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Koyo viewing on Mount Takao
"Koyo" is the Japanese word for leaves color change, during the…
06/10/2016/by My Japan GuideSetsubun: The Bean-Throwing Festival
Setsubun in Japan! is a fun traditional holiday that is celebrated on February 3rd and is known in English as "Bean-Throwing Festival".
03/02/2017/by My Japan GuideSushi: The Japanese fast food
It has a chic, upscale image, but sushi has always been fast food. 100 years ago, it was served in large pieces catering to travelers.
03/09/2016/by My Japan GuideFireflies Festival in Tokyo
From the end of May and throughout June is the firefly season…
03/06/2016/by My Japan GuideKFC a Christmas Day tradition in Japan
Taking your family out for fried chicken at KFC on Christmas Day? If you were living in Japan you would. “Kurisumasu ni wa kentakkii!”
23/12/2017/by My Japan GuideThe best “Restaurant” Trains in Japan
At My Japan Guide, we love train and Japan is a "train Empire".…
07/06/2016/by My Japan GuideTokyo from above
Tokyo is just huge, an endless city, amazing both on the ground…
29/02/2016/by My Japan GuideTeru Teru Bozu, the Rain Stopping Ghost
The tradition of hanging a Teru Teru Bozu a small, ghost-like doll that is traditionally used by Japanese people to prevent rain.
18/03/2016/by My Japan GuideKatsuura Big Hina Matsuri – Dolls Festival
There are many exhibitions of traditional dolls throughout Japan, but Katsuura Big Hina Matsuri in Chiba is by far the biggest Hina dolls display in Japan.
02/03/2016/by My Japan GuideShinjuku Station World’s Biggest Chalkboard Art
To celebrate the release of the new Dragon Quest Heroes II, Square…
25/05/2016/by My Japan Guide