Gion Matsuri, Kyoto: a thousand-year-old tradition and the most famous matsuri Kyoto's Gion Matsuri, a star among Japanese ...

Four festivals held in different parts of central Japan provide glimpses into Japanese ... Kodō, the country’s most famous taiko group, has been playing around the world since 1981, spending ...

The technical term for the event is “coupling,” but it’s known colloquially as the “Shinkansen kiss.” For Japanese rail fans, it’s a big deal. For foreigners, it is a unique insight into the ...

One of Japan’s largest outdoor music festivals will be held in September instead of August from now on because summer temperatures are unbearable. The organizer of the Rock in Japan Festival ...

The park is one of Japan’s top destinations for wisteria, boasting 350 trees that bloom from mid-April to mid-May. The stunning flowers, which dangle from wooden trellises, come in a riot of ...