Kansai - August
August 8th, 2008 by TE
August in Osaka, for many, means just one thing – “Koshien High School Baseball” – a huge baseball tournament that somehow makes the head of mid-summer all the more bearable… (more)
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Many nations have their areas of religious significance. In Japan, Mount Koya in what is modern-day Wakayama Prefecture in the Southern Kansai area is without equal…(more)
August 16th will once again see the annual lighting of the huge Chinese characters or images seemingly cut into the mountains surrounding Kyoto, and…(more)











