• Imamiya To-ka ebisu festival

    Imamiya Ebisu-jinja Shrine in Osaka hosts the Tōka Ebisu Festival, attracting over a million visitors praying for business success and prosperity.

  • Minabe-Bairin Plum Blossom viewing

    Minabe Bairin Plum Grove in Wakayama is Japan’s largest plum garden, home to about 100,000 plum trees and stunning spring blossoms.

  • Wakakusayama Mountain Burning Festival

    Mt. Wakakusayama, just behind Nara Park, is set ablaze each year with fireworks during a spectacular New Year event, attracting visitors from near and far.

  • The Setsubun Festival at Yoshida-Jinja

    Yoshida-jinja in Kyoto, on Yoshida-yama’s west slope, hosts the famous Setsubun festival, where visitors throw beans at Oni to drive away evil spirits.

  • Entoku-in Spring illumination

    Entoku-in, a sub-temple of Kodai-ji along Nene no Michi, features a stunning illuminated garden in the North Shoin.

  • To-ji Temple Spring Illumination

    Kyoto’s landmark, the five-story pagoda at To-ji Temple, is illuminated during cherry blossom season, just a short walk from JR Kyoto Station.