Okera Mairi: Old Year’s Eve at Yasaka-jinja Shrine
Want to ensure peace and prosperity for the new year? You might have to stay up all night.
Want to ensure peace and prosperity for the new year? You might have to stay up all night.
On the first two days of the year, many flock to Takasaki to buy daruma dolls.
Spend your Christmas wrapped up in the midst of the beautiful Fukuoka Christmas Market and Illuminations.
The whole of USJ will get a blanket of festive fun. Expect cheery decorations and a massive show under the impressive 30-meter-tall glowing Christmas tree.
Daruma make for one of the most traditional Japanese festivals you're likely to see at this event.
Join in this noisy and raucous festival as people knock on wooden boards to get the attention of a lucky God.
See dozens of loincloth-clad men and boys doused in very cold water as they compete in teams for banknotes.
Put some heat into your winter and New Year with this steamy (in more ways than one!) festival.
Teams race to be the first to reach the shrine and onlookers also push to touch the special charms of this shrine.
Warm up a chilly night with candlelight and your favorite songs from Studio Ghibli composer Joe Hisaishi.
A traditional Japanese New Years' festival to bring you some luck.
See an entire mountainside in Nara go up in flames as fireworks are launched behind it.
An amazing chance to see a remote, snow-covered thatched village illuminated with hundreds of lanterns.
Visit one of the best illuminations in Japan and relive the wonder of the spring wisteria.
See a traditional Japanese village lit up bright on a cold winter's night.
Start the new year with a bang. Using Mount Fuji as a backdrop, this colorful fireworks display is a sight to behold.