Best Events And Festivals (Omatsuri) In Kanto

Absolutely Gorgeous Ceiling Paintings & Interiors Lightened In Japanese Mood

Hyakudan-kaidan' (one hundred steps) is a wooden architecture and a tangible cultural property of Tokyo. It was built in the beginning of Showa era as a banquet room. The interiors of the seven Japanese rooms are worth seeing! During summer, the collaboration exhibition with lights like Japanese festivals and artistic lights wins popularity. Some people wear yukata, summer kimono, and enjoy it.

YOKOHAMA CROSS NIGHT ILLUMINATION

At the dome in Shinko Central Square, you can see the illuminations from the inside, and you can experience a new sensation as if you are surrounded by light. The illumination seen from the outside is also beautiful, but the outside world seen from the inside is also glittering.

This Summer's Most Moving Fireworks In Koga! And Most Beautiful 'Saishoku Senrin' In Japan

I introduce this summer's most moving fireworks display in Koga! It's finale was emblazoned by 'Saishoku Senrin' a kind of Japanese skyrocket. It was shot off in the sky far above the Koga town, and the thousands of small flowers blooming in the night sky are awesome! Please come to see them on this spot next year!

Marriage Boat You Can See Only During The Iris Festival

Though it can be seen only in iris season, the traditional marriage boat made me very moved. Everyone said 'congratulations!' here and there, and the bride thanked them with smile.◎You can see the bride, Wednesday: 11:00, Saturday: 11:00, 14:00, 19:00, and Sunday: 11:00, 14:00.

Wind Bell Path Whose Sounds Tell The Begging Of Summer

Photos taken on July 6th. The annual summer event 'Enmusubi Furin'. I wore Yukata, and came to Kawagoe on the first day of this event. Waking around the path of wind bells, and feeling the comfortable winds, I felt refreshed so much, though the weather forecast was rainy. You can see the beautiful scenery of green leaves and colorful wind bells.

Art Of Great Nature

The spring water run down on the walls of mountains become icicles! What's more, they're lighted and make the otherworldly atmosphere! It appears as a stunning winter scenery in various media.

Consecutive More Than 300 Years Since Edo Period. 'Toshino Ichi' Fair At The End Of The Year For Gorgeous Hagoita

The annual event held as a last fair of the year (in 2016, 3days on 12/17,18,19) at the site of Senso-ji Temple. People buy this gorgeous Oshie Hagoita for good health and fortune of the next year, and for talisman. Very crowded every year.

Limited to 7/6-7, Milky Way of Candles

The Tanabata Festival at Zōjoji Temple and the candle night of Japanese paper are fantastic and beautiful enough to be seen all the time. The work of turning on the lights one by one is also impressive. Collaboration with Tokyo Tower is also good.

Illumination Of 3200 Thousand Trees Of Fluffy Kochia

During the illumination event of green Kochia, you can enjoy various night-entertainments such as 'Gourd Lantern Exhibition', and foods good to eat while walking around.

Fantastic Night Plum Blossoms In The Lights

During Plum Blossom Festival, the lighted blossoms describe the fantastic scenery in the Kairakuen Garden. The illuminations are took place everyday till 3/21, from sunset to 21:00.

412 Kinds And 140 Thousand Sweet Flags In Full Bloom

The rainy season lends charm to purple sweet flags. You can enjoy seeing the colorful sweet flags in lots of kinds. A water wheel going around calmly and an appearance of a hana-tsumi musume (a girl gathering withered flowers) make us feel the landscape of old times somehow.

7000 Hanging Hina Dolls & 300 Yeas Old Ones. 'Hina Matsuri' At Seto-yashiki House

In an old house built 300 years ago, over 7000 hanging dolls and sitting hina dolls are very imposing! Possessed carefully since Edo period, 300 years old 'Kyoho Hina' and Japanese dolls with full of human touch are the display for a peach blossom's seasonal festival that paints Ashigara Village.

Red World Opens Out Before Your Very Eyes! Impressive Illuminations Of Autumn Foliage

At Nagatoro in Saitama, they hold the illumination of Japanese maple trees annually. Trees dressed with autumn colors come out beautifully in the dark, which is the very moving scene.

To Admire The Beauty Of Goldfish. The Extraordinary Room Of Lights & Water The Artists Created

Only in summer at Nihombashi, Art Aquarium make its appearance. Specializing on goldfish, many artistic aquariums to evoke the Japanese spirit get together. 'The superb beauty and experience of underwater' that presented by pioneers of water-art, shouldn't be missed.

Annual Event Of Year's End! 'Tori-no Ichi' Filled With Gorgeous 'Kumade' Raking Up Good Fortunes

Otori Shine is the birth place of Tori-no Ichi Festival that is hold at the Cock days (one of the twelve daily signs) of November. Many people visit the shrine for rakes that gather the good fortunes and money in the coming year. Energetic hand-clapping and shouting 'business success' make me feel that I can really gather the good fortunes!

It's Like The World of Rapunzel, The Sky Lantern Festival

7 / 22.23.24 The Tanabata Sky Lantern Festival is being held. Impressed by the lanterns that fly all at once. You can adjust the length to your liking by connecting with a thread. Above all, it's indoors so I'm happy that I don't have to worry about the weather. The main is the sky lantern, but there are many arcades and food stalls, so you can enjoy the festive mood. Scheduled to be held next month in Kobe and Kyoto.

Kawagoe Autumn Festival With Exciting Chase Of Floats Parading Along A Historical Town

As an autumn special thing, Kawagoe Festival has some large floats parade the streets of tasteful historical town. It's worth seeing in daytime, but the night becomes more exciting! When the floats meet each other, they display their showy lanterns.◎Though there're some toll parking area, they get very crowded every year. It's better to use public transportation such as JR, Toubu Tojo Line, or Seibu Shinjuku Line.

1.5 Million Iris Flowers At A Waterside Village Sawara

You can enjoy seeing irises in Sawara from a boat going in the park. 'Marriage Boat' is, in other words, Japanese June bride. I really long for a couple in a boat surrounded with many irises! ◎Parking area is available. During the Iris Festival, a shuttle bus from Sawara Station (please check the latest information). If you come by your car, Suigo Ayame Itako Garden is close from here, it'll be nice to make the rounds. Though you need to pay the admission fees and take bus from the nearest station, you can enjoy flowers enough, such as seeing from boats and walking in the large park, at Suigo Sawara Iris Garden.

A Shrine Built In 1688, The First Year Of Genroku, And A Main Shrine Designated As A National Important Cultural Asset

Mito Hachiman Shrine is believed as a god for farming, industry, business, and talisman, children growing, and a genius for people born in the years of the Dog in Chinese astrology. On a day for Oharae in June, there was Chino-wa (a circle made of dry grass) used for an occasion. Surrounded with many greens, you can feel peace in your mind.

Poppy Field Grown Carefully By The Local People

The uncultivated place beside the prefectural road was once dense with weeds, but the local people take the movement to recover the bustle to the town, and grew poppies. The poppy field makes my heart warm. ◎20 min by car from JR An'naka Station. No admission fee.

Music Starmine By Japanese Great Firework Makers

It's a great firework festival opened in the side of Kinugawa Lake in Joso, Ibaraki Prefecture, which gathers over 100 thousand people every year. Because almost all of the great firework makers in Japan show their fireworks, you must be satisfied this summer festival so much.◎Access: 15 min walk from Mitsukaido Station of Kanto Railway Joso Line. They prepare toll observation seats you can buy on the very day of the firework festival.

Yagihashi's Starmine Of Firework Festival In A Hottest Town Kumagaya

A summer event in Kumagaya. The biggest size of firework is No.10 (a firework ball 30 centimeters in diameter), and the number of firework is about 10 thousand. It's a biggest festival in Kanto Region, so about 450 thousand audiences come to see it from inside and outside the city every year.◎Access: 5min walk from South Gate of Kumagaya Station. You should use the public transport.