Experience the beauty and tradition of Japan's Lantern Festivals with our guide to these breathtaking celebrations of light ...

Located in northern Kumamoto Prefecture, the city of Yamaga hosts an annual winter festival featuring illuminated umbrellas ...

Historical precedents offer valuable insights. Traditional Japanese festivals, such as Tanabata (Lovers' Day) and Obon (Festival of the Dead), are commonly transliterated in English and recognized ...

An old post office in southern Japan has become a destination, both tourist and postal, for people who are not yet ready to ...

For decades, Chunjie has been widely translated as "Spring Festival" in English, a term now adopted by UNESCO in its lowercase form. However, according to English orthography, the name of a festival ...

The Sapporo Snow Festival is an annual weeklong event that dates to 1950 in Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan's main islands. The festival features around 200 sculptures, according to the Japan ...

You've seen athletes depicted in stone statues. But how about snow? At the Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan, among the sculptures at the festival is none other than Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei ...

Japan’s Sapporo Snow Festival, a dazzling showcase of ice and artistry that lures millions to far northern Hokkaido prefecture each winter, almost did not happen this year. A month of record ...

Creation legends and folk tales swirl like snow and leaves across the protected landscapes of Japan. This selection of four ...