The sea, with its ebb and flow, has long held spiritual and cultural significance for coastal communities around the world.

As the story goes, Valentine’s Day’s beginnings are believed to be linked to the pagan fertility festival dedicated to the Roman god of agriculture, an age-old tradition comprising of animal ...

Festivals don’t have to be serious, conventional, or even entirely practical to be worth attending. These unexpected ...

Hosted at the scenic Fuji Motosuko Resort, the festival is one of Japan’s most beloved spring events, famed for its vast carpets of blooming pink moss known as shibazakura.

When it comes to tradition, Kyoto festivals stand out, and you’ll definitely want ... This is a costumed procession of eight eras of Japan: The Meiji Restoration, Edo, Azuchi-Momoyama, Muromachi, ...

Yoyogi Park comes alive as over 300,000 visitors flock to the 25th Thai Festival, celebrating food, culture, and friendship between Thailand and Japan. TOKYO, Japan – The 25th Thai Festival in ...

Celebrate tradition and get immersed in all things Japanese culture and food this Saturday at the annual Japan Parade in New York City. Officials in rural Texas are accused of paying campaign ...

Princess Aiko looks at festival floats called danjiri at the Osaka-Kansai Expo ... Add TheJapanNews to your Google News feed. Core Inflation in Japan’s Capital Sharply Accelerates in April Rice Prices ...

The annual natural wine festival will feature more than 80 natural wine producers from around the world, including 11 Japanese wineries. The response to last year’s edition, which was held at ...

Every 20 years, Ise Jingu — the most revered Shinto shrine in Japan — is knocked down and rebuilt from scratch, a tradition that has been carried out for more than a millennia. The Ise Jingu is a ...

It’s a festive atmosphere for an undeniably odd cause: The Black Ship Festival celebrates Japan’s near-complete military and political capitulation to the United States. In 1853, U.S ...

The annual Sakura (Cherry Blossom) Festival in Burlington returns this ... of the city's twinning agreement with Itabashi, Japan. Hosted by the Burlington Mundialization Committee, the free ...