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

TAKAYAMA, Gifu -- All 12 dazzling floats have gathered for the historic Spring Takayama Festival in this central Japan city for the first time in three years. The Spring Takayama Festival ...

NIKAHO, Akita -- Large cod were carried in procession and dedicated to a local Shinto shrine in this northern Japan city Feb. 4 in a unique festival ... suspended by straw ropes and carried ...

Families, friends, and culture lovers gathered to enjoy the Guam Japan Festival at Gov. Joseph Flores Memorial Beach Park on ...