Culture Zama Suzuka Shinto Shrine Festival 2025 Friday - Aug 1st During the annual Zama Mikoshi Festival (July 31-August 1st), residents carry a portable shrine through the streets of Zama chanting "Dokkoi, Dokkoi, Dokkoi
Bonbori Matsuri at Kamakura Video Jessica A Paje and celebrities, the bonbori are lined up beautifully along the raised cherry
12 Activities Togetsu Bridge and Riverside Area Larry Knipfing of amazake while sitting at a little riverside cafe amongst a bunch of cherry
14 Culture Kyoto's Osawa-no-ike Pond in B&W Larry Knipfing There is also a pagoda, bamboo grove, plum trees and cherry trees, so it
Food Kao Thai Restaurant in Takadanobaba Peter Sidell selection of salads and soups; some of them are fairly hot, like green curry... There are take-out lunch boxes available for ¥500 if you're in a hurry
Culture Imperial Palace East Gardens Abi Barber contain an impressive array of plants and flowers that are designed to bloom... beginning of the year the winter flowers start to emerge – kanzakura and ume blossoms
12 A Walk in Kyoto Imperial Palace - 2 Shozo Fujii A garden of white gravel spreads out before the building with a cherry
12 Activities Kinugawa Ryuokyo Valley Hiking Tomoko Kamishima Ryuokyo Valley is an amazing ravine between Kawaji Onsen and Kinugawa Onsen