New Year in Japan is largely a quiet family affair. Noisy reveling, fireworks, or countdown parties aren’t the norm. In fact, most Japanese people will be at home (and if they’re not from Tokyo, in their hometowns) with their families. As busy as ...
On the night of New Year's Eve or the next day, people visit their local shrine or temple (in Tokyo, the number of visitors to Meiji Shrine around New Year alone is in the millions). There are usually no wild New Year countdown celebrations, but at temples across the country a bell...
months in the country. It begins with the Japanese New Year celebrations on January first, then the Sumo New Year Basho from January 13th to January 27th. Other events include Tokyo auto salon, Ohmato Taikai, Wakakusa Yamayaki, Coming of Age Day, and the, Toka Ebisu Festival among others....
Half music half workout, taiko drumming is an intense skill often used in festivals and celebrations. With dance-like movements and incredible strength, drummers perform highly rhythmic patterns which differ between schools. You can try a 60-minute class at Taiko Lab in Aoyama or Asakusa for ...
Sanja Matsuri, or Sanja Festival, is one of the three great Shinto festivals in Tokyo. It is considered one of the wildest and largest. The festival is held in honor of Hinokuma Hamanari, Hinokuma Takenari, and Hajino Nakatomo, the three men who established and founded the Sensō-ji Bu...
Festivals of the Dead 1., who might return either to help or to do harm. For the Japanese festival Obon, people should go to clean graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors. They also light lamps and play music because they think that this will lead the ancestors back to ea...
Many people prefer to go the beaches; some people choose mountaintops for praying to the first sunrise.Mount Takaoin Tokyo is one of the best places for viewing the first sunrise in Japan on New Year’s Day. New Year’s First Sunrise in Ibaraki, Japan. Photo Credit: hirotomo t at Fli...
They also have themed boxes so you can also learn about Japanese festivals and celebrations and try traditional and modern snacks you could only find in Japan. For example one of Japan’s most beloved festivals is Hanami aka the cherry blossom viewing. ...
Tokyo SanjaMatsuri• Third full weekend in mid May The festival of Asakusa Shrine, theSanja Matsuriis one ofTokyo's three big festivals. Mikoshi are carried through the streets ofAsakusa. Fukuoka Hakata GionYamakasa•• July 1-15
Japan is washed by the Pacific Ocean in the east and south, by the East China Sea and Sea of Japan in the west, and by the Sea of Okhotsk in the north. Area, 372,200 sq km. Population, 114 million (1977, estimate). The capital is Tokyo. Table 1. Territory of Japan Island ...