/environmental themed festival – Eco Life Fair …
Over at Tokyo Big Sight there is a Hawaiian festival that costs 1,000 yen to get through the door just so you can spend …
From the 17th to the 19th another one of the “big three” festivals will be on – the Sanja …
One of Tokyo’s three major festivals takes places over this weekend – the Kanda Matsuri. Based in and …
This is how every week/weekend should be – four days on, four days off, four days on. Sadly this kind of work …
While traditional horseback archery is rather a rare sight in these modern times, this weekend you will have the choice …
Flower festivals are more or less continuous in Japan, so as soon as Hanami ends, another one comes along to take its …
If you’ve ever mistaken the Japanese terms for cherry blossom viewing (hanami) with fireworks (hanabi) then …
Right now, the Tokyo Spring Festival – a collection of opera and classical music concerts – is on at venues …
In our last podcast on Cheapo Hanami, recorded on the 9th of March, we predicted the weekends of the 30/31 of March and …
Latest forecasts have the cherry blossoms starting this Sunday, but it won’t really kick-off properly until the …
You can see and perhaps even participate in fire walking at the Mt Takao Hiwatari Festival (link in Japanese) near …
This is the time of year when everyone pretends that it’s getting warmer even though it isn’t. So if …
Sunday, February 3rd is Setsubun. Setsubun is a bean throwing festival to celebrate the beginning of Spring on the …
It might be hard to believe in this chilly weather, but the strawberry picking season starts in Kanto this weekend. The …