Home Tags Festivals

Tag: festivals

Crafting New Identities – Ramen Girls and Japanese Beer!

Japan is a country steeped in tradition with a very proud food culture, that has been as much a part of its identity as...

Saidaiji Hadaka Matsuri–Naked Man Festival

The Saidaiji Naked Men Festival is widely considered to be one of Japan’s strangest matsuri. Each year in February, roughly 10,000 men sign up...

Spirituality Meets Sensuality in Nagoya

Solemn bald-headed monks in orange robes are usually the image that comes to mind when people think of going to a temple. Nobody would...

The Ishidori

There are all sorts of festivals in Japan, but we would like to present something different to you along with the kind of insight...

The Art of Washi – The Japanese Paper Lanterns Festival

We were invited to a lot of festivals recently, and we go to quite a few of them throughout the year, but the Mino...

World Cosplay Summit 2017 – Finals

Many people in Nagoya think that the annual Osu Cosplay Parade is the only big event at the World Cosplay Summit.  Although it is...

World Cosplay Summit – Osu Parade

We just returned from the finals of the WCS last night, and are utterly exhausted. We had some truly exciting times at the WCS...

World Cosplay Summit 2017 – Underground Parade

Hello everyone, we're finally back online after some technical issues, so here are a few posts from the last several days.... Summertime means intense heat,...

Tenno Matsuri

Tsushima, Aichi is usually a very quiet and rather unassuming city just outside Nagoya - a city where people go about their daily lives...

Tanabata Festival in Japan

July 7th is Tanabata “七夕”, or Star Festival here in Japan. If we go by the lunar calendar, it will be on August 28th...