Adiwastra Nusantara 2012 is an event not tobe missed, because it is an opportunity to hunt batik fabrics, tissue, striated, songket, jumputan, sasirangan with style and latest design with a complete selection of high quality.

The Lantern Festival is an important day for ethnic Chinese around the world. Taking place at the end of Chinese New Year holidays, Taipei City Government will commemorate this year's event with large-scale celebrations and extravagant stage shows!

The warm weather awakens the city from its chilly repose. As spring approaches, the time is ripe again to appreciate the beauty and liveliness of flowers in full bloom.Yangmingshan is populated by a wide range of flowers such as cherry blossoms, azalea, camellia, peach blossoms, just to name a few.

Daruma is a votive symbol for people wishing for the well-being of the family and flourishing business. People bring their Daruma figures once a year on this day to the temple, express gratitude to them, and buy new ones for the next one year.

Tokyo's large-scale city marathon kick off in style when thousands of runners-including some of the top names in the sport-compete in the race. The road course takes the athletes past such well-known city landmarks as the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, Tokyo Tower, Ginza, Tsukiji and finishes at Tokyo Big Sight in Ariake. With thousands of spectators lining the route, the Tokyo Marathon is poised to become a racing institution on the scale of Boston, New York or Berlin.

Yushima-tenjin has been famous as a good area in which to view plum blossoms since the Edo era.