Japanese Sweetfish – a taste of summer
Temperatures are cooling down and the season of summer festivals has almost come to an end for another year. One of the favourite summer...
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Sep 16, 20172 min read
Katakai Fireworks Festival
Katakai is a small village in Ojiya City in Niigata that hosts an amazing fireworks display on the the 9th and 10th of September each...
Aug 18, 20171 min read
Hollyhocks and the changing seasons.
The distinct four seasons are one of the interesting aspects of life in Japan, and the people of Snow Country still have the affinity to...
Jul 5, 20172 min read
Foraging for Bamboo Shoots
The spring mountain vegetable season has finished but that does not mean that the mountains of Snow Country have stopped providing. When...
Mar 24, 20172 min read
The Hayatsu Gallery, Koide
The artist Tsuyoshi Hayatsu was born in Muikamachi in 1938. For the past 40 years he has been painting traditional houses in Snow...
Nov 12, 20161 min read
The Uonuma Sky Line
Snow Country is full of great places to see the beautiful colors of a Japanese fall. If you have transport and you are up for a lovely...
Aug 9, 20161 min read
Summer Festival Season
We’re well into August and the heat of summer. If there is one thing that summer is famous for in Japan it is the festivals. Almost every...
Jul 6, 20161 min read
Fruit Picking in Snow Country
Summer is here and the farmers of Snow Country are hard at work in their fields and orchards. One of the joys of this season is all the...
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