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Adventures in Kansai and Beyond

Hattatsu Mairi: Sumiyoshi Taisha’s Good Luck Festival

Throughout the year Sumiyoshi Taisha is host to a great number of festivals and events, including a “lucky day” called

While it is very easy to get from Osaka City to Sumiyoshi Taisha today, this was not at all the

From dozens of different kinds of canned coffee found in vending machines, to a marked increase in the number of

While Osaka is home to many castles, one castle in particular is especially dear to the Osaka people, and that

When you come to Osaka, you may want to enjoy the truly local food that Osakans eat in their home.

Osaka’s three big summer festivals are Aizen Matsuri, Tenjin Matsuri and Sumiyoshi Matsuri. Beginning with Aizen Matsuri and reaching a

The summer festival season in Osaka lasts the entire month of July. All month long, there are summer festivals every

There are many shrines to Tenjin, the god of study all over Japan. These “Tenmangu” shrines are very popular in