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Steaming Summer Festival Floats On The Tenno River
Venue: Tsushima City When: Jul 27th - Jul 28th 2019 ,  8:40am - 9:00pm
Every steaming hot summer evening for over 500 years, the people of Tsushima in Aichi Prefecture go down to the Tenno river.
It’s not that the river side is c...

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Forest and Lake and Umbrella
 
Venue: Metsa When: Jun 19th - Jul 15th 2019 ,  10:00am - 9:00pm
Metsa, comprising Metsa Village and Moomin Valley Park, is a Moomin theme park in rural Saitama. However, it can be reached from Tokyo in just over an hour by either public transport or by ...

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Celebrating the Legend
Venue: Hiratsuka When: Jul 5th - Jul 7th 2019 ,  10:00am - 8:00pm
I step out of the train station to the smell of grilled seafood skewers, takoyaki, and taiyaki batter baking with its sugary sweet bean filling.
Sellers cling on to clusters of bobbing Hello Kitt...

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Three days of summer festival action in Saitama
Venue: Kumagaya When: Jul 20th - Jul 22nd 2019 ,  1:00pm - 9:00pm
The Uchiwa Matsuri, possibly the largest of Saitama's summer festivals, is held in Kumagaya, just north of Tokyo in Saitama Prefecture.
With a history dating back to 1750...

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GAIJIN POT TRAVEL
Every August, it's the beautiful island's main event: A post-hippie island drum fest.
 
Earth Celebration 2019: Main Event Dates: Aug. 16 (Fri)–18 (Sun) on Sado Island!Sado Island, an emerald isle off the coast of Niigata Prefecture, is usually a quiet and peaceful place. But ev...

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Watch fighting arachnids in Aira City, Kagoshima
Venue: Kajiki Welfare Centre When: Sunday - Jun 16th 2019 ,  8:30am - 4:00pm
Kajiki's Spider Fighting Festival, or Kumo Gassen, is a spider-fighting event that takes place in Kagoshima's Aira city, in a tradition that dates back over 4...

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Beautiful roses at Jindai Botanical Garden in Tokyo
Venue: Jindai Botanical Gardens When: May 8th - Jun 9th 2019 ,  9:30am - 5:00pm
How can I share my impression? I've been going to Jindai Botanical Park for five years. Usually, I visit the Rose Fiesta, held every May and October dur...

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Celebrate purple blossoms with music, dance and parades
Venue: Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan When: Apr 28th - Apr 29th 2019 ,  10:00am - 5:00pm
In the last weekend of April each year, Kasukabe City celebrates its explosion of purple and white wisteria blossoms in Fuji Matsuri. This is a s...

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Streets Of Kobe Decked With Flower Paintings
Venue: Kobe City When: Apr 27th - Apr 29th 2019 ,  3:00pm - 5:00pm
Kobe Infiorata, a two-day event during Golden Week (beginning of May) in Kobe has the popular tourist spots and roads decked with flower paintings.
The event started two ye...

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Celebrating the new Reiwa Era led by Emperor Naruhito
Venue: Okamoto district When: Wednesday - May 1st 2019 ,  10:00am - 5:00pm
Come 30 April 2019, Emperor Akihito will abdicate his throne, with Crown Prince Naruhito acceding to the throne to become the new Emperor of Japan on the f...

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