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Swirling colours sweep through the streets of Sendai during the Aoba Festival parade, held in honour of Lord Date Masamune. Don't miss the traditional Sparrow dance performances, where locals…
Takigi Noh (Open-Air Japanese Theatre)
Japanese actors in beautiful costumes and masks perform Noh (Japanese theatre) by torchlight around the Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto. Beneath lanterns and flaming torches, spectators sit in the…
At the Atsuta Jingu Shrine Festival in Nagoya, spectacular floats (each made from 365 lanterns) take part in a procession, before being displayed at the shrine's east and west gates. The…
Iris Flower Festival (Itako Ayame Matsuri)
Half a million visitors are drawn to the town of Itako for the annual Iris Festival. Around one million individual plants of 500 different varieties can be enjoyed in the flower park.
Hi-tech Tokyo draws thousands of professionals and fanatics to its Game Show at Makuhari Messe (just outside the capital). Take a sneaky peek at upcoming releases from Eastern and Western…
Tokyo Disneyland goes out of its way to rival its bigger American cousins with wild rides, divided into seven themed zones, and all-singing all-dancing parades featuring familiar costumed…
The 400-year-old Osaka Castle is an important landmark for local citizens as well as a huge attraction for visitors, who come to marvel at the beautiful architecture and hear the many stories…
The red-and-white striped Tokyo Tower in Minato is made up of two observation platforms, a Wax Museum and the Guinness World Records Museum. From the higher Special Observatory, visitors can…
Shinagawa Aquarium is not far from Tokyo Bay and displays many of the types of underwater life that can be found in the surrounding area's rivers, beaches and harbours. Catch dolphins and sea…
Osaka's Science Museum, housed in a four-floor Starship Enterprise-shaped building, is filled with interactive exhibitions on space and energy. Stargaze at the 'night sky' in the huge domed…
