Plum Festival at Kitano Tenmangu Shrine
Kitano-Tenmangu Shrine hosts the annual Plum Festival on Feb 25, featuring beautiful plum blossoms and a special outdoor tea ceremony, Baikasai.
Kitano-Tenmangu Shrine hosts the annual Plum Festival on Feb 25, featuring beautiful plum blossoms and a special outdoor tea ceremony, Baikasai.
Wakayama Castle is located very close to Wakayama city center. From late March to early April, 600 cherry trees turn the park into a sea of light pink.
Enjoy cherry trees in Nishinomaru garden at night with the illuminated Osaka Castle. The scenery of the castle risen up over the cherry trees is beautiful.
About 200 cherry trees in Uchiagegawa Ryokuchi Park will be lit up. Those beautifuly lit up cherry blossom reflected on the surface of the pond is breathtaking.
Visitors can enjoy about 2,300 varieties of roses and smell their fragrances while strolling through Ofusa Kannon temple's grounds in Nara.
Mimuroto-ji temple in Uji, a quiet place outside of Kyoto city, has 10,000 hydrangeas in various pink, purple, blue and white hues.
The Aizen Festival prepares for the hot summer ahead with a parade of women wearing cool and attractive yukata.
The highlight of Gion matsuri is the "Yamaboko Junko" parade. The Yamaboko, or giant wooden floats, are assembled without nails in the traditional Japanese way.
Every summer, there are illuminations at Kibune Shrine in Kyoto. Tanabata is a mythical tale of literal star-crossed lovers take place all over Japan.