As a taxi driver escorted three Australians into JR Yuzawa Station's tourist information center here, an employee was hit ...

“ Lahaina Ondo EP ” honoring the Lahaina community has been released on CD and digitally. The title track, “Lahaina Ondo” is a new bon dance song that honors the Lahaina community by recalling fond ...

It also showcases the dynamic, modern Japanese-American experience ... cultural booths and on Saturday evening, a jubilant Bon Odori dance to joy and remem- brance. Last year, the dancing broke ...

The itineraries will allow passengers to take part in several summer festivals around Japan, Asuka said, including the Akita Kanto Festival, the Aomori Nebuta Festival and the Awa Odori Dance. The ...

It doesn’t take a lot of ingredients (or a lot of money) to make a standout ragù alla Bolognese. What it does take is patience. For the meat sauce to achieve its ideal texture, it must cook low ...

A pair of Tancho, or red-crowned cranes, perform a dance of love in the village of Tsurui in Hokkaido ... which is operated by the Wild Bird Society of Japan. While dancing, cranes spread their wings ...

Alan Booth, who died in 1993 at the age of forty-seven, was a London-born writer and journalist who lived in Japan for twenty years and wrote ... for the shrine banners during the famous Awa Odori ...

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck southwest Japan on Monday, the country's Meteorological Agency has said. The earthquake hit at 9.19 pm local time (3:19 pm CET), it added. Tsunami warnings were ...

A strong earthquake rattled southern Japan on Monday, the United States Geological Survey is reporting. The notable quake registered a preliminary magnitude of 6.9, the USGS said and was recorded ...

Japan in the last week of December experienced the biggest influenza outbreak since comparable data became available 25 years ago, health authorities said Thursday. The latest health ministry ...

Many temples also host captivating dance performances and parades featuring "lucky men" and "lucky women," who join in this unique tradition of bean throwing, making it a must-see event for visitors ...