Gion Matsuri

A realtor named Susan Kwok Annoura stated in 2016 that the development of Seiwa and some adjacent Japanese businesses may start a “Japantown” in Houston. As of 2015 there is a Japanese household goods store in the Houston Chinatown called “Fit.” As of 2019 there was also a Daiso and a Kinokuniya.

Our Top 6 Famous Festivals in Japan

• Yuki Matsuri – January/February: Yuki Matsuri, also known as “Sapporo snow festival”, is held for about a week in Hokkaido.
• Omizutori – March:
• Kanamara Matsuri – April:
• Gion Matsuri – July:
• Aomori Nebuta Matsuri – August:
• Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri – September:

Most festivals are held annually and celebrate the shrine’s deity or a seasonal or historical event. Some festival are held over several days. An important element of Japanese festivals are processions, in which the local shrine’s kami (Shinto deity) is carried through the town in mikoshi (palanquins).

5 interesting facts about Japan

• The world’s oldest company is in Japan.
• It has the 11th largest population in the world.
• The Japanese live (almost) the longest.
• There is 1 vending machine for every 24 people.
• Nearly half the zippers worldwide are made in Japan.

If you have never been to Japan before, or you don’t understand Japanese, traveling to Japan may worry you. Many tourists from all over the world travel around without understanding the language just fine. You can travel in Japan just fine without knowing any Japanese.

“The majority of Japanese feel that foreigners are foreigners and Japanese are Japanese,” said Shigehiko Toyama, a professor of English literature at Showa Women’s University in Tokyo. “There are obvious distinctions. Foreigners who speak fluently blur those distinctions and that makes the Japanese feel uneasy.”