If visiting outside of the festival times, don't fret; you can still see the elaborate festival floats at the Takayama Matsuri Yatai Kaikan and the mechanical puppets at the nearby Karakuri Museum.

TAKAYAMA, Gifu -- All 12 dazzling floats have ... it is registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage under the "Yama, Hoko, Yatai, float festivals in Japan." (Japanese original by Kazumasa ...

Together with Kyoto’s Gion and Saitama’s Chichibu Night Festival, Gifu Prefecture’s Takayama Spring Festival is considered ...

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The Furukawa Festival in Hida City is one of the "Yama, Hoko, Yatai float festivals in Japan" registered on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list. Nine floats were pulled from their ...

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The dinner will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the kaikan of the church at 212 W. Second St. It will honor the Japanese holiday of Children's Day (こどもの日 Kodomo no hi).

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Routes, trails and predetermined circuits — Japan can’t seem to get enough of them. Only have a week to spend on vacation? It’s zipping from metropolis to metropolis on the Golden Route of ...

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It will be Sai's debut for the Beijing club after finishing the transfer from Changchun Yatai in January. Sai made his debut for the Chinese national team on Tuesday. This upcoming match marks the ...

Osaka may be the place for kuidaore – eating until you fall over – but don’t overlook its many excellent museums. Most of them have an Osaka-centric focus to their exhibitions, which make ...