Kasama Azalea Festival

Enjoy seasonal summer flowers at the Kasama Azalea Festival. The festival celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2022. About Kasama Azalea Festival The festival originated in 1967 as a local tourism development project. The project aimed to plant an azalea bush for every resident of the city. The first 1,000 azaleas were planted and the park […]

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Lucky Bag Haul (福袋) 2023

Mister Donut Lucky Bag Our main focus for this year was to rectify the mistakes we made last year by getting the Mister Donut Lucky Bag. Our Lucky Bag Haul 2023 included the Mister Donut and Starbucks Lucky Bags. The Mister Donut Lucky Bag came out on December 26th and we were able to get […]

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Ibaraki Urban Green Festival in Mito

We heard about this small festival from an Instagram advertisement. We decided to check it out the Ibaraki Urban Green Festival in Mito. The festival was located in the open area near Shojo Bairin (猩々梅林) & Tazuruma Bairin (田鶴鳴梅林) which were just south of Kairakuen Garden. We were able to park for free at the […]

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