Yokohama’s version of the Ocean Peoples festival happens at the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse (Yokohama Akarenga Sōko).
Ocean Peoples is ‘an ocean festival for people who love the sea’ – unlike the Tokyo version at Yoyogi Park, this one is actually within spitting distance of the sea.
A quick glance at the murky waters of the port should be motivation enough for saving the ocean.
The Shimbashi Koichi festival contains a whole array of entertainment including taiko drummers, traditional dancers, local bands and some more unusual options too. The main events are the bon odori square and the Yukata Beauty Contest, which doesn’t feature a […]
At Asakusa’s 39th Samba Carnival, you are guaranteed to see the most dazzling array of beautiful telephoto lenses that you have ever witnessed—and the dancers are quite nice too! But seriously folks, this has become one of the major summer […]
As the name suggests, this little market is all about reducing waste and wastefulness—the perfect antidote to Tokyo’s shop-till-you-drop culture. It’s a good place to pick up snazzy secondhand clothes for cheap-cheap, as well as DVDs, CDs (remember those?), books […]
The 5th of Japan's six annual sumo tournaments.
