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The sounds of drums reverberated against the walls of underground stormwater basin on Sunday in T...

Priests pounded mochi rice cakes in a wooden mortar at Rinnoji Temple in Nikko, Tochigi Prefectur...

AOMORI — “Nebuta Santa” is attracting visitors to The Nebuta Museum WA-RASSE in Aomori. The ornat...

OKAYAMA — I have crossed the Seto Ohashi Bridge many times for sightseeing and for work as a jour...

SUZU, Ishikawa — A wintry phenomenon called “nami no hana” (literally “wave flowers”) can be seen...

Free shuttle bus services connecting the popular ski resort village of Hakuba and the neighboring...

Female rickshaw pullers are drawing attention in Tokyo’s Asakusa area, a site to which tourists f...

HITACHI-NAKA, Ibaraki — A work of art in the shape of a giant snake has appeared on the grounds o...

HINO, Shiga — Visitors are hopping over to an agricultural theme park in Hino, Shiga Prefecture, ...

SHIZUKUISHI, Iwate — An annual illumination event is held at Koiwai Farm Makiba Garden in Shizuku...

OSAKA — Donkey Kong Country, an area themed around Nintendo Co.’s video game character Donkey Kon...

The season for taking in the sights of red foliage has reached its peak in Kyoto.

KOBE — Uroko House in the Kitano Ijinkan-gai district of Kobe unveiled this year’s unique rooftop...

Many visitors to Hotokuji Temple in Kiryu, Gunma Prefecture, are now enjoying its “yuka momiji” (...