Japan comes alive with matsuri, festivals that celebrate local culture and traditions throughout the country. From the icy ...
INAZAWA, Aichi Prefecture--Women officially joined a so-called "naked festival" at a shrine in central Japan on Thursday for the first time in the event's 1,250 year history, donning purple robes ...
In Japan, marimo are important to the indigenous Ainu people, who hold an annual three-day festival in Hokkaido ... they float in the daytime and sink at night? A newly published paper by Dora ...
The Gujo Odori, one of Japan's largest Bon dances ... French actor Robin Barde explores the deep culture of the festival and dances the night away. The beautifully reconstructed wooden fortress ...