Each November the Ikenobo school of ikebana prepares a large Autumn Tanabata Exhibition to showcase a wide variety of both traditional and contemporary Japanese flower arrangements called Kyūtanabata-e.

Kōdai-ji was founded in 1606 in honor of the Sengoku period warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi by his legal wife Nene, who took the tonsure and become a Buddhist nun after her husband’s death.

One of Kyoto's top three festivals, the Jidai Matsuri, is known for including famous figures from Japanese history... but just what makes them so famous?