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SAPPORO SNOW FESTIVAL 2011

The Sapporo Snow Festival is one of Japan’s largest winter events and attracts around 2 million visitors a year.      

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Olympic Skier: Akira Sasaki

Akira Sasaki, born 26.09.1981, is an Alpine Skier for the Japanese Olympic team. He represented Japan in the 2002 & 2006 Winter Olympics and he’s participating in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver as well. Sasaki satisfied the SAJ’s qualification … Continue reading

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Tokyo Summer Matsuri

Walking home I heard a ruckus coming from the park on my block. I took a stroll down there to check it out and I rolled up on a little Matsuri.

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Colombian Independence Day Festival in Tokyo

The Colombian Independence Day Festival was held on Sunday, July 19th at Hibiya Park in Tokyo.

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Hadaka Matsuri (Naked Festival)

A hadaka matsuri hadakamatsuri (裸祭り, hadakamatsuri) (literally naked festival) is a type of Japanese festival, or matsuri, where participants wear a minimum amount of clothing; usually just a Japanese loincloth (called fundoshi), sometimes with a short happi coat, and very … Continue reading

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