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

Obon is a summertime ritual when Japanese people welcome ancestors' spirits home from the Buddhist Pure Land. The people of Nagasaki have a distinctive way to commemorate this. They light ...

Maui Taiko. A cherished Maui tradition will soon travel 5,000 miles to the heart of the nation’s capital as Maui Taiko takes ...

According to the Japan Road Traffic Information Center, traffic was backed up 34 kilometers near the Sagamiko Interchange on the Chuo Expressway’s outbound lanes as of 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 10.

The obon festival and accompanymg religious ceremonies ... As members of the Maui Minyo Kai, a Japanese dance group, Loo and Valois-Nishimura would normally dance in the inner ring during the ...

Local governments in the targeted areas are hurriedly taking emergency measures as are many recreational facilities including beaches and festivals. Following the earthquake, the Japan ...

Maui Taiko is heading to the nation’s capital to take center stage at the 2025 National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington ...

Now their descendants are preparing for Obon, the Japanese festival of the dead, to mark the economic and social contribution of what was once Australia’s largest Japanese community. Siblings ...

What makes traditional festivals in Japan particularly special is the fact ... The Awa Odori is held during obon season (when spirits of the deceased are thought to visit the realm of the living ...