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, June 24, 2026
Post date: Jun 22, 2026
Watch trained cormorants catch fish by firelight on the Kiso River, right beneath Inuyama Castle. The 2026 season runs June 1 to October 15, with daytime and nighttime viewing options. This year a new dockside presentation by the fisherman gives you a closer look at the tradition before you board....
Post date: Jun 22, 2026
BWIJ's fourth national conference comes to Nanzan University June 27–28.The gathering is open to women across the African diaspora in Japan....
Post date: Jun 22, 2026
Experience the magical Tottokawa Firefly Festival in Okazaki! Watch thousands of Genji fireflies dance in pristine waters from June 1 to 25....
Post date: Jun 22, 2026
Toyohashi's Beer Tram is back for 2026! — Enjoy quaffing a few beers while rolling through Toyohashi in a specially decorated streetcar. Here's everything you need to know...
Post date: Jun 10, 2026
Tsuruma Park Jazz Fest, Black Women in Japan Conference, Much Ado About Nothing at Chikusa Playhouse, and Toyohashi’s summer Beer Tram....
Post date: Jun 06, 2026
A filmmaker in Nagoya unlocks his door twice a month and waits to see what happens. Three years in, it keeps working....
Post date: Apr 23, 2026
Lots going on as we head into Golden Week. Enjoy!...
Post date: Apr 09, 2026
Jamaica in Sakae this Sunday. Prehistoric collapse at the Science Museum. Warriors and cats in ukiyo-e. Plus: the neighborhood where getting lost is the whole point....
Post date: Mar 12, 2026
White Day returns, St. Patrick’s Day heads to Ōsu, a call for 90s Nagoya expat memories, and several day hikes within easy reach of the city....
Post date: Mar 11, 2026
Theatre Iridescence is preparing a 90s-set production of Much Ado About Nothing is collecting photos and stories from expats who lived in Japan 1995–2005....
Post date: Mar 01, 2026
A new documentary revisits The Rising Pints — the Irish folk-rock band that grew out of Nagoya's 1990s pub and live music scene — and the community that formed around it....
Post date: Mar 01, 2026
A guide to Nagoya’s Wakamiya Festival: Edo-period history, karakuri dolls, lantern-lit floats, and what to see every year on May 15–16....