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Travel, ArtDan BeauchampSeptember 11, 2024Aomori, Hirosaki, Festival, Japan, Tohoku, Paper, Craft, Crafts, Nebuta, Neputa, Matsuri, God, Samurai, Kyoto, Kabuki, Gion, WashiComment

Aomori’s Nebuta Festival

Fight summer sleepiness with glowing warrior floats!

Travel, ArtDan BeauchampSeptember 11, 2024Aomori, Hirosaki, Festival, Japan, Tohoku, Paper, Craft, Crafts, Nebuta, Neputa, Matsuri, God, Samurai, Kyoto, Kabuki, Gion, WashiComment

Aomori’s Nebuta Festival

TravelDan BeauchampSeptember 04, 2024Aomori, Tohoku, Japan, Travel, Festival, Nebuta, Food, Cuisine, Apple, Scallops, Archaeology, History, Ancient History, Jomon, Yoshitomo Nara, SnowComment

Travel Guide: Aomori

The port city is famous for giant lantern floats, ancient history, and scallops.

TravelDan BeauchampSeptember 04, 2024Aomori, Tohoku, Japan, Travel, Festival, Nebuta, Food, Cuisine, Apple, Scallops, Archaeology, History, Ancient History, Jomon, Yoshitomo Nara, SnowComment

Travel Guide: Aomori

TravelDan BeauchampSeptember 03, 2024Festival, Bon, Obon, Japan, Toyama, Hokuriku, Dance, Yatsuo, Glass, Owara Kaze no Bon, Music, Shamisen, Taiko, Kokyu, TyphoonComment

Toyama’s Owara Kaze no Bon Festival

This unique wind festival features masked dancers parading through the streets.

TravelDan BeauchampSeptember 03, 2024Festival, Bon, Obon, Japan, Toyama, Hokuriku, Dance, Yatsuo, Glass, Owara Kaze no Bon, Music, Shamisen, Taiko, Kokyu, TyphoonComment

Toyama’s Owara Kaze no Bon Festival

Travel, ArtDan BeauchampAugust 10, 2024Aomori, Hirosaki, Japan, Tohoku, Japanese Art, Art, Japanese Garden, Garden, Lantern, Apple, Sculpture, Jomon, Cherry Blossoms, Starbucks, Parade, Festival, Summer, Statue, Travel, Painting, Castle, Soba, Scallops, Tsugaru, Samurai, Woodblock, MapComment

Travel Guide: Hirosaki

Hirosaki is a retro castle town famous for cherry blossoms and apples.

Travel, ArtDan BeauchampAugust 10, 2024Aomori, Hirosaki, Japan, Tohoku, Japanese Art, Art, Japanese Garden, Garden, Lantern, Apple, Sculpture, Jomon, Cherry Blossoms, Starbucks, Parade, Festival, Summer, Statue, Travel, Painting, Castle, Soba, Scallops, Tsugaru, Samurai, Woodblock, MapComment

Travel Guide: Hirosaki

TravelDan BeauchampJune 09, 2023Kanazawa, Travel, Japan, Matsuri, Festival, Tradition, Maeda, Shinto, Rice, Craft, Parade, Samurai, DaimyoComment

Kanazawa’s Hyakumangoku Festival

The Japanese City of Crafts celebrates the cultural legacy of the Maeda Clan.

TravelDan BeauchampJune 09, 2023Kanazawa, Travel, Japan, Matsuri, Festival, Tradition, Maeda, Shinto, Rice, Craft, Parade, Samurai, DaimyoComment

Kanazawa’s Hyakumangoku Festival

TravelDan BeauchampApril 26, 2023Kanamara Matsuri, Festival, Japan, Kawasaki, Tokyo, Penis, Shrine, Shinto, Ukiyo-e, Kojiki, Penis Festival, Edo, Queer, LGBT, Michelangelo, Nudity, Sex, Sexuality, Fertility, Children, EventComment

Japan’s Penis Festival Returns

The world-famous Kanamara Matsuri is back in all its uncensored glory.

TravelDan BeauchampApril 26, 2023Kanamara Matsuri, Festival, Japan, Kawasaki, Tokyo, Penis, Shrine, Shinto, Ukiyo-e, Kojiki, Penis Festival, Edo, Queer, LGBT, Michelangelo, Nudity, Sex, Sexuality, Fertility, Children, EventComment

Japan’s Penis Festival Returns

TravelDan BeauchampJune 09, 2022Mikuni, Mikuni Matsuri, Fukui, Japan, Shrine, Shrines, Shinto, Tradition, Religion, Parade, Event, Kitamae-bune, Osaka, Shibata Katsuie, M. C. Escher, Matsuri, Festival, Dan In Japan1 Comment

Mikuni Festival Returns

After a three year hiatus, Mikuni Matsuri is back, along with its giant floats!

TravelDan BeauchampJune 09, 2022Mikuni, Mikuni Matsuri, Fukui, Japan, Shrine, Shrines, Shinto, Tradition, Religion, Parade, Event, Kitamae-bune, Osaka, Shibata Katsuie, M. C. Escher, Matsuri, Festival, Dan In Japan1 Comment

Mikuni Festival Returns