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Osaka’s Amazing Sumiyoshi Matsuri

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

Osaka is absolutely full of shrines and temples, and many of them hold festivals in July. In fact, there are

It seems that the window of “warm but comfortable” weather gets shorter every year. Right around the end of May

Though Japan has been able to preserve a great number of its ancient traditions, there are still some traditions that

During Golden Week, there is a big festival in Higashi-Osaka that people have loved for centuries, Nozaki Mairi [野崎参り]. Nozaki Mairi

Every year in late April thru early May, the city of Sakai hosts a free azalea festival in the Asakayama

Hidden on the outskirts of Osaka Prefecture is the little-known Hirokawa Temple. Many tourists have never heard of this temple,