The Awa Odori is held during obon season (when spirits ... Chichibu Shrine is roughly 90 minutes from central Tokyo, so it’s an easily accessible festival if you’re already visiting the ...

Municipal governments of Tokyo's central wards are taking a variety of measures to encourage foreign visitors to keep the yen ...

Central to the event is the Yagura stage, which will host interactive Bon Odori dance sessions, inviting the public to join ...

The word “arasowa” has connotations of a world without conflict, while “ren” is an Awa Odori term for a dance group. Many of Arasowa-ren’s members were non-Japanese from the start.

An curved arrow pointing right. The squid in the Japanese dish "katsu ika odori don" aren't alive, but with a little soy sauce they spring into action. Story by Tony Manfred and editing by Stephen ...

Japan's longest dance festival, the month-long Gujo Odori in Gujo City, Gifu, is back to full strength for the first time since the start of the pandemic. For this year's event, organizers have ...

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 ...

TENS of thousands of people flocked to the Shah Alam National Sports Complex for the annual Bon Odori festival. The event was held to celebrate Japanese culture and the relationship between Japan ...

Japan is home to amazing cultural events – so plan your trip around these Japanese celebrations in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and ...