Would you dare to get drenched in freezing water for fire safety? 💦🔥
📅 February 2025 (Lunar New Year)
🕙 Main Event: 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
For 800 years, this ancient ritual has been a symbol of fire prevention and purification in Japan. The Mizukaburi Festival dates back to the Kamakura period, when locals believed that dousing homes with water would protect them from devastating fires.
During the festival, participants dressed in thick straw costumes run through the streets, splashing water onto houses and each other as a way to pray for safety and good fortune. The tradition has been passed down for centuries, ensuring that the town remains protected year after year🇯🇵
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📍 Yonekawa, Miyagi Prefecture
The Mizukaburi Festival
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Would you dare to join the thousand men to be the one 福男 (Lucky Man)?
📅 February 15, 2025
🕙 Main Event: 10:00 PM
For over 500 years, this legendary festival has tested the strength, endurance, and spirit of participants. Dating back to 1510, Saidaiji Hadaka Matsuri is rooted in a tradition of purification and good fortune. Thousands of men, dressed in fundoshi (loincloths), brave the winter cold to compete for the shingi (sacred wooden sticks), which are said to bring a year of prosperity and luck to whoever catches them🇯🇵
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📍Saidaiji Kannon-in Temple, Okayama
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Would you take a bean to the face for good luck? 🫘
On Feb 2, crowds gathered at Hakone Shrine for Setsubun - a festival where people throw roasted soybeans (mamemaki) to chase away bad luck and welcome good fortune🥠
People chant “Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi!” (Out with demons, in with fortune!) while throwing soybeans.
Some shrines even invite celebrities & sumo wrestlers to toss beans catch one for extra luck.
🗓️Next will be held on February 3, 2026.
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On Jan 29, tourists were packed shoulder-to-shoulder at a railway crossing near JR Inari Station as the gates began to close with shouts in Chinese urging “Move quickly!”
The crossing gateway to Kyoto’s Fushimi Inari Taisha, frequently becomes overcrowded especially during peak seasons like Chinese New Year. On this day, an emergency button pressed at a nearby crossing caused train delays, triggering a surge of tourists rushing across, some trapped mid-crossing.
With congestion worsening, Kyoto officials are now reviewing safety measures.
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🚨PLANNING A TRIP TO JAPAN? READ THIS🚨
Due to the surge in travelers and a weak yen, Japan’s embassy in the Philippines has tightened visa slots for Filipino tourists 🇵🇭💨
WHAT’S CHANGING?
☑️Apply at least 2 months in advance (previously a few weeks)
☑️ Daily visa application cap cut by 50%
☑️ Long lines & agencies switching to appointment-only
☑️ Japan to launch a new visa center system later this year
Filipino travelers hit a record-breaking 818,700 visitors in 2024,
but with stricter screening and delays, will this slow down the Japan travel boom? 👀
Plan ahead so you don’t miss out on sakura season, Mt Fuji views and the best ramen in Tokyo 🌸🗻🍜
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