All posts tagged "Events"

  • Kyoto lights up pandemic-weary hearts this hanami season.

    Naked, a Japanese creative company will be featuring the Cherry Blossom Festival 2021 at the famous Nijo Castle, Kyoto’s world heritage site, from March 19th (Friday) to April 11th (Sunday). The feel-good festival is essentially an art...

    • Posted March 5, 2021
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  • Winnie the Pooh-inspired Cafe in Yokohama has a kid-friendly menu

    Whether your child is a big fan of Winnie the Pooh, Tigre or Piglet, there’s no place else in Tokyo where your meals are magically arranged with a Disney twist. Artsy illustrations of the friendly Disney bear...

    • Posted February 2, 2021
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  • Life is too short to miss out on these tantalizing desserts.

    It’s no understatement to say that not only do the Japanese like their sweets often, they also want them updated every season. Who better to understand this national routine than Sweets Paradise?  Aptly called Sweet Paradise, the...

    • Posted February 2, 2021
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  • Six million light bulbs shine on Sagamiko Pleasure Forest this season

    Japan’s largest illumination event, the Sagamiko Pleasure Forest illumination has begun with many attractions to cheer families up during this gloomy pandemic time. For those trying to avoid the crowd, you have until 4th of April next...

    • Posted December 15, 2020
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  • Where to watch dancing sardines in Japan.

    Hakkejima Sea Paradise in Yokohama is bringing in “Super Iwashirushon,” a sardine-themed event, to entertain pandemic-weary families throughout the coming holiday season.  Iwashirushon is a portmanteau of “iwashi” (sardines) and “illusion” . Dancing sardines Many of you...

    • Posted November 12, 2020
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  • Christmas lights go on display in Ginza

    Tokyo is always at the forefront of urban illumination and this year is no different. Starting November 21, Christmas lights in Ginza, Tokyo’s best-known shopping hub, will be seen along Chuo-dori and Harumi-dori and at the Ginza...

    • Posted November 11, 2020
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  • Watch Snoopy movies at home during the Golden Week.

    Starting April 29 until May 5, Snoopy Music will bring to your screens, a rerun of videos created for the Snoopy Museum Tokyo from April 2016 to September 2018. The  videos will run once a day via...

    • Posted April 28, 2020
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  • The New York Food Film Festival 2020 has been cancelled amid coronavirus fears.

    Tokyo puts the spotlight on a special festival dedicated to New York city’s culture on April 18 (Sat) and 19 (Sun), 2020, at a spacious canal setting in Tennozu isle reminiscent of Brooklyn. The festival brings together...

    • Posted February 28, 2020
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  • All-you-can-eat strawberry desserts in 100 minutes.

    Tokyo is a gourmet city with no shortage of all-you-can-eat deals, but you’d be hard-pressed to find a better value than what’s offered at Sweets Paradise. Compared to most 60-minute deals at other restaurants, the all-you-can-eat buffet...

    • Posted February 17, 2020
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  • “Japan’s Cuisine, Nature, and Wisdom”- Exploring the Past and Future of Japanese Cuisine at the National Museum of Nature and Science

    In 2013, Washoku or traditional Japanese cuisine has been added to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage raising the country’s global recognition. In a rare special exhibition, Ueno National Museum of Nature and Science puts the spotlight on 250...

    • Posted February 4, 2020
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  • The World of Shoen Uemura’s paintings of beautiful women

    Kyoto-bred modern painter of her times, Uemura Shoen and 18 of her famous paintings will be featured at The Yamatane Museum of Art – Hiroo Kaikan’s 10th Anniversary Special Exhibition from Jan 3 until March 1st, 2020....

    • Posted January 26, 2020
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  • Treasures from Budapest

    A rare exhibition of 130 European and Hungarian master art pieces, spanning four hundred years from the Renaissance to the early twentieth century, happens for the first time at the National Art Center in Tokyo. The exhibition...

    • Posted January 21, 2020
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  • Strawberry and Chocolate Fair at Ikea Japan

    The strawberry season in Japan is generally celebrated between late spring to early summer. But because the country produces the red berry on a massive scale through its greenhouse, people can enjoy it too from late autumn...

    • Posted January 14, 2020
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  • Yokohama lights up 500,000 leds this year.

    For three straight months starting from Nov 14, Yokohama’s Minatomirai will outshine every small city in the area with a light production that stretches from Yokohama Station’s East Exit to Sakura street. 500,000 LED string lights in...

    • Posted November 12, 2019
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  • Future and the Arts: AI, Robotics, Cities, Life – How Humanity Will Live Tomorrow

    Our day-to-day life is increasingly becoming impacted by emerging technologies and science.  Blockchain technology seems ready to build new levels of trust and value into our social systems. Humans will be entrusting most of its decisions to...

    • Posted November 7, 2019
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  • Egg & Spuma’s Halloween Offering is A Cute Witch Burger

    Starting October 16, Egg & Spuma located on the 8th floor of Shinjuku’s Lumine department store will be dishing out Sanrio-themed fluffy desserts until Nov. 4. The new menu in collaboration with Sanrio includes a variety of...

    • Posted October 17, 2019
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  • Strictly Come Drawing

    The Big Draw, the world’s largest festival dedicated to drawing, returns to Yoyogi Park on October 27, 2019. Since its U.K. launch in October 2000, this annual, international celebration of drawing has  been bringing people together under...

    • Posted October 17, 2019
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  • Kuishinbo Butter Festival

      Japan consumes nearly 90 million tons of butter each year. That’s about 0.8 kg per person. When Japan experienced occasional butter shortages a few years back because of decreased milk production in dairy farms, many housewives...

    • Posted September 19, 2019
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  • Japan’s red fall foliage festival

    The red fall foliage or the Kochia festival in Japan starts on September 21, 2019. Kochia, essentially an annual herb that grows in Eurasia,  is an important food source of the Japanese. The seeds called tonburi with...

    • Posted September 17, 2019
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  • Tickets to Tokyo events are expensive. You can now get them cheaper at TKTS Discount Booths.

    TKTS, a New York-based discount ticket booth has just opened in Shibuya at the main entrance of Shibuya Hikarie.  TKTS discount booths offer tickets to selected (same-day or the following day) events and shows  at a reduced...

    • Posted September 2, 2019
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  • FRASER GOULD: the man with a trick up his sleeves.

    There’s no stress greater than getting a pack of wandering tykes to stay put in one place at a kids birthday party. What to do if you’re hosting one? Hire Canadian party magician Fraser Gould. He will...

    • Posted April 15, 2019
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  • Cool Things To Do at the Ginza Sony Park With Teens

    If you are parents of iGeneration or post millennial kids whose definition of a typical weekend involves staying indoors, ordering pizza and firing off emails or social media posts, you could use a few tips. When it comes...

    • Posted August 27, 2018
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  • All You Need to Know about Harajuku Omotesando Super Yosakoi

    Every year in August,  Harajuku is taken over for a weekend by thousands of people dressed head to toe in colourful costumes. Music blares out from enormous speakers and giant flags sway through the crowds as teams...

    • Posted August 18, 2018
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  • At 60, Mr. Paddington gets his own theme park

    British author Michael Bond first introduced Mr. Paddington, the iconic marmalade-eating Peruvian bear,  in his 1958 book. Years later, it has become a much loved fictional character in children’s English literature.  The friendly bear known for his ...

    • Posted July 20, 2018
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  • Try the Dinosaur-Themed Food at Tokyo and Osaka’s Jurassic World Cafe

    If you want to explain to your kids how dinosaurs look like, The Jurassic World Cafe is a good place to start. The Cafe’s Tokyo and Osaka branches feature for the first time, eye-popping and never-before-seen food...

    • Posted July 3, 2018
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  • Japan’s next generation bicycle tires don’t need air

    When conventional tires’ pressure drop after about a certain distance travelled, it is normal for bikes to become sluggish and less responsive. The good news is with Bridgestone Cycle’s next generation ‘air-free’ nirinsha, (Japanese word for two-wheelers) ...

    • Posted May 16, 2017
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