Category: tokyo
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….
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…
Komazawa Park
Komazawa Park is a park near Komazawa University in the Setagaya Ward of Tokyo. I recently moved near the park…
Oktoberfest in Japan
The Munich Oktoberfest is the biggest beer festival in the world and over 200 years old. I’ve never been there…
Loving Hut in Tokyo
Loving Hut is a fast growing vegan food restaurant chain founded by “Supreme Master” Ching Hai. Unlike most restaurant chains,…
Hello Kitty’s Kawaii Paradise at Odaiba, Tokyo
In my post about the Hello Kitty cafe in Seoul I wrote that in Hello Kitty’s home country, there is…
Lightopia Illumination Festival in Tokyo
Unlike most of the other illumination festivals, Lightopia has a very limited run, starting on the 22nd and finishing on…
Shinjuku Southern Lights 2011-12
This illumination festival is a must see if you happen to run a blog that has both “tokyo” and “penguin”…
Yurakucho Winter Illumination 2011-12
Time for new Christmas illumination, this time around Yurakucho Station in Tokyo. This is one of the smaller ones, advertised…
Tokyo Illumination: Ebisu – Baccarat Eternal Lights
The Baccarat Eternal Lights is an annual illumination festival at the Yebisu Garden Place. The Garden Place can be reached…
