The first snowfall on Mount Fuji is typically announced when snow is visible from the Kofu Local Meteorological Observatory following the hottest day of the year.
The Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival is one of Japan's largest Halloween events, drawing over 20,000 cosplayers each year. In 2024, the festival will be held from October 25 (Friday) to October 27 (Sunday) in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. (Nomadic Japan)
I'm taking Hankyu Ferry from Kobe to Shinmoji (Fukuoka) and staying in its most spacious cabin called Royal again. (Solo Travel Japan)
Hakuba Village in Nagano, one of Japan's premier ski resort destinations, is undergoing a significant transformation due to a surge in foreign tourism.
A normally serene two-and-a-half-hour ride on Japan’s famously efficient bullet train turned into a zombie apocalypse on October 19, 2024. Billed as the “world’s first haunted house experience on a running shinkansen”, the adrenaline-filled trip from Tokyo to Osaka was inspired by the hit 2016 South Korean horror film Train to Busan. The spooky shinkansen trip was organised ahead of Halloween on October 31. (South China Morning Post)
Hiiii, this is long overdue but the Japan vlog is here! in this vlog I'm taking you along with me on my recent trip to Tokyo and Osaka, where I ate A LOT of ramen and had an amazing time! (OANH)
Kyoto held its annual 'Jidai Matsuri' festival on Tuesday, with around 2,000 people dressed as feudal lords and nobles from the Heian period to the Meiji Restoration taking part in the procession, walking about 4.5 kilometers from the Kyoto Imperial Palace to Heian Shrine.
Aomori's Tsutanuma Pond has recently become a hotspot for tourists seeking to witness a rare natural phenomenon: the reflection of fiery red autumn foliage on the pond's surface during sunrise.