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Travel destinations in Japan, organized by region.

Location, Akita, Culture, Events & Festivals, News & Updates, Seasonal Travel, Tohoku, Travel Tips, Weather & Seasons

Akita Kantō Festival 2026: Japan’s Lantern-Pole Spectacle

Several tall kanto poles strung with glowing paper lanterns rise above a large nighttime crowd on Kanto Odori during the Akita Kanto Festival, with performers in happi coats balancing the poles in Akita City.

The Akita Kanto Festival (3-6 August 2026): around 280 bamboo poles strung with ~10,000 lanterns, balanced on palms and foreheads on Kanto Odori.

Nobu
June 22, 2026

Location, Events & Festivals, Ibaraki, Kanto, News & Updates, Seasonal Travel, Weather & Seasons

Tone River Grand Fireworks 2026: Sakai’s 30,000-Shell Show

A wide star-mine of red, orange and silver fireworks fills the night sky and reflects across the dark surface of the Tone River at the Sakai Grand Fireworks festival in Ibaraki, Japan.

The Tone River Grand Fireworks 2026 in Sakai, Ibaraki: about 30,000 shells on 19 September, four makers competing, free riverbank views and paid seats.

Nobu
June 22, 2026

Location, Experience, Food, Kanto, Tokyo, Travel Tips

Imahana: A Shōwa-Era Set-Meal Diner in West Tokyo

A brick-patterned wall inside the small Imahana diner in Setagaya, Tokyo, completely covered with hand-brushed paper menu cards listing set meals in black ink above a wooden table and bench.

Imahana, a Showa-era set-meal diner in Kita-Karasuyama, west Tokyo: a wall of hand-brushed menus, ginger pork, chicken katsu and omurice, cash only.

Nobu
June 22, 2026

Location, Experience, Food, Kanto, Tokyo, Travel Tips

Nankintei Kunitachi: 24-Hour Jumbo Gyoza & Big Plates Near Tokyo

The Nankintei Kunitachi branch lit up at night, a green-roofed roadside Chinese diner with glowing red ramen and gyoza signs, a 24-hour notice and a wide car park out front in Kunitachi, Tokyo.

Nankintei's Kunitachi branch is a 24-hour roadside machi-chuka near Tokyo - hand-wrapped 550 yen jumbo gyoza, big fried rice and stamina stir-fries.

Nobu
June 22, 2026

Location, Experience, Kanto, Tokyo

Ume-no-Yu: A Wood-Fired Sentō in Chōfu, Tokyo

The lit night entrance of Ume-no-Yu sento in Chofu, Tokyo, with a blue sign reading Kenko Center Ume-no-Yu and a board listing its sauna, electric bath, herbal bath and open-air bath, beside a vending machine and shoe lockers.

Ume-no-Yu, a wood-fired sento near Tokyo's Jindai Botanical Gardens in Chofu: 550 yen baths, a cypress sauna, open-air and herbal baths, hours and how to get there.

Nobu
June 21, 2026

Yamanashi, Chubu, Location, Nature, Travel Tips

Diamond Fuji from Tokyo 2026-27: Mt. Takao and the City Spots

Tokyo · Diamond Fuji 2026-27 By Nobu · Updated September 2026 · Checked 14 September 2026 against the Takao cable-car operator’s Diamond Fuji page, Sunshine City’s season announcement and MLIT’s viewing-date lists. Status labels below distinguish what is announced for…

Nobu
June 20, 2026

Location, Culture, Hyogo, Kansai, Travel Tips

Takeda Castle Sea of Clouds: When to See It (2026)

The stone ruins of Takeda Castle on a ridge above a thick sea of white clouds at dawn, with blue morning sky and dark mountains behind, seen from the Ritsuunkyo viewpoint in Hyogo.

Takeda Castle, Japan's 'castle in the sky' in Hyogo: when the sea of clouds appears, the Ritsuunkyo viewpoint, the conditions you need, hours and access.

Nobu
June 20, 2026

Location, Chubu, Experience, Food, Shizuoka

Tatsumi Shokudo: A Showa Diner Near Mt Fuji

The exterior of Tatsumi Shokudo, a Showa-era diner in Susono, Shizuoka, with a faded red roof, a large sign reading Tatsumi Shokudo, clipped topiary pines out front and a blue sky behind.

Tatsumi Shokudo in Susono, at the foot of Mt Fuji: a Showa-era diner serving hearty teishoku, stewed offal and beef-with-egg, with free rice. Hours, what to order, access.

Nobu
June 20, 2026

Location, Experience, Kanto, Tokyo, Travel Tips

Oi Racecourse Flea Market 2026: Dates, Hours & Access

Crowds of shoppers browsing rows of stalls across the open parking lot at the Oi Racecourse flea market in Tokyo, racks of clothing and tables of goods lining both sides.

Tokyo's biggest weekend flea market at Oi Racecourse: verified October to December 2026 dates (October: Sat 3, Sat 24, Sun 25 and Sat 31), winter hours from 31 October (8:45–14:15 on most dates, four days close earlier), free entry and about 700 stalls.

Nobu
June 20, 2026

Location, Chubu, Shizuoka, Shrines & Temples

Kinomiya Shrine Atami: The 2,000-Year-Old Great Camphor

The massive gnarled trunk of the ancient great camphor tree at Kinomiya Shrine in Atami, wrapped with a sacred shimenawa rope, sunlight breaking through the canopy above.

Kinomiya Shrine, Atami: the 2,000-year-old great camphor, the walk-around-the-trunk ritual, free entry, nightly light-up, tea by the tree, and access.

Nobu
June 19, 2026