There is also a second smaller procession on July 24. Undoubtedly one of Osaka’s most famous festivals, Tenjin Matsuri is also one of Japan’s three big traditional celebrations, along with ...

Tens of thousands of visitors toured the home of the U.S. 7th Fleet and other U.S. military installations in Japan.

The Sakura Festival began in 1986 to commemorate the naming of Narashino, Japan as Tuscaloosa’s first sister city. The sister ...

As every year from now on, the Parc de Sceaux is the place to be to celebrate Hanami, the Japanese festival of spring, with ...

Kumamon celebrated 15 years as the mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan.The annual Kumamon birthday ...

Hokkaido Governor Naomichi Suzuki, at the opening ceremony of the festival, mentioned the record-level snowfalls that were hitting other areas of Japan’s northernmost main island on Feb. 4.

Japan’s Sapporo Snow Festival, a dazzling showcase of ice and ... on snow trucked in from Hokkaido’s mountains to build its famous ice sculptures, Watanabe said. But as temperatures rise ...