Partners Information: Shiba Park Hotel invites guests to experience Japanese culture at a ‘bon-dancing’ festival at Zojoji Temple on 27-28 July 2018. Bon-dancing is a Japanese tradition. Participants clad in yukata (summer kimono) dance around a yagura (wooden tower). The ritual was traditionally held to calm ancestral spirits. These days, it is enjoyed as a recreational event.

Partners Information: Summer 2018 in Kinosaki Onsen: Calendar of Events Summer is full of events and shows in Kinosaki Onsen, Hyogo Prefecture. This year, they will happen over a one month period from Friday, 27th July to Sunday, 26th August.

Partners Information: SATOYAMA RUN in HIDA TAKAYAMA 2018

Sato means ‘homeland’ and yama means ‘mountain’. In the mountain villages of Takayama, locals live in harmony with nature. In the Satoyama Run in Hida Takayama, you can run through the beautiful countryside surrounded by the Japanese Alps! 

Partners Information: Rice planting in beautiful rounded rice field!Rice planting season is coming. In Japan, only two rounded rice fields remain and one can be found in Takayama. These special rice fields were historically significant to the Shinto religion. View the rare spectacle of rice-planting in a rounded rice field!

Partners Information: Entries are now open to overseas visitors for the 8th Kobe Marathon, held on Sunday, 18 November 2018. The theme of the event is “Thanks and Friendship”.Run this beautiful course against the backdrop of the Seto Inland Sea and Rokko mountain range.