This festival was started in recent years as a way of celebrating the Nakanosaku district of Iwaki City, and rejuvenating the area. During the festival, hundreds of decorative items hand-made by local people from chirimen fabric – the fabric used to create kimonos
These Tsurushi Bina decorations are traditionally given to young girls on Girls’ Day, in March. They come in all shapes and sizes, but in Fukushima I have seen lots of decorations shaped like animals and vegetables.
Nakayama Setsugekka Snow Festival is held in mid-February every year. The contrast between th…
Next year’s Shirakawa Daruma Market will take place on February 11th in Shirakawa City. On this…
Ouchi-juku’s rows of thatched-roof houses make up a rural backdrops that has been preserved sin…
