The town of Hakuba has held a fascination for skiers from around the world since it played host to the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics. Hakuba is surrounded by the Northern Japan Alps and is a place...
The Sendai Tanabata Festival is a traditional event with a 400-year history, said to have been started by Sendai's feudal lord, Date Masamune. The Tanabata Festival is the most famous of the Tohoku r...
We are now in the middle of June, and today--as with most days this month--it's raining. Rainy season has tended to arrive a week earlier than expected, but this year's downpours have arrived three we...
Hydrangea is a popular flower often seen in "tsuyu" (rainy period in early summer). The plant is native to southern and eastern Asia, where approximately 50 species exist. The Japanese origin specie...