Inside the Tado Festival at Mie’s Tado Taisha — the 700-year-old Ageuma Shinji horse-jumping rite, the shrine’s horse-deity mythology, the ongoing animal-welfare debate, and the shrine’s year-round programme.
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Travel guide to Mie prefecture — Ise, Nagashima, coastal Japan.
Mie prefecture fruit-picking — strawberries January to May, grapes August to October, plus peach, pear, plum and citrus seasons. All-you-can-eat pricing, working-farm logistics, and where to combine with Ise Shrine or Nagashima Spa Land.
The 1.2km volcanic-tuff cliff system at Onigajo in southern Mie, UNESCO-listed, Kumano Kodo pilgrimage, plus the nearby Shishiiwa lion-shaped sea stack and the Hanano-iwaya rock shrine. A deep-travel guide to the Kumano coast.
Inside Nagashima Spa Land in Kuwana, Mie — Steel Dragon 2000, Hakugei, twelve coasters, the onsen that started it all, and why this is quietly the best thrill-coaster park in Japan.