This is the Summer festival of the Kameido Tenjin shrine and is held annually. I wasn’t interested in the Mikoshi parade, because I’ve already seen plenty of those. What I was interested in were the lanterns which are lit up around the shrine in the evening.
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Ice sculptures in Summer and outside? In Japan, this doesn’t seem too unusual. I’ve seen an ice sculpture exhibition near
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Tanabata (七夕) festivals (star festivals) are usually held in shopping streets such as the one in Asagaya. Colored paper streamers
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Start of my matsuri month, in which I will try to visit as many matsuris (festivals) as possible from the
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„Odori“ means „dance“ in Japanese and Gujo Odori is a traditional folk dance festival in Aoyama, Tokyo. Gujo Odoris are
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Mashiko in Tochigi Prefecture is famous for its potteries and many people who live there have something to with pottery.
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Event listings tend to focus on the more traditional Japanese events, like shrine festivals. But there are lots of interesting international ones too, like the Highland Games.
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There is always something happening in Tokyo, especially from March to October. I like to use the excellent event list
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Another Sunday, another JLPT study meet-up in Shibuya. Afterwards, organiser Wye-Khe had to go to the Apple Store in order to ask about the iPhone’s power adapter (which can recharge all USB devices, it’s currently being exchanged).
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Those retro events seem to be always in place I’ve never heard of. Moers is in Northrhine Westfalia and not
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Finally the day has come for the second freeze meet-up and this time it’s even bigger. There are many videos
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