Bridegroom Throwing in Matsunoyama Onsen
Someone once told me that the best festivals in Japan are the ones that are on a fixed date every year. These are the ones with long...
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Nov 14, 20175 min read
N37 Snow Country Culture Workshop
We’ve spent the last couple of days on the fascinating Snow Country Culture Workshop Autumn Edition, during which time we have learned...
Nov 8, 20172 min read
Mushroom Hunting in Sakae Village
Using the surrounding mountains and forests as a source of food has been a tradition in Snow Country for as long as humans have been...
Sep 20, 20171 min read
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...
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...
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