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On 31 October and 1 November, the Japan Steampunk Expo fills Studio Ease Meguro, a film studio near Meguro Station in Tokyo designed to look like a street abroad. Around 75 makers sell steampunk-inspired goods, alongside a fashion show and live music.

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Tanuki.no.mori @tanukinomori.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Kamogawa Delta: Blue Skies and the First Spider Lilies #photography #autumn #japan

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Until 26 Oct, an immersive exhibition at the Ginza Mirai Museum in Tokyo explores "No. 6", Atsuko Asano's sci-fi novel series, later adapted as manga and anime. Visitors walk through recreated spaces from the story, including Nezumi's room, with a Japanese audio guide narrated by Yuki Kaji.

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Hey Japan! @hey-japan.com · 03/10/2026

From 9 October, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku shows a free projection mapping work by students at a public arts high school, turning its facade into classroom windows, corridors, and shoe lockers in a story of teenage love. tokyoprojectionmappingproject.jp

Spectators in the plaza below the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku look up at the facade at night, where a hand-drawn figure in a white sailor-style school uniform with a red neckerchief and navy skirt is projected across the tower against a blue background. Provided by TOKYO Night & Light PR Office

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building at night, its facade covered in a projected hand-drawn scene of a student in a white shirt, head tilted back, in warm orange, yellow, and green tones. The twin tower tops glow blue above. Provided by TOKYO Night & Light PR Office

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building at night, lit in pale lavender, with a hand-drawn boy and girl in school uniforms projected on the left and right towers. The boy stands looking across, while the girl reaches upwards, her hair and skirt swept by the wind, as small pink petals drift across the facade. Provided by TOKYO Night & Light PR Office

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 02/10/2026

Chiitan loves transgender people 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Even a plain statement like this now brings slander and insults, but I think a society where people can live happily as themselves matters more than silence, so I will keep saying it until the account is gone. love everyone🤍

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Japanese Talk @japanesetalk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If you like Hololive and are learning Japanese, this is a great channel for breaking down Japanese sentences and picking up useful vocabulary! youtu.be/5MFaav7dHgA?...

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Okayu Asks How Ina Got So Good at Japanese | Learn Japanese with Okayu & Ina

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Hey Japan! @hey-japan.com · 02/10/2026

From 15 to 18 October, the Namba Hiroba plaza in front of Nankai Namba Station in Osaka is decked out for Halloween with around 5,000 lanterns and eyeball sculptures, inspired by the Japanese belief that everyday objects can come to life. Entry is free.

A Nankai Line 8300 series train in a depot, its silver front car followed by carriages wrapped in red and covered in cartoon eyeballs in yellow, purple, and white, some dripping as if melting. The wrapped train runs between Namba, Wakayamako, and Kansai Airport from 5 October. Provided by Meta Osaka Inc.

Concept image of the Chimney Town Halloween art space at Namba Hiroba, Osaka, showing walls and ceilings of glowing red, orange, and purple paper lanterns hung from black metal frames. Two large eyeball sculptures in orange, purple, and white stand among the lanterns, with red mist and spotlights filling the space and two figures silhouetted in the centre. Provided by Meta Osaka Inc.

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Hey Japan! @hey-japan.com · 02/10/2026

On 31 October, about 2,000 people take part in an alien costume parade through Iino in Fukushima, a town that calls itself the UFO village. Anyone can join, and the most convincing aliens win prizes. www.hey-japan.com/event/ufo-fe...

Group photo at the UFO Festival 2025 in Iino, Fukushima, with a large crowd in alien costumes gathered on the street in front of the stage. Costumes include green and silver alien masks, blonde wigs, squid-like hats, and an inflatable flying saucer. People at the front hold a banner reading "UFO Festival 2025," with more spectators filling the street behind them. © 福島市いいの街なか活性化委員会

Three costumed participants at the UFO Festival 2025, standing on the main street of Iino in front of an old pharmacy. One wears green face paint and a grey wig and holds a stuffed panda, one wears a tall pointed headpiece and silver foil gloves and trousers, and one has gold face paint and antennae. Behind them, someone holds up a sign asking passers-by whether they want to become aliens. © 福島市いいの街なか活性化委員会

A costumed group at the UFO Festival 2025, with members in pink wigs and silver masks at the front and purple one-eyed alien headpieces behind. They hold a hand-drawn sign for a mock hostess bar named after Senganmori, the local hill associated with UFO sightings. A man in a maroon blazer stands beside them holding a bag of rice, one of the festival prizes. © 福島市いいの街なか活性化委員会

Four participants at the UFO Festival 2025, posing in front of a traditional storehouse with a tiled roof. Two have blue striped body paint and pointed ears, one is in a black suit and sunglasses, and one wears a green full-face alien mask with yellow eyes and antennae. © 福島市いいの街なか活性化委員会

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北澤靖（お土産ペナント収集家）KITAZAWA Yasushi @yasushi-kitazawa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

静岡県焼津市のペナント、2種類。大崩海岸・焼津港と焼津グランドホテル。焼津グランドホテルは2024年6月に紹介。 Two types of pennants from Yaizu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan: Okuzure Coast and Yaizu Port (top), and the Yaizu Grand Hotel (bottom). The Yaizu Grand Hotel was featured in June 2024.

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Yabai Finds @yabaifinds.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Spotted on Japanese social media: A sign on an aquarium tank in Japan: "An octopus has gone missing. If you see it walking around, please catch it or tell a staff member." It was found safe. #JapanHub #Japan

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Read Japanese Literature @readjapaneseliterature.com · 01/10/2026

Did you enjoy RJL’s episode Cats in Japanese Literature? @zackdavisson.com’s Kaibyo was an essential source. It’s about to be back in print and full of so much fascinating information! If you like cats… or Japan… or Japanese cats… or Japanese stories about cats… this is a must-have TBR.

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Episode 18—Cats in Japanese Literature - Read Japanese Literature

Japanese cat books and folklore + Sakutaro Hagiwara's "Town of Cats"

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Hey Japan! @hey-japan.com · 01/10/2026

Kyoto Night Market holds a Halloween edition on 3 and 4 October, spread across the plaza in front of Kyoto City Hall and the Zest Oike underground mall below. On 4 October, a yokai parade of Japanese folklore spirits and monsters moves between the two venues.

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Tanuki.no.mori @tanukinomori.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Early autumn on the outskirts of Kyoto 🌾  Red spider lilies (higanbana) line the roadsides, the edges of the rice fields and even a quiet temple's moss garden. They bloom for only about a week around the autumn equinox, right when the rice turns golden. #autumn #flower #japan #nature #snenery

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Hey Japan! @hey-japan.com · 30/09/2026

The Yamanashi Prefectural Museum holds the largest exhibition to date of kaiki, a silk once made in the prefecture and used as the hidden lining of kimono jackets, from 10 October to 30 November. More than 100 jackets and fabric samples will be shown.

The front of the exhibition flyer. The title "Kaiki Monogatari" appears in large gold Japanese lettering with the English title "The Inner Sensibility of 'Kaiki'" above it. The dates, 10 October to 30 November 2026, sit in the centre, surrounded by a patchwork of striped, checked, and patterned kaiki fabrics in a decorative frame. Provided by Yamanashi Prefecture

The back of the exhibition flyer, in Japanese. It has an introduction to kaiki, photos of exhibits including a fabric sample book, a parasol, lined jackets, a kimono, and an old photo of a child in Western clothes. Below are listings of lectures, workshops, and factory tours, plus access information and a map. Provided by Yamanashi Prefecture

A fabric sample of picture kaiki silk, with wide turquoise and orange horizontal bands. The orange bands carry a star-like geometric hemp-leaf pattern, and soft-edged maple leaves and flowers in orange, blue, and green overlap the bands. Provided by Yamanashi Prefecture

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Hey Japan! @hey-japan.com · 30/09/2026

Until 23 November, visitors to the Hakone Glass no Mori Museum in Kanagawa can see 300 stalks of silver grass made from some 30,000 crystal glass beads in its garden. They are modelled on the grass fields of nearby Sengokuhara, which turn gold in autumn.

The Hakone Glass no Mori Museum garden in autumn, with red and orange maple leaves framing European-style stone buildings beside a pond. A white glass sculpture rises from a small island in the pond, a bridge beneath a sparkling arch of crystal glass leads into the garden, and wooded mountains rise behind. Provided by Daikoku Denki Co., Ltd.

Stalks of silver grass made from strings of crystal glass beads, glittering in the sunlight in front of a stone cottage with a steep tiled roof and ivy-covered walls. Provided by Daikoku Denki Co., Ltd.

A two-storey stone museum building with a wooden balcony and a curving staircase. Colourful glass balloons on long coloured strings hang from the balcony, and two green banners mark the museum's 30th anniversary. Provided by Daikoku Denki Co., Ltd.

Glass balloons in blue, green, red, and white, some striped and some speckled with colour, hanging from a round wooden ceiling with rafters that radiate from the centre. Provided by Daikoku Denki Co., Ltd.

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Hey Japan! @hey-japan.com · 29/09/2026

A 3.8-metre turtle mikoshi made by about 70 Tokyo University of the Arts students for this year's Geisai festival is now for sale on the Dipsy marketplace for ¥1.5 million until 6 October. If no buyer is found, it will be scrapped. A mikoshi is a portable shrine carried at festivals.

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Hey Japan! @hey-japan.com · 29/09/2026

"Meet Your Art Festival" returns to Tennozu, Tokyo, from 9 to 12 October, with more than 150 artists. Highlights include an exhibition directed by actor Mirai Moriyama, two art fairs, outdoor works, and a box set of drawings Yoko Ono made at 19. avex.jp/en/meetyoura...

Key visual for Meet Your Art Festival 2026: "MYAF" and "Meet Your Art Festival" in large black lettering over a wavy orange shape on a white background. The dates 9 to 12 October 2026 and "Tokyo Tennoz Canal Area" run vertically beside it, with the labels Art, Music, Food, Fashion, and Lifestyle down the left side. Provided by Avex Creator Agency Inc.

Shota Yamauchi's "In Between... Us?": a large white sculpture of curving, root-like branches outlined in glowing light, built around a scaffolding frame in a park at dusk. Two people stand inside it. Artwork image: photography by Ryota Haraguchi, direction by Sho Kikuchi (Nippachi Seisakusho)

Dan Isomura's "Informe-ation Center #131": a close-up video of a sleeping face projected onto a wall in a darkened gallery. Soap bubbles float out of openings at the nostrils and gather in a pile on the floor. Photo: Ujin Matsuo

A drawing from Yoko Ono's "Invisible Flower": six thin, wavering pencil lines, each topped with a small loop like a flower head, on cream paper. © Yoko Ono

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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wira and Wanja, Malayan sun bears, are tourism mascots for Malaysia.

A pair of black sun bear mascots stand in front of a sign that says “Malaysia”.

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北澤靖（お土産ペナント収集家）KITAZAWA Yasushi @yasushi-kitazawa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

石川県羽咋市(はくいし)のペナント、2種類。千里浜 (ちりはま)と能登羽咋。千里浜は2025年6月紹介。 Two types of pennants from Hakui City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan: Chirihama Beach and Noto-Hakui. The Chirihama pennant was featured in June 2025.

羽咋市のペナント、千里浜(上)と能登羽咋(下)。
The pennants of Hakui City: Chirihama Beach (top) and Noto-Hakui (bottom).

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北澤靖（お土産ペナント収集家）KITAZAWA Yasushi @yasushi-kitazawa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Souvenir pennant in Japan, my collection. ”Noto Hakui", Ishikawa Prefecture. Hakui City is a town located at the base of the Noto Peninsula. This pennant features photographs of Chiri-hama Beach (Nagisa Driveway) and Myojo-ji Temple. Length 68cm (26.7in) . Circa the 1970s or 1980s. #vintage

1. The Noto Hakui pennant. It consists of a photograph printed on paper, which is laminated onto white fabric with clear vinyl, with the title and other text printed on it. The top and bottom edges of the flag are decorated with gold synthetic resin fringe. On the left side of the flag is a red-and-black checkered pattern, and it is attached to two cream-colored cords.

3. Close-up of the photograph. The image is divided into two sections, left and right. On the left is a photo of “Chirihama Beach Nagisa Driveway,” and on the right is a photo of “Myojo-ji Temple’s Five-Story Pagoda,” each with its own caption. The Nagisa Driveway is shown in an aerial view. The Five-Story Pagoda at Myojo-ji Temple appears serene and mysterious, surrounded by a deep forest.

4. The right side of the flag. The titles are in Japanese: “Noto Peninsula Quasi-National Park” (white text on a black background), “Noto Hakui” (white outline on a black background with red text), and “NOTO, HAKUI” in uppercase Roman letters (white text on a black background).

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Hey Japan! @hey-japan.com · 28/09/2026

Pandorobo (bread thief), and Nise-Pandorobo (his impostor) are on displays at JR Ikebukuro Station until 4 October, ahead of the anime's 2 October premiere. Based on Keiko Shibata's picture books, it follows a mouse disguised as a loaf of bread, searching for the world's tastiest bread.

A giant plush Pandorobo, a mouse disguised as a loaf of white bread with half-closed eyes, whiskers, and a red nose, wrapped around a pillar in a station concourse. Behind it, more pillars are covered in yellow Pandorobo posters. ©柴田ケイコ・KADOKAWA/パンどろぼう製作委員会 Provided by KADOKAWA Corporation.

A giant plush Nise-Pandorobo, a round bread roll with buck teeth, whiskers, and sleepy green eyes, wrapped around a pillar in a station concourse. Yellow Pandorobo posters cover the pillars behind it. ©柴田ケイコ・KADOKAWA/パンどろぼう製作委員会 Provided by KADOKAWA Corporation.

A front view of the giant plush Pandorobo figure: a slice-shaped loaf of white bread with a mouse's half-closed blue eyes, red nose, open mouth, and grey feet poking out below. ©柴田ケイコ・KADOKAWA/パンどろぼう製作委員会 Provided by KADOKAWA Corporation.

Artwork for the Pandorobo anime showing the title in orange lettering above a forest scene. Pandorobo in his loaf disguise stands beside a cat hidden in a baguette and Nise-Pandorobo in a round roll. A smiling baker with bread-shaped hair stands behind them, and a tree stump in front is covered with assorted breads and pastries. ©柴田ケイコ・KADOKAWA/パンどろぼう製作委員会 Provided by KADOKAWA Corporation.

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Let's Learn Japanese! ジャパ日常【 JapaNichijou 】 @japanichijou.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

POV: You joined a Japanese class at #JapaNichijou 🌸 Hiragana? ✅ Katakana? ✅ Japanese? 🤔 Surviving the class?!?! Everyone learns together! 📚✨ #VRChat

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 27/09/2026

Freshly made is the best! 腕を振るいましたっ☆

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北澤靖（お土産ペナント収集家）KITAZAWA Yasushi @yasushi-kitazawa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Souvenir pennant in Japan, my collection. ”Kenrokuen Garden", Ishikawa Prefecture. Kenroku-en Garden was established in Kanazawa City in 1676. This pennant features photographs of the Kotoji Lantern and the Ishikawa Gate of Kanazawa Castle. Length 88cm (34.6in) . Circa the 1970s or 1980s. #vintage

1. A Kenroku-en Garden pennant. It features photographs and other images printed on cardboard and is decorated with yellow fringe. The pennant comes in its original clear vinyl bag and includes a paper tag. The tag’s title, written in Japanese, reads “Connecting Hearts, Travel Memories” (blue, beige, white).

2. The photos show Kasumigaike Pond, the Kotoji Lantern, and the Niji-bashi Bridge, as well as the Ishikawa-mon Gate of Kanazawa Castle.

3. Close-ups of the photos. The photo on the left shows the curved stone Niji-bashi Bridge and the Kotoji Lantern in the foreground, with Kasumigaike Pond, surrounded by beautiful landscaping, visible in the background. Some of the trees near the pond have begun to change color, creating a scene reminiscent of early autumn.

4. A close-up of the area from the center to the right side of the banner. In the center is the title in Japanese. Written in calligraphic-style kanji, it reads “Kenroku-en” (white and brown on a blue background). The photo on the right shows Kasumigaike Pond in Kenroku-en covered in snow. At the far right edge of the banner, “One of Japan’s Three Great Gardens” is inscribed in white Gothic type on a maroon background.

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Hey Japan! @hey-japan.com · 27/09/2026

We present our Song of the Week! #HeyJapanSOTW Tomoko Soryo - City Lights By The Moonlight Apple Music: music.apple.com/song/city-li... Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/3T28jN...

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Tanuki.no.mori @tanukinomori.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A serene morning at the Kamogawa Delta, Kyoto 🌿💧 Where the Kamo and Takano rivers meet, the city slows down — stepping stones, quiet ripples, and mountains standing watch in the early light.

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Read Japanese Literature @readjapaneseliterature.com · 26/09/2026

#worldkidlitmonth Miyuki Miyabe (1960- ) began her career as a mystery writer; she won the Japan Mystery Writers Association Prize for her debut novel. Most of her work is still in the mystery genre, where she broke new ground for women with the publication of her 1992 novel, All She Was Worth.

A color photograph of Miyuki Miyabe speaking earnestly. She has bobbed hair and is wearing stylish yellow glasses and a striped purple sweater over a collared shirt.

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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Two characters from the digital board game Momotaro Dentetsu, Momotaro (the peach boy hero) and his adversary Binbogami (a spirit who brings misfortune), appeared at the SDGs Festival in Tokyo Big Sight.

A smiling boy in a white naval suit and cap stands on a blue carpet beside a boy with brown hair and a green hat.

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Hey Japan! @hey-japan.com · 26/09/2026

The Miho Museum in Koka, Shiga, was designed by I. M. Pei and modelled on a Chinese legend of a hidden paradise. Until 6 December, it hosts "Hyakusaiji Temple and the Buddhist Art of Omi", including a normally hidden 8th-century Kannon statue. www.hey-japan.com/event/hyakus...

The Miho Museum's glass-roofed entrance building, seen from inside a curved metal-lined tunnel, with suspension bridge cables and green trees in front of it. © MIHO MUSEUM

A wooden temple gate at the top of worn stone steps, with giant straw sandals hanging on either side of the entrance. It is framed by tall cedars and orange autumn maple leaves. © MIHO MUSEUM

A seated wooden Buddhist statue with one knee raised and a hand resting against its cheek. It wears an ornate metal openwork crown with dangling beads, and gold patterning shows on the robes. © MIHO MUSEUM

A handmade red-glazed tea bowl with a speckled, uneven surface, standing on a tatami mat. © MIHO MUSEUM

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 25/09/2026

I got a Pikachu umbrella. I'm so happy so I'm bring even on sunny days. I can't let go of it for the rest of my life. ピカチュウちゃんの傘を片時も手放せませんっ☆

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Hey Japan! @hey-japan.com · 25/09/2026

"Go to Edo", a free exhibition at Tokyo Metropolitan Central Library in Minato City, runs from 24 October to 8 November. It looks at Edo as a tourist destination through ukiyo-e, district maps, board games, and Important Cultural Property drawings of Edo Castle from the Kora family.

Promotional banner for the exhibition "Go to Edo: A Tourist's Guide to the Great City of Edo" at Tokyo Metropolitan Central Library, showing a bird's-eye ukiyo-e board game map of Edo with Mount Fuji on the horizon and the title, dates, and venue details on the right. © Tokyo Metropolitan Government

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Let's Learn Japanese! ジャパ日常【 JapaNichijou 】 @japanichijou.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

✨ Check out the new world “Tiles” by You Are Amazing! ✨ It’s a beautiful liminal poolrooms world, and there’s actually a #JapaNichijou poster displayed in this world! 🏊‍♂️🌊 Go explore the world and see if you can find our poster! 👀 #VRChat

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北澤靖（お土産ペナント収集家）KITAZAWA Yasushi @yasushi-kitazawa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Souvenir pennant in Japan, my collection. ”Kenrokuen Garden", Ishikawa Prefecture. Kenroku-en Garden was established in Kanazawa City in 1676. This pennant features a map of Kenroku-en and illustrations of its seven famous spots. Length 69cm (27.1in) . Circa the 1970s or 1980s. #vintage

1. A Kenroku-en Garden pennant. It features an illustration printed on yellow fabric and is decorated with gold synthetic resin fringe. The pennant comes in its original clear vinyl bag and includes a paper tag. The tag’s title, written in English, reads “MEMORY OF TRAVEL, NEW PENNANT” (yellow, white, and maroon).

2. The illustration centers on a map of Kenroku-en Garden and features the Kanazawa Castle Ruins and various other landmarks. It consists of black outlines on a yellow background, colored in green, blue, and red.

3. Close-up of the illustration. It includes a map of Kenroku-en Garden and the adjacent Kanazawa Castle Ruins, as well as the pond, landscaping, and walking paths, accompanied by detailed captions. There are over 20 captions. Illustrations of notable sites include the Kanazawa Castle Ruins and Ishikawamon Gate, the fountain, the Kaiseki-to stone pagoda, the Kotoji Lantern, the Neagari-matsu pine tree, the Gankō-bashi Bridge, and the well at Kinjō Reitaku. Additionally, the phrase “Japan’s Three Great Gardens” (black) is written as a subtitle at the top of the illustration.

4. The title is written in both Japanese and English. The kanji “Kaga Hyakumangoku” (black) and “Kenroku-en” (red) are rendered in brush-script style, while “KENROKUEN” (black, in an Oriental-style bamboo font) is written in uppercase Roman letters.

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Hey Japan! @hey-japan.com · 24/09/2026

Cosmos and Kochia Festa runs from 3 to 30 October at Expo '70 Commemorative Park in Suita, Osaka. Around 150,000 cosmos and 3,600 kochia bushes turning red cover Flower Hill, with muhlenbergia on the northern slope, plus weekend markets, workshops, and a brass band concert.

A field of pink, magenta, and white cosmos on Flower Hill at Expo '70 Commemorative Park, with a wooden viewing platform at the left and woodland under a clear sky. Provided by Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Bands of white, orange, yellow, and pink cosmos separated by a path on the slope of Flower Hill at Expo '70 Commemorative Park, with a wooden viewing deck in the top right. Provided by Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Rows of round kochia bushes in shades of crimson and orange on Flower Hill at Expo '70 Commemorative Park, with a tree line in the background. Provided by Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Feathery pink plumes of muhlenbergia on the northern slope of Flower Hill at Expo '70 Commemorative Park, behind a low rope fence with trees behind. Provided by Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., Ltd.

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 24/09/2026

Ball sports are fun. ネットの宿命ですっ☆

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Tanuki.no.mori @tanukinomori.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Morning light through the gate at Jōrin-ji — quiet before the hagi bloom fully takes over the path. A short walk north brought me to Shimogamo Shrine, its vermillion torii standing against the deep green of the Tadasu no Mori forest.

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Tanuki.no.mori @tanukinomori.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Following the Eizan line out of the city, toward Mt. Hiei. No temples, no crowds — just the everyday beauty of the outskirts. 📍Sakyo Ward, Kyoto🇯🇵

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Hey Japan! @hey-japan.com · 23/09/2026

The "Tokyo International Pen Show" returns for its ninth year from 21 to 23 November at the Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Centre in Hamamatsucho. Fountain pens, inks, and paper from makers, shops, and independent craftspeople, including one-off pieces and small-batch runs.

Rows of handmade wooden fountain pens with chrome fittings displayed in a felt-lined wooden tray at the Tokyo International Pen Show, each with a paper price tag; the barrels show a range of grains and colours from pale maple to dark burl. © Tokyo International Pen Show Executive Committee

A pale blue fountain pen with gold trim resting in a brass pen tray on a display counter at the "Tokyo International Pen Show", with a matching cap and a second pen shown on clear acrylic stands behind it. © Tokyo International Pen Show Executive Committee

A crowded exhibition hall at the "Tokyo International Pen Show", with visitors browsing exhibitor tables under hanging booth signs such as Glass Studio "Gabi"; trays of pens and stacks of notebooks are laid out on the tables in the foreground. © Tokyo International Pen Show Executive Committee

A long queue of visitors waiting outside the venue of the "Tokyo International Pen Show", holding printed guides beneath numbered signs marking ticket groups, with high-rise buildings visible in the background. © Tokyo International Pen Show Executive Committee

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 23/09/2026

Playing while you're dizzy is the best! グルグルバットしましたっ☆

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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Ya-ya-nyan, the mascot of Owase City, is a welcoming cat whose clothes celebrate Owase's nature, culture, and fishing industry. The name "Ya-ya" comes from the unique "Ya-ya Festival", where people dress in white and fight in the streets. Ya-ya-nyan’s special skill is being able to sleep anywhere.

A smiling white and brown cat mascot with two fish and a heart on its headband stands in a convention centre.

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Hey Japan! @hey-japan.com · 22/09/2026

Tsuruga Castle in Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima hosts Projection Mapping 2026 from November 20 – 22, 17:30 – 21:00. Animations inspired by Aizu lacquerware, painted candles and cotton play on the keep, with a new sea-of-clouds effect. Free entry.

Tsuruga Castle keep covered in golden floral projections during Tsuruga Castle Projection Mapping 2025, with green light beams above and illuminated pine trees on either side, seen over the heads of spectators. © HITOHATA,INC.

Wide view of Tsuruga Castle Projection Mapping 2025: the keep and stone walls lit with gold ink-painting imagery, two red-crowned cranes projected on the left wall, blue light beams overhead and a crowd filming on phones. © HITOHATA,INC.

Tsuruga Castle glowing in blue, purple, pink and orange light at Tsuruga Castle Projection Mapping 2025, surrounded by pine trees bathed in blue and laser beams radiating across the sky. © HITOHATA,INC.

Tsuruga Castle keep lit in yellow and red patterned projections at Tsuruga Castle Projection Mapping 2025, with white light beams fanning into the night sky and silhouetted spectators in the foreground. © HITOHATA,INC.

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でんか @k-hermit.com · 22/09/2026

ヤドカリがアイデンティティを取り戻した

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 22/09/2026

Looking through the papercut into the sky ドラちゃんの切り絵を作ってお空に透かすと魂入りますっ☆

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Hey Japan! @hey-japan.com · 21/09/2026

Every 15 minutes after dark, Nagoya Castle's main keep, the ground around it, and the nearby trees turn gold together. The "Be GOLD" illumination also lights the stone walls and fills Ninomaru Garden with mist. Until 4 October, then 18–24 October, 17:00–20:00.

Poster for "Be GOLD", Nagoya Castle's night-time illumination. An illustrated aerial view shows the main keep glowing gold above dark trees, with blue and gold wave patterns projected along the walls and green laser beams fanning across the grounds. Text: 19 September–4 October and 18–24 October 2026, illumination 17:00–20:00. © Nagoya City

Nagoya Castle's main keep and smaller keep lit in warm gold against a deep blue evening sky, with thin green and white laser lines tracing across their walls and roofs. Yellow, green, and orange rectangles of light are projected across the empty courtyard in front. © Nagoya City

Ninomaru Garden in the grounds of Nagoya Castle at night, with pines and maples lit in green and amber. Pink and violet mist drifts between the rocks of a dry pond, and small spotlights pick out grasses in blue and gold. © Nagoya City

A white corner turret at Nagoya Castle covered in a pale blue, water-like projection, standing on a high stone wall washed in shifting gold and green light. The main keep is visible in the distance on the left, lit in white and blue. © Nagoya City

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Hey Japan! @hey-japan.com · 21/09/2026

We present our Song of the Week! #HeyJapanSOTW Frank Nagai - Tokyo Cachito Apple Music: music.apple.com/song/tokyo-c... Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/0k7gsn...

Frank Nagai - Tokyo Cachito ℗ Victor Entertainment

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 20/09/2026

Help me! 大変ですっ☆閉じ込められて出られなくなっちゃいましたっ☆

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 20/09/2026

A real friend never asks you to hide your colors🌈 Some eyes see only two genders, but kind hearts see more. Closed minds and harsh words cannot put out your light. Shine in the way you were born to shine. Chiitan is an ally of transgender people🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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Tanuki.no.mori @tanukinomori.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Big clouds, small shrine, a quiet afternoon. #japan #sky #clouds #photography

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Hey Japan! @hey-japan.com · 20/09/2026

For fans of Japanese horror: a Tokyo exhibition of scenes built in the style of the genre by Japanese film set artists, with a 1970s–80s setting. Visitors can walk in and take photos. Gallery AaMo, Tokyo Dome City, until 8 November.

Outdoor banner for the exhibition "Re: Touching Horror – The World of Film Art", Tokyo. White brush-style Japanese title on black, with photos of a gravestone, a dark corridor, a figure's shadow on paper screens, and a wooden bucket lit in red. Dates: 19 September–8 November 2026, 13:00–21:00. ©松竹お化け屋本舗

Exhibition set of a closed-down tailor's shop. A cracked, grimy plaster shopfront has an open door showing dressmaker's dummies inside, and a display window holding a dark jacket, a faded poster of two men in suits, shoes, and a headless, bloodstained figure draped in white cloth. ©松竹お化け屋本舗

Exhibition set of a dim, soot-stained room. A life-size figure of a balding man in a bloodied shirt sits slumped in a wooden armchair, holding a thin tool in one hand. A pale, mask-like face with long black hair lies on the floorboards at his feet. ©松竹お化け屋本舗

Exhibition set of a grimy old washroom. A stained concrete wall holds two small mirrors, one glowing blue from behind, above a stone sink with a tap and cup. A side table carries vintage toiletries: boxed soap, toothpaste, a hairbrush, an iron kettle, and a washboard. ©松竹お化け屋本舗

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