The festival reenacts an episode from Emperor Kazan (968–1008), who wrote a waka poem on Mount Nachi praising the beauty of the cherry blossoms.
The glittering appearance of the reproduced national treasure revives the spirit of the flamboyant dynastic culture of the Heian period.
Arashiyama's beauty is well known. Now a 150 year old dying gallery is providing a new way to enjoy the seasons there through Ikebana.
Japan’s women curlers took the world by storm in the Winter Olympics, and now this Girls’ Day festival display recreates their message of the “power of...
A young performer brings new technology and vision to the ancient combination of fire and dance, and the ceremonial and performing arts of today’s Japan.
You'll be fascinated by the mystique of the brilliantly colored torii gates against surrounded by cherry blossoms laying in the mountains of Mt. Takayama.
What makes the three ehomaki unique are the squirmy conger eels that have squeezed themselves into the tubes, with their face and tails provocatively peeking out.
It’s not too late to bring in your good luck for the year with lucky charms and festivities in celebration of Setsubun.
For the first time in two years pilgrims run up the 200 stone steps at Kimiidera, Wakayama wishing for good luck in the new year.
A favorite part of the annual event is always the traditional ladder ride that conveys Japan’s culture dating from the Edo Period on how to extinguish...
These cute giant rodents are seen soaking in the warm water when the temperature drops.
Pokémon brings the happiness of its character Chancey to Fukushima and the region devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake.