The Saidaiji Eyō (西大寺会陽), more commonly known as the Hadaka Matsuri (“Naked Festival”), gets more international media attention…
Until the 1950s, many dying factories could be found along the river near Nakai Station in Shinjuku Ward…
Hanatoro (花灯路, Hanatōro) is a 10-day long illumination that takes place in Kyoto’s Higashiyama in March and Arashiyama…
The Fire Walking Festival (火渡りまつり, hiwatari matsuri) is held near Takaosanguchi Station on the second Sunday of March…
Kanamara Matsuri (otherwise known as the "Penis Festival" or “Festival of the Steel Phallus”) is an annual festival…
This event at Sensoji Temple celebrates the Buddha’s birthday on 8 April and is more formally called Bussho-e…
Oiran (花魁) is a word used to refer to the high-class prostitutes that worked in the Yoshiwara red-light…
The Yayoi Festival (弥生祭, Yayoi Matsuri) is held on the 13 to 17 of April each year at…
Kurayami Matsuri is one of Tokyo’s most popular festivals and one with a rich and long history with…
Over 1,000 years ago the military leader Fujiwara no Hidesato came to the shrine to pray for victory…
Kanda Matsuri is held in mid-May at Kanda Myojin Shrine on odd numbered years (so intense was the…
The Aoi Matsuri (葵祭) or the “Hollyhock Festival” is one of Kyoto’s three major festivals (the others being…
Yabusame (horseback archery) has its roots in the Kamakura period when samurai used the competition to improve their skills…
The Sanno Festival (山王祭) is the last of Tokyo’s major festivals and one of the three great festivals…