When most people think about travelling around rural Japan, they probably imagine concocting increasingly complicated train and bus routes, rushing to catch those trains — JR Pass clutched in hand…
Ofunato City: Kyassen! In Iwate Prefecture
Ofunato City is located on the south coast of Iwate Prefecture, very close to Miyagi Prefecture. To access you need to take a Shinkansen to Sendai, Ichinoseki, or Morioka station and…
Jellyfish Dream at Kamo Aquarium
Kamo aquarium in Tsuruoka may have one of the dreamiest exhibits in all of Japan. Set against a giant circular backlit tank are hundreds if not thousands of jellyfish, floating…
Sansa Odori Festival: Drums and Dance Parade
On August 1st to 4th 6:00pm – 8:30pm every year. In Morioka, Iwate in the north of Japan. As July comes every year, so do the sounds of drums that…
Japanese Hydrangeas (Ajisai)
Japanese people are usually keen to point out that Japan is a country with four very distinct seasons. Japan has a secret fifth season: tsuyu, also known as the rainy…
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