Japan's government will promote the charms of Japanese anime and manga at the World Expo in Osaka, which opens next month.

Bon Odori is a popular summer festival in Japan, with singing and dancing to the energetic beat of drums, gongs, and the sweet melody of flutes. In Malaysia, the festival dates as far back as 1977.

The Bon Odori, a communal dance performed in outdoor public spaces, is a common sight at summer festivals across Japan. This festival, however, departs from conventional wisdom by staging a Bon ...

This August, Mitsui Outlet Park KLIA Sepang (MOP KLIA) is set to bring a slice of Japan to Malaysia with its first-ever Bon ...

“It was exhilarating.” If there are people who don’t know the Bon odori routines for a specific festival, others around them can show them how to do them. “The charm of Bon odori is that ...

PETALING JAYA: A suggestion to rename the Bon Odori Festival to "Japanese cultural or societal festival" has riled many Malaysians, who took to social media to question how anyone's faith can be ...

For more than 700 years, the residents of Nishimonai in Akita Prefecture have welcomed their ancestral spirits home for the annual Obon festival through a Bon Odori.These dances are held across ...

Gujo Odori continues until September 7. During the obon period from August 13 to 16, "all-night dances" will be held, when people dance through the night. Note: Bon or obon is a Buddhist festival ...

TOKUSHIMA--Summer here is busy with more than 1 million spectators expected to pack the Awa Odori dance festival, which dates back over 400 years. But the festival from Aug. 12-15 this year is not ...

One of the students resides in Byron Bay, NSW. Mr Cowland-Cooper said that there might be some people who dance Awa Odori at the annual Bon-Odori dance festival in Byron Bay this weekend.

If you have yet to catch any of the Japanese summer festivals, this is the probably the last month you could do so, as there are still some Bon Odori happening around town. While September usually ...