Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Christmas & New Year in Japan is quite different than in the US. In the US we usually spend time with family for Christmas and time with our significant other for New Year’s Eve. Also, a lot of people will go out to a party for the […]
Festivals & Events
Koenji Awaodori: Tokyo’s great typhoon-dodging festival
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Steve Parker is one of our longest-serving and most experienced tour leaders. Though he has a passion for the outdoors (in particular the mountains, where he loves leading our Historic Mountain Trails group tours), Steve also finds plenty to be fascinated by in his hometown: a Tokyo […]
Girl’s Day in Japan – A little bit about Hina Matsuri
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Girls Day Dolls
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! In Japan, every year on the 3rd of March comes a traditional celebration known properly as momo-no-sekku (桃の節句) but more casually referred to as Hina Matsuri (雛祭り) or, in English, as Girl’s Day. Which is rather appropriate since the holiday is focused on a family’s hope that their daughter or granddaughter will […]
A Fiery Festival and a Red Hot Tip for a Nara Day Trip
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I’m lucky enough to call the historic city of Kyoto my home, but it’s also a destination that features on the majority of our Small Group Tours and also in the tailored Self Guided Adventures that we put together for independent travellers. Not only is Kyoto a […]
5 things you never knew about Christmas in Japan
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Tokyo in lights
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Merry Christmas everyone! Or “Meri Kurisumasu”, as they have it over in Japan. It’s estimated that less than one percent of Japan’s population in Christian, and so it should come as no surprise that Christmas in Japan is not an official national holiday in Japan. New Year […]
Taking part in a Japanese festival
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Japanese festivals – matsuri – are an important part of life in Japan. You will find them in every region of the country during every season of the year. But the best time for catching matsuri is undoubtedly in summer, when festivals are so plentiful that it’s not uncommon to come […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Japanese festivals – matsuri – are an important part of life in Japan. You will find them in every region of the country during every season of the year. But the best time for catching matsuri is undoubtedly in summer, when festivals are so plentiful that it’s not uncommon to come […]