The Ultimate Guide To Tokyo
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 …
Since the snow that dunped on Tokyo on Monday has frozen solid, there will be no frolics in the white fluffy stuff for …
Welcome to the first Cheapo Weekend of 2013. Coming of Age Day on the 14th stretches this weekend out to a leisurely 3 …
If you’re looking for something to do this weekend, you should really just ignore these suggestions and have a …
The Christmas/winter illuminations continue their roll-out this weekend with the giant battle robot Gundam getting in …
Labour Thanksgiving Day is observed this Friday so we have a three day weekend ahead of us. However, if you …
Just as the cherry blossom front traverses Japan from south to North each Spring, the Koyo (changing Autumn Leaves) …
Did you know it’s Christmas? Just as Halloween runs for the whole of October in Japan, Christmas seems to run …
After an unprecedented one whole week of Halloween parties it’s time to calm down and get civilised people! With …
Although it certainly doesn’t feel like it, this weekend is the official start of Autumn. If you venture to your …
This weekend looks to be the most explosive (sorry, couldn’t resist) this summer with fireworks in all …