Kurosaki Yosakoi Festival 2019
Settle in for the 11th year of the ever popular Kurosaki Yosakoi Festival, ready to set Kyushu alight through the beauty of dance. Originating in Kochi Prefecture in Shikoku, yosak...
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Kurosaki Yosakoi Festival 2019
Settle in for the 11th year of the ever popular Kurosaki Yosakoi Festival, ready to set Kyushu alight through the beauty of dance. Originating in Kochi Prefecture in Shikoku, yosak...
Ajisaka Poppy Festival
This beautiful festival grew out of the actions of a citizens group called the Ajisaka 21 Association, who as a means of revitalizing the local area, began planting poppy seeds on ...
Kaze no Ennichi Spring Cultural Exchange
Join a unique cultural exchange event at Momiji Hachimangu Shrine this May. Enjoy biwa (Japanese lute) recitals as well as buyo (mixture of dance and pantomime) performances on the...
46th Aganoyaki Spring Ceramic Festival
Be sure to check out this year's Aganoyaki Ceramics Festival for a great family day out. A huge selection of discounted pottery will be on sale in the ceramics museum and at variou...
Kitsuki Castle Festival
This is the biggest festival of the year in Kitsuki, Oita Prefecture, a town which is referred to locally as little Kyoto. Don a kimono (rentals available) and join in the activiti...
Okinawa in Bayside Vol. 7
Feel the heat this Golden Week in a rush of song, sea and drink at Okinawa in Bayside among May’s cool heat. Sit by the stage with an Orion beer, or...
Moji Strait Festa 2019
One of Japan’s three biggest port festas. On May 3 enjoy watching a “banana auction” which is said to have originated at Moji Port, and on May 4 watch a parade of...
Hakata Dontaku 2019
Dontaku, derived from the Dutch word Zondag (holiday) is one of the largest festivals in Japan attracting two million spectators. On May 3 & 4, the parades begin with the Hakata Ma...
Ishibashi Bunka Center Spring Rose Fair 2019
The Ishibashi Bunka Center has the largest rose garden in Fukuoka. The peak season lasts for about a month starting in early May with...
Kawawatari Jinkosai Festival
This 450-year-old festival is a Fukuoka intangible folk cultural asset. A large mikoshi (portable shrine) is pulled across the Hikosan River by 60 men along with 11 luxuriously dec...