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Japanese St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Harajuku, Tokyo
In Tokyo’s Harajuku area, they throw a parade to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. It’s been going on for sometime and has grown over the years. Marching bands, bagpipers, dancers, Irish settlers, dancing...
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Samurai Battle Festival – Battle of Sekigahara Festival
In the small town of Sekigahara a festival is put on to commemorate one of the most decisive battles in Japanese history – the Battle of Sekigahara. In 1600, two massive armies converge on Sekigahara...
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Samurai Warlord’s Kyoto Cherry Blossom Festival – Taiko Hanami Gyoretsu
Spring is the time of cherry blossoms in Japan and Japanese love their hanami. Hanami is cherry blossom viewing parties where people gather under the sakura blossoms and make merry. One of the...
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Sumo – Hakuho vs Harumafuji at Outdoor Sumo Event at Yasukuni Shrine
Every April, Yasukuni Shrine holds a honozumo which is a ceremonial sumo event at a shrine. It’s free and open to the first 6000 people. This is one of the few chances to catch a yokozuna match where...
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Samurai Girls Do Battle!!!
Samurai Girls fight with spear and sword at a Shinsengumi Festival in Tokyo. Shinsengumi were a special police force in Kyoto who kept the peace for the Shogun at a bloody price in the 1860s.
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Outdoor Sumo at Yasukuni Shrine
In April, sumo gets back to its roots at Yasukuni Shrine with an outdoor event. In olden times, sumo was generally held outdoors at shrines and temples or before gathered assemblies of august groups...
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Japanese Bowing Deer of Nara
In the old Japanese capital of Nara, deer have been living there free from being turned into burgers for over a thousand years. They live relatively comfortable fed by hordes of photo-snapping...
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Unicorn Gundam in Tokyo
Life-size Unicorn Gundam (19.7 meters – 64 feet) replaced the older model Gundam in Odaiba in 2017. Visitors can watch it transform into Destroy Mode several times a day.
View ArticleJapanese Craft Beer&History – Yanaka Beer
Join some Jvloggers enjoying Japanese craft beer at the Yanaka Beer Hall in Nippori while discussing the traditional Yanaka area of Tokyo and Japanese history. First beer is Yanaka Beer. Second Beer...
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