but luckily for the scantily clad participants at the Yukake Matsuri festival here, the water was hot. The festival, where local revelers wearing only loincloths splash each other with water ...

Gender experts hail the decision to let women take part in the festival in Inazawa as a step towards equality The 800-year-old Fire Festival in Moriyama is also opening to women's participation for ...

The second edition of the Japanese Hayy Matsuri cultural festival, held under the theme "Saudi Celebrates Japan," was ...

Kitano Tenmangu shrine holds the Zuiki Matsuri festival over 5 days in early October. Sacred palanquins carry the spirit of Sugawara no Michizane, who was a scholar and politician over 1,000 years ...

Shizuka Kashima, a Japanese violinist who flew from Japan to perform for the Matsuri Japan Festival 2019 at Darling Harbour in Sydney Source: SBS Shizuka Kashima, a Japanese violinist and singer ...

Japanese novelist and Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata called the Gion Matsuri one of “the ‘three great festivals’ of the old capital,” along with the Festival of Ages (Jidai Matsuri ...

A special scaled down “mikoshi” portable shrine for children featured for the first time in the 700-year history of the bustling Sanja Matsuri festival in Tokyo’s downtown Asakusa district.

The 21st annual Maui Matsuri will return to the University of Hawaii Maui College after four years, featuring cultural entertainment, saimin and natto eating contests and keiki activities.

Onomichi Betcha is a three-day festival in Hiroshima Prefecture ... First celebrated in 1807, this matsuri began as a way to drive away an epidemic, and so the continuing impact of COVID-19 ...

She wasn't wrong. While the main stage area was packed with people struggling to catch a glimpse of Akon, the Japan Arena felt like stepping into an intimate matsuri (festival) where cultures ...

Under the Slogan ‘Saudi Celebrates Japan’, Hayy Matsuri Returns for Its Second Edition to Hayy Jameel in Jeddah, Celebrating ...