The Wanwan Carnival is a festival of everything doggy. Dog clothes, dog grooming, professional dog photographers, performing dogs, dog quizzes, dog dancing, famous dogs, obedience, agility and speed eating contests are all part of the event.
Sadly there won’t be any competitive sheep herding, but you can’t have everything.
Get a big discount on your entry tickets.
You’ll be seeing red at the Jindaiji Temple Yakuyoke Ganzan Jie Daishi Festival. This popular spring event in Tokyo started in the Edo period in memory of Ganzan Daishi. One of Japan’s three biggest daruma doll markets, there are around 300 […]
Visit this 2-day food festival at Yoyogi Park to try local Japanese dishes from Hokkaido all the way to Kyushu. It takes place at the NHK Broadcasting Center, Yoyogi Park so you can have an impromptu picnic (assuming the weather is […]
Spring in Japan isn’t just about the cherry blossoms, and at Bunkyo’s Yushima Tenjin Shrine you can see one of the island nation’s other flower festivals, the ume matsuri, or plum festival. Plum trees blossom earlier and for longer than cherry blossoms, so […]
The Heiwajima Antiques Fair is a popular indoor flea market that’s held five times a year, for a period of three days each time. Close to 300 vendors from all over Japan come to sell their wares, which comprise a […]
