Setsubun at Kushida Shrine
The smiling face of the Otafuku lady is believed to bring luck to the visitors who walked through her mouth around setsubun (beginning of spring) day in Japan. On February 3...
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Setsubun at Kushida Shrine
The smiling face of the Otafuku lady is believed to bring luck to the visitors who walked through her mouth around setsubun (beginning of spring) day in Japan. On February 3...
Sumiyoshi Shrine Setsubun Festival
Celebrate the Setsubun Festival at Sumiyoshi Shrine, a shrine with over 1800 years of history and considered one of the first among the 2129 Sumiyoshi shrine in Japan. Conveniently...
Setsubun Festival at Tochoji Temple
The Setsubun Festival at Tochoji Temple, said to be the oldest Setsubun festival in Fukuoka, is held every hour to pray for good fortune and good luck. Every hour, and beans, rice ...
Celebrate with Kumamon: Exclusive Two-Day Birthday Festival for Fans
Kumamon, the beloved mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan, is excited to announce his birthday celebration event "Kumamon Birthday Festival 2023." The two-day event, taking place...
Setsubun Festival at Miyajidake Shrine
At the "Mamemaki (bean-scattering)" rituals held at Miyajidake Shrine on January 28-29 and February 2-3, people of the unlucky years, as well as those born in the zodiac year of th...
Setsubun Festivals at Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine
Setsubun is a festival celebrated on February 3, the traditional end of winter and beginning of spring. Across the country, homes and shrines are cleaned to sweep out bad luck and ...
Nagasaki Lantern Festival
Nagasaki celebrates its historical ties with China with 15,000 lanterns arranged in displays across the city, including lanterns in the shape of Chinese historical figures, zodiac ...
Toka Ebisu New Year Festival
A grand festival dedicated to Ebisu, the god of prosperous fishing and business. Browse 300 stalls with festival foods and other goods (including lucky charms), or enter the fukubi...
Nanakusa no Sekku
The 7th of January is Nanakusa no Hi. Nanakusa refers to seven herbs or seven kinds of grass eaten together on this day as okayu (rice porridge) for good health for the rest of the...
Dazaifu Tenmangu – New Year’s Fire Festival
The Onisube Shinji festival takes place at the beginning of each year inside the grounds of Dazaifu Tenmangu. The event, recognized as one of Japan’s three main fire festivals, wel...