Category Archives: Festivals

Lantern Festival in Hong Kong

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Jersey Joshii

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A Room with a View of Hong Kong

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Jersey Joshii

I’m staying in Central and looking forward to today. Flower markets, lantern festival, and my favorite food- dim sum. It is rainy season but the forecast looks good. This weekend is the last of the celebrations for Lunar New Year. … Continue reading →

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Sapporo Snow Festival – Part Deux

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Jersey Joshii

This gallery contains 16 photos.

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Snow Glorious Snow Festival!

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Jersey Joshii

Sapporo Snow Festival attracts 2 million visitors and my bestie and I were 2 of them. Weather: It snowed every day and was crazy windy. The high was in the 20’s (F). We had a nice sunny Saturday. For the … Continue reading →

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Sapporo Snow Festival – Here We Come!

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Jersey Joshii

Tomorrow, one of my best friends and I will be meeting in Sapporo for a girls getaway weekend. How great is it that she’s doin’ the expat thing in South Korea while I am in Japan! Incidentally, this is the … Continue reading →

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Setsubun at Sensoji: Beans, Bobble-Heads, and Bananas

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Jersey Joshii

Setsubun Festival celebrates the beginning of spring. And what a fun time at Sensoji. I arrived just in time for a mid-day bean throwing. Beans. After the beans, they paraded out of the temple. Just when I thought the party … Continue reading →

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You’ll Bean Your Eye Out

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Jersey Joshii

Setsubun is the bean-throwing festival signaling the beginning of Spring, which will occur this Sunday, February 3rd. [Eat your heart out, Denverites.] Can you imagine such an event in the US? The symbology is that the beans are casting out … Continue reading →

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Kadomatsu – Japanese New Year’s Flowers

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Jersey Joshii

I love Japanese expressive floral arrangements. New Year’s brought about some very beautiful pine and bamboo arrangements which means prosperity and longevity.

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Furusato Matsuri – Japanese Celebration!

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Jersey Joshii

This gallery contains 20 photos.

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Kawasaki gets their Freak on for Halloween

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Jersey Joshii

Kawasaki has a 3 day Halloween celebration. I saw the early advertisements to apply for the parade in which 3,500 people line the streets. It was amazing and in true Japanese fashion, extremely organized and crazy crowded. Each of the … Continue reading →

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