Akita prefecture's Misato Lavender Garden offers a stunning two-hectare field of lavender, including its own original "Misato Sekka" cultivar. Read on to find out the best time to visit. 

Held every year on the second Saturday in June in Iwate Prefecture, the “Chagu Chagu Umako” is a traditional event in which horses adorned with colourful decorations and bells parade about 14 km throughout the town.

The Full June Bloom is Coming Soon to Chiba’s Hydrangea Temple!

Oga City, Akita prefecture is home to a temple of stunningly cultivated hydrangeas, which dye the grounds blue in early summer.

Horseback riding warriors cutting through the wind! Fukushima's famed Soma Nomaoi will be held this year from May 24 to 26, 2025.