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Jul 5, 2016 Event
2nd Yanagawa Mutsugoro Fishing Day
Looking to do something a bit different? How about mutsugoro (mudskipper) fishing? At this event...
Mar 25, 2016 Event
Nakayama Wisteria Festival
Designated a natural monument of Fukuoka Prefecture, Kumano Jinja Shrine’s 300-year-old trees drape wisteria across 1,700 ㎡ of trellises. By day, take in the sight and aroma of the...
Mar 9, 2016 Event
Hina-Viewing Boat Tours in Yanagawa
Enjoy a 50-minute hina-viewing boat tour from Tsujimon (Denshukan High School north side) to Okinohata. There are four boat rides available each day on weekends between...
Mar 9, 2016 Event
Ohina-sama Water Parade
During the Ohina-sama Water Parade, young girls dressed in kimono ride down canals in boats decorated with hina dolls. About 200 brightly dressed girls and their mothers glide alon...
Mar 4, 2016 Event
Kimono Day in Yanagawa
Mar. 6 is Yanagawa Kimono Day—when many locals and visitors don kimono! Visitors who arrive...
Mar 2, 2016 Now Reports
Yanagawa – Beyond the Dolls and Decorative Charms
Have you read our report on this year’s Hina Matsuri and sagemon in Yanagawa? If not, click here to get all the deets and plan a trip to Yanagawa...
Feb 26, 2016 Event
Ogasawara-Style Yabusame
Watch skilled archers in period costume hit the wooden mark from horseback! To reach the target, the riders pelt...
Nov 24, 2015 Event
Yanagawa Kotatsu Bune
Yanagawa is referred to as Japan’s Venice because of its many canals along which gondolas travel. The boatmen offer interesting commentary and sing songs as the...
Nov 6, 2015 Now Reports
Hakushu Festival Report 2015
Seventy-seven lantern-adorned boats floating down four kilometers of canals; a whole community coming together with song, dance and festival spirit to honor a homegrown literary le...
Oct 23, 2015 Event
Hakushu Festival 2015
A festival dedicated to Yanagawa-born tanka poet and children’s songwriter, Hakushu Kitahara (1885-1942). Around 80 boats decorated with...
