The Yayoi Festival Nikko symoblizes the beginning of spring. Yayoi means March on the ancient 24 season Japanese calendar. The festival, which has been around for 1,200 years, celebrates the coming of spring and hopes for good fortune in the year. The shrine can be accessed by bus or an uphill 25-minute walk from Tobu-Nikko…
The Nikko Toshogu Grand Spring and Autumn Festival is an biannual event held at the Toshogu Shrine in Nikko, Japan on May 17th and October 17th. If features various traditional Japanese performances and ceremonies, such as a horseback archery demonstration (1pm on the 16th), a sacred dance performance, and a procession of people dressed in…
For a week every summer there is midnight hiking sponsored by Nikko Futarasan Shrine.
Autumn Leaves / Koyo Nikko Japan Japanese Maple (momiji) trees framing the river in the lounge A great time to visit Nikko is in October and into November to see autumn leaves. As the 3rd largest city in Japan, Nikko City covers a large area about 40km by 40km with elevations ranging from 500m about…
Sakura historically blossoms between early April to late April in this part of Nikko. Follow our instagram; we’ll post daily updates as Instagram Stories as to the status of the blossoms once they begin to appear. Add this event to your calendar to get updates; we will revise the dates as the cherry blossoms occur….