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High-speed Japanese festival cart crashes cause two deaths on same day, ignite debate over tradition

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 13, 2026
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Osaka’s danjiri festivals have existed for centuries, but some are saying it’s time for a reevaluation of the unique custom.

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• Japan
• (accident • culture • danjii festival • Danjiri • Danjiri Matsuri • festivals • Matsuri • Osaka • Osaka Prefecture • society)

OC Japan Fair returns to California packed with all kinds of Japanese culture

• Master Blaster
  Sep 17, 2026

Tuna dismantling? You bet!

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• Japan, USA
• (Akihabara • anime • Asakusa • California • COK • cosplay • events • festivals • Idols • Japanese culture • obon odori • OC Japan Fair • Oiran Dochu)

Narita Airport Transit & Stay Program returns after six years with free tours and festival experiences

• Oona McGee
  Aug 23, 2026

Immerse yourself in a lesser-known side of Japan, minutes away from the famous international airport. 

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• Japan
• (airport • airports • Chiba • English tours • festivals • Japanese festivals • Narita Airport • Narita Airport tours • Narita Airport Transit & Stay • Narita International Airport • Naritasan Shinshoji • sightseeing • tourism • tours • Transit & Stay)

Akita Kanto Festival, one of Japan’s most spectacular summer festivals, gets an anime twist this year

• Oona McGee
  Aug 5, 2026

Towering lanterns, traditional balancing skills, and a special anime collaboration make this an unforgettable Japanese festival experience.

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• Japan
• (Akita • anime • festivals • Golden Kamuy • Japanese festivals • Kanto • Kanto festival • manga • SNJO • summer • Tohoku)

This hot springs town in Japan sets fire across a mountain every winter in a beautiful tradition

• Krista Rogers
  Dec 12, 2025

Plus, another traditional festival involves giving a very icy bath to recently wedded grooms.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • crazy • culture • festivals • Japan travel • Niigata • snow • tourism • travel • Uonuma • winter)

Autumn is a great time to visit Uonuma, a gem of Japan’s heartland

• Master Blaster
  Oct 24, 2025

And this year, Uonuma is celebrating its own coming of age!

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• Japan
• (culture • events • festivals • food • koshihikari • Niigata • rice • travel • Uonuma • Uonumarche)

Kunchi: The major Japanese festival most Japanese people don’t know about

• Master Blaster
  Oct 20, 2025

Dance Towns & Dragons.

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• Japan
• (COK • culture • dance • dragons • events • festivals • Kunchi • mikoshi • Nagasaki • Nagasaki City • Nagasaki Prefecture • Niwasaki Mawari • Okunchi • SNJO • Suwa Shrine • torimono)

Towering lanterns light up the summer sky at Akita’s famous festival

• Elliot Hale
  Jul 25, 2025

Watch performers balance spectacular lantern poles on their chins in an unforgettable summer festival.

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• Japan
• (Akita • Akita Prefecture • COK • culture • festivals • Kanto festival • lanterns • Matsuri • summer festivals • Three Great Tohoku Festivals • Tohoku • tourism • travel)

Ponyo-catching game comes to Ghibli Park anime theme park this summer

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 11, 2025

Ghibli Park gives you a chance to experience a traditional Japanese summer festival and to take home multiple Ponyos if you’ve got the right skills.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • anime • festivals • Japanese festivals • kingyo-sukui • manga • Ponyo • Studio Ghibli • summer festivals • theme parks)

Family Mart serves up Japanese nostalgia with new frozen choco banana that’s a sell-out hit

• Oona McGee
  Apr 27, 2025

There’s more to this iced treat than first meets the eye.

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• Japan
• (banana • bananas • choco banana • chocolate banana • COK • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • festivals • food • food review • fruit • japanese banana • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • nostalgia • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Pageant in Gifu Prefecture allows all races, genders, species, and levels of existence to enter

• Master Blaster
  Apr 22, 2025

You don’t get much more inclusive than that.

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• Japan
• (cool • diversity • festivals • funny • Gifu • inclusiveness • Nohime • Nohime Festival • Nohime Gran Prix • Oda Nobunaga • pageants)

The story of our miracle cork-gun shot at Dogo Onsen in Ehime Prefecture

• Master Blaster
  Mar 10, 2025

A tale of beginner’s luck and cheap prizes.

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• Japan
• (COK • cork guns • Dogo Onsen • Ehime • festivals • funny • games • hot springs • Kewpie dolls • shooting gallery • SNJO • travel)

Ghibli Park holds spring matsuri festival with special events to celebrate one-year anniversary

• SoraNews24
  Feb 11, 2025

Japanese anime theme park opens its doors to non-ticket holders with a special application system.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • Amusement Parks • anime • festivals • Ghibli • Ghibli Park • Howl's Moving Castle • Japanese festivals • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • movies • Nagoya • news • spring • Studio Ghibli • theme parks • Valley of Witches)

McDonald’s Japan’s new Tsukimi Moon-Viewing Pie receives mixed reviews online

• Oona McGee
  Sep 9, 2024

New dessert divides the nation. 

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• Japan
• (autumn • desserts • fast food • festivals • limited edition • limited menu • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • mochi • moon viewing • pie • pies • review • seasonal menu • SNJO • taste test • tradition • tsukimi • tsukimi pie)

Mos Burger releases new Tsukimi Moon-Viewing focaccia burgers for 2024

• Oona McGee
  Sep 7, 2024

A triple-moon showing at Japan’s famous homegrown burger chain.

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• Japan
• (autumn • fast food • festivals • katsu • limited menu • moon viewing • moon-viewing burgers • Mos Burger • seasonal menu • taste test • tradition • tsukimi • tsukimi burger)

Pizza Hut releases Tsukimi Moon-Viewing pizzas for 2025, with industry-first “shadow picture box”

• Oona McGee
  Aug 26, 2024

Japan’s newest pizzas come with…rabbit? 

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • fast food • festivals • food • marketing • moon viewing • news • otsukimi • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Japan • rabbit • shadow art • tsukimi • weird • weird food)

How Japanese people deal with death at Nagasaki’s Shoro Nagashi ceremony

• Oona McGee
  Aug 23, 2024

Honouring the dead in a moving way that aids the grieving process.

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• Japan
• (ancestor worship • COK • culture • festivals • fireworks • holidays • Japanese festivals • Mariko Ohanabatake • Nagasaki • Obon • Shoro Nagashi • SNJO • Spirit Boat Procession • summer • tradition • travel)

Tsukimi Moon-Viewing season begins in Japan with new Yoshinoya gyudon beef bowls

• Oona McGee
  Aug 21, 2024

Moon and meat arise in a tasty new collection.  

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• Japan
• (autumn • beef bowl • beef bowls • fast food • festivals • food • gyudon • Japanese food • limited menu • moon viewing • seasonal menu • tradition • tsukimi • Yoshinoya)

How to dress for summer in Japan: Tips from a rickshaw driver in Asakusa

• Oona McGee
  Aug 1, 2024

Fashion advice on how to dress for a Japanese summer leads us to some historic stores.

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• Japan
• (Asakusa • clothes • clothing • COK • cool • culture • fashion • festival clothes • festivals • old shops • rickshaw drivers • rickshaws • Sensoji • Sensoji Temple • shopping • shops • SNJO • summer • temples • Tokyo • tokyo rickshaw • tourism • tradition • traditional clothes • travel)

McDonald’s adds a new Cheese Bacon Potato Pie to its menu in Japan for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Jul 26, 2024

Former idol group member stars in the new commercial, set at a Japanese summer festival.

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• Japan
• (bon-odori • COK • commercials • cool • fast food • festivals • food • Japanese commercials • Japanese festival • limited edition • Mai Shiraishi • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • news • Nogizaka46 • Obon • obon odori • pies • summer • summer festival)

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