Large cod were carried in procession and dedicated to a local Shinto shrine in this northern Japan city Feb. 4 in a unique ...

Sources said prefectural government officials also observed festival participants repeatedly hitting the horses with traditional “happi” coats or ropes. Although such behavior “cannot be ...

and turn the rope as fast as you can. But to pull this off, you need an exceptional ability to stay in the air mid-jump, or what’s known as hang time. Moriguchi turned to Japanese shoemaker ...

Year after year, the International Elephant d'Or Circus Festival in Girona keeps adding new disciplines. This time, the synchronized rope jumping of the Japanese quintet Haribow will be a novelty ...