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Rock in Japan Festival; Genre: Rock and alternative music festival: Location(s) Soga Sports Park, Chiba, Chiba (2022-present) Hitachi Seaside Park, Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, Japan (2000-2021) Years active: 2000–present: Most recent: August 12–13, 2000: Next event: August 3–4 & 10-12, 2019: Website: Official website
Summer Sonic Festival was founded in 2000 in Japan, by Naoki Shimizu, CEO of Tokyo promotions company Creativeman Productions Ltd. [3] Addressing the ever-growing demand for western music, the festival drew established and emerging musical acts of most genres to become, by 2010, Japan's biggest music event.
Makuhari Messe (幕張メッセ) is a convention center in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, located just outside of Tokyo. Designed by Fumihiko Maki, it is accessible by Tokyo's commuter rail system. Makuhari is the name of the area, and Messe is a German language word meaning "trade fair". The convention center opened on 9 October 1989.
The Washington Post has rolled out a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that will allow users to seek answers on environmental issues and climate change sourced from its coverage. “Climate ...
Minamibōsō serves as a commercial center for the surrounding region of southern Chiba Prefecture. The primary industry is commercial fishing and agriculture (horticulture and flowers). The tourist industry is a growing component of the local economy, with attractions being the areas beaches and hot spring resorts. In 2008, about 4.5 million ...
The Sendai Tanabata Festival is the most famous in Japan. Tanabata has been celebrated in the region since the time of Date Masamune (1567–1636) who was the first warlord in the Sendai area. [22] The festival began shortly after the city was founded in the early Edo Period. The Tanabata festival gradually developed and became larger over the ...
The Sagichō Fire Festival (Japanese: 左義長), also called Dondoyaki (Japanese: どんど焼き) or by other names, is a festival celebrated in Japan, usually on January 14 or 15. [1] During this local event, town or village residents burn their gate pine and other New Year's decorations, as well as to pray for good fortune in the new year.
The Jefferson Memorial visible through cherry blossoms across the Tidal Basin. The National Cherry Blossom Festival is a spring celebration in Washington, D.C., commemorating the March 27, 1912, gift of Japanese cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo City to the city of Washington, D.C. Ozaki gave the trees to enhance the growing friendship between the United States and Japan and also ...