Partners Information: Bicchu Matsuyama Castle in Okayama Prefecture is known as “the mountain castle in the sky”.Surrounded by a sea of clouds, the castle sits at an altitude of 430m, which makes it the highest location of all remaining castles in Japan with a keep.

Partners Information: Tokyo Disney Resort will hold the program Disney Tanabata Days from June 6 to July 7, 2019. This program gives the touch of Disney to Tanabata, the traditional Japanese event known as the Star Festival.

Partners Information: Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) will open applications for the Cruise Train “Seven Stars in Kyushu” (Oct 2019 to Feb 2020) from the 1st of April 2019.

The Oedo Fukagawa Sakura Matsuri (Cherry Blossom Festival) will be held again this year in the Fukagawa area of Tokyo, near Monzen-nakacho Station.One unique feature available at this festival is the boat rides!

About five minutes by car from Wakayama’s famous Shirahama Beach are the Sandanbeki cliffs, a two kilometre stretch of coastline that towers 50 metres above the sea. Hidden at the bottom of one of these three cliffs is Sandanbeki Doukutsu, a cave where Kumano pirates of the Heian Era (794-1185) once hid their boats.