Discover deeper Japan

This site is divided into three parts. The first is “Introduction” and “how to use this sight”.
The second part is “Area” which divides Japan into 6 areas and introduces each area’s festivals, towns to visit, etc.
The third part is “Reference“. This section will help you to understand more deeply about the festival performances and other aspects of the festival. Japan mythology“, “easy made Japanese history” and “What’s Kagura?”

Area

Hokkaido and Tohoku region

Hokkaido/ Aomori/ Iwate / Akita/ Miyagi/ Yamagata/ Fukushima

Hokkaido and Tohoku region

Kanto region

Tokyo/ Gunma/ Tochigi/ Ibaraki/ Saitama/ Chiba/ Kanagawa

https://discoverdeeperjapan.com/kanto-region-belong-tokyo/

Chubu region

Shizuoka/ Yamanashi/ Aichi/ Gifu/ Toyama/ Ishikawa/ Fukui/ Niigata/ Nagano

Chubu region (Chubu, Hokuriku, Shinetsu and Tokai)

Kansai region

Osaka/ Kyoto/ Nara/ Mie/ Shiga/ Hyogo

Kansai region

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Chugoku and Shikoku region

Chugoku and Shikoku region

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Kyushu region

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