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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Oktoberfest in Japan
The Munich Oktoberfest is the biggest beer festival in the world and over 200 years old. I’ve never been there but many foreigners travel to Germany each year just to get drunk.
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Grand Mint Festival Seoul (Day 2)
I started into day 2 of the festival a bit later by watching indie artist Thomas Cook (토마스 쿡) on the Mint Breeze Stage. That stage felt awfully big for his sparse live show however, and he was accompanied only by one other Guitar player.
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Grand Mint Festival Seoul (Day 1)
The GMF is an alternative festival showing all kinds of music genres from electro to classic without featuring mainstream pop, i.e. no Girl’s Generation or 2PM there. Instead you get artists like Clazziquai, Kim Yuna, Lee Sora or Teenage Fanclub.
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Seoul International Fireworks Festival 2010
I’ve just been in Seoul for a few days and there is already a huge event: the International Fireworks Festival.
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Nakano Matsuri
There is always something happening in Tokyo, especially from March to October. I like to use the excellent event list
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