I visited a festival called Shirokane Global Festa that took place in the area called Shirokane Takanawa. Shirokane Takanawa is the expensive residential area in the heart of central Tokyo where close to Azabu. Even though the fes...

Tokyo Bay Great Fireworks Festival is one of the biggest fireworks festival in Tokyo. This is the 21th festival of its history and more than 700,000 visitors enjoyed the 13,000 fireworks of this year's festival. (1:45)...

Tori no Ichi is a famous fair which held at Chokoku-ji in Asakusa. The event has started in the Edo period and has taken place every year for welcoming New year. In the fair, you can buy a bamboo rake which brings you happiness, s...

This is a very small local festival near my home and people carry the mikoshi (portable shrine) around the town. It is a nice weekend event for the region....

Bettara market is a festival that celebrates Bettara-zuke, the pickled radish. It is only taken place once a year in autumn....

Ueno Summer Festival is a local festival which relatively small but more friendly atomosphere which you can enjoy. Shinobazu Park is the main area for this festival....

This is a local festival of Nezu Shrine that located in downtown Tokyo. Nezu Shrine was built in Edo period. The footage was captured at the 6th Nezu Shrine Festival....

Yabusame is a mounted (horseback) archery that has a 400 years history started as a Bushi training then a popular event in the recent calendar. The footage was captured at Tsuruoka Hachimangu Reitai festival in Kamakura....

This footage was captured at Izu Taiko Festival on the beach. Taiko is Japanese drum that sounds heavy and strong notes. Impressive performance from 2 taiko teams....

Azabu Jyuban Festival is one of the biggest high street festival in Japan. There are many stalls that sell food and goods. About 400,000 people join this lively Festival. It last 3 days on the weekend....

Setsubun originally means the days of parting seasons, but is now pointed to the day of February 3rd or 4th which divides winter and spring according to the Japanese Luna calendar. There are various ways to celebrate Setsubun day,...

Mikoshi is a portable shrine that is usually carried in a festival. There are many types and sizes of Mikoshi. People wear unique costumes and making dance steps while they carry portable shrines. Footage was captured at "Asakusa...

There are many festivals that taken place in summer. This is a typical Japanese festival in a small shrine. It's a very local festival, but cozy and lively event. There are so many stalls that from noodle shop, Yakitori shop to sc...

Tezutsu Hanabi is the traditional hand-held fireworks contained in bamboo cylinders, shooting sparks around 15 feet into the air. Young men in a town are never allowed to run away and have to keep holding the cylinders until the f...