Japan comes alive with matsuri, festivals that celebrate local culture and traditions throughout the country. From the icy ...

A cherry blossom festival held here as a harbinger of early spring in the Izu Peninsula is now under way, but ironically not ...

Japanese Music Experience LOS ANGELES is a concert featuring performances by Ado, ATARASHII GAKKO! and YOASOBI.

A special scaled down “mikoshi” portable shrine for children featured for the first time in the 700-year history of the bustling Sanja Matsuri festival in Tokyo’s downtown Asakusa district.

Setomono Matsuri The Setomono Matsuri is a festival that began as a celebration to honor Tamikichi Kato, the father of modern Seto ceramics. The festival has been held annually since 1932.

Shizuka Kashima, a Japanese violinist who flew from Japan to perform for the Matsuri Japan Festival 2019 at Darling Harbour in Sydney Source: SBS Shizuka Kashima, a Japanese violinist and singer ...

Onomichi Betcha is a three-day festival in Hiroshima Prefecture ... First celebrated in 1807, this matsuri began as a way to drive away an epidemic, and so the continuing impact of COVID-19 ...

The 21st annual Maui Matsuri will return to the University of Hawaii Maui College after four years, featuring cultural entertainment, saimin and natto eating contests and keiki activities.

Core Kyoto zooms in on the Hoka Hoko, one of the festival's 34 floats Fronting the ... There are few festivals in the world like Gion Matsuri for its scope, grandeur and associated rituals.