A community in Ehime Prefecture in western Japan decided to end the children's festival float event. The ratio of children to the total population differs by area. Akita Prefecture saw the lowest ...

The unique "Mendon" festival, featuring a parade of participants wearing bizarre masks who smear black soot on the faces of onlo･･･ ...

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.