Join the Sorasaya tondo festival
A great opportunity to take part in one of the year’s best local festivals, for adults and kids alike.
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Features
Pride in the past and hints for the future in Yonezawa
Discovering local pride, the legacy of a quietly influential samurai and hints for the future in the Tohoku town of Yonezawa.
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Classic Hiroshima Kagura Oeyama Trilogy in English
Free online broadcast of the classic Hiroshima Kagura trilogy of Oeyama, complete with English subtitles.
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Premium Yosakoi dance festival brings smiles ahead of Tokyo Olympics
Premium Yosakoi: The world’s next dance craze, live from Tokyo, Japan.
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The Unko Museum Is Coming to Hiroshima!
Have a crappy summer at Japan’s Unko Museum! The traveling exhibition all about poop is coming to Marina Hop in Hiroshima.
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Labyrinth City: Pierre The Maze Detective Gets Moving
In Labyrinth City: Pierre The Maze Detective the hyper-detailed bestselling book created by Hiro Kamigaki leaps from the page to the console.
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Hiroshima, Chugoku vaccination roll out in numbers
We are now a month into the COVID-19 vaccination roll out in Hiroshima and the Chugoku Region. We look at how it’s progressing.
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A day in Tomonoura: Classic Japan Fishing Village
The charming fishing port of Tomonoura, long popular with domestic tourists due to its history, received renewed fame in 2008
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5 great coffee shops in Matsue
Although best known for tea culture, Matsue also has a good coffee scene and its coffee shops range from stylishly modern to thoroughly retro.
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Matsue’s Surprising Kyomise District
If you are looking to get off the beaten track in Matsue, a good place to start is the Kyomise
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