JFF – Japanese Film Festival World Tour
The Japan Foundation Tokyo has held several film festivals in recent years, both in cinemas and via streaming. In March this year, JFF returned with seven new Japanese films.
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Queen in the Park: The Queen Experience
Queen were huge in Japan and Bohemian Rhapsody is a karaoke classic. Queen in the Park was a fun reimagining of classic songs at Ginza Sony Park.
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Hirosaki Neputa Matsuri
This is one of the big three festivals in the northern Tohoku region, the other two being the Aomori Nebuta Matsuri and the Akita Kanto Matsuri. They are all held around the same time (early August) too.
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Inakadate Rice Paddy Art 2015: Star Wars & Gone With The Wind
Inakadate is a village in Aomori Prefecture and a population of 8000. Since 1993, the people of Inakadate began creating rice paddy art to promote tourism and revitalize the area.
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Tokyo German Village – Winter Illumination
Tokyo German Village is a park in Chiba, located about two hours from central Tokyo. The park offers facilities for families, flower events, a souvenir shop and German food. It’s not an educational place meant to teach you German – in many ways it’s very much a Japanese park.
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No Nukes Festival 2012
The No Nukes festival was initiated by Ryuichi Sakamoto and called for a ban of nuclear power plants and weapons.
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Shinjuku Classic Camera Show
Classic analog film cameras are exciting and Japan is the place to buy them. At camera shows such as the
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Save the Pride
Pride parades by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community (LGBT) are common in the west and have been held in Tokyo since 1994. There were no parades held in the years 2008, 2009 and 2011, due to a dispute between organisers.
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Tsukuda Bon Odori – Folk Dance
This is one of those smaller folk dancing festivals, even though it is recommended by the Japan National Tourism Organization.
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Floating lit lanterns – Chidorigafuchi Toro-nagashi
If you are in Tokyo now, the biggest festival to see is the Mitama Matsuri at Yasukuni Shrine held until
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Nagoya Akari Night Illumination Festival
The Nagoya Akari Night is held around the iconic Nagoya TV Tower, the oldest tv tower in Japan. The tower is illuminated of course, but they also added some additional lights at the bottom for christmas.
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