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Sanrio Co. will open a museum about its history as well as its founder and honorary chairman Shin...

TOTTORI — An event featuring approximately 450,000 light-emitting diodes (LEDs) illuminating the ...

HIROSHIMA — Fantastic lighting has given a touch of fairyland to Hiroshima’s Peace Boulevard, whi...

YONEZAWA, Yamagata — A traditional year-end event in which half-naked men pound mochi to pray for...

OSAKA — The ginkgo trees at Osaka Castle Park in Chuo Ward, Osaka, have turned golden, reaching t...

TAKASAKI — A straw horse is covered in snow at the Michi-no-Eki roadside rest area Takumi-no-Sato...

Fireworks erupt in the night sky, illuminating two massive floats hung with lanterns during a cro...

Vivid projections of images of Nio guardian deities and dragons are seen at Sensoji temple in Tai...

A giant straw horse — next year’s Chinese zodiac animal — is attracting tourists at Takuminosato,...

Geiko and maiko visit the Minamiza theater in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, on Tuesday to watch the ka...

AOMORI — The Tsugaru Tetsudo railway company in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, started its winte...

A heart-shaped ginkgo tree in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture, is holding its year-end illumination ...

HAKODATE, Hokkaido – Japanese macaques were seen bathing in a hot spring at Hakodate Tropical Bot...

TANBA-SASAYAMA, Hyogo — The grounds of Otte Jinja shrine in Tanba-Sasayama, Hyogo Prefecture, are...

The Imperial Palace’s Inui-dori street was opened to the public from Saturday. The annual event g...