Tozaburo Yanagiya, 42, is a storyteller with a drive to spread the word on rakugo, a traditional form of Japanese comic storytelling. If you ask...
An historical park is being created in an area which in ancient times is thought to have held the seiden (main palace) and cloisters...
Naruhito Reports to the Imperial Ancestors as the New Emperor On Tuesday May 8, the series of spring rituals that began April 30 marking...
With deeply established traditions in dance, theater and music, Japanese entertainment offers almost too much to keep track of. But what happens...
On the day the government announced the name of the new imperial era on on Monday, April 1, people all around Japan gathered in...
Tokyo’s Akihabara district is known as a place for otaku culture, such as anime, manga, maid cafes, and underground idols. However, 11 years ago a...
Ukiyo-e has a very specific kind of aura to it. Because of its long history and beauty, it is often seen as something inaccessible. ...
The male idol group perhaps most associated with Japan — Arashi — is to be no more. The five members of the popular boy band...
The Toka Ebisu Festival, known as ”Ebessan” among the locals, has just been held at Osaka’s Imamiya Ebisu Shrine. Every year just after...
Video 1 | WATCH: Trains Bring You to Japan’s Famous Sites — at the SCMAGLEV and Railway Park Museum Video 2 | WATCH: Travel from...
New Year’s festivities in Japan are filled with cultural traditions, and the Tokyo International Forum aims to help Japanese and foreigners alike learn as you...
Festival Organizing Committee Chair, Mr Hajime Matsumoto The Japan Fisherman’s Festival 2018 — its fourth this year — will take place from...