festivals

Children’s Day: Carp Streamers and Samurai TraditionsJAPAN LIFE | May 3, 2026

A Visit to the Katakai Fireworks: A Festival Deeply Rooted in the Local CommunityINSIGHT | Dec 19, 2024

The End of Tradition? Adaptation and Abandonment of Festivals in Japan’s Rural Communities TRAVEL | Nov 27, 2024

Taisho (Greater Heat)INSIGHT | Jul 23, 2023

Live from Akita: The 2019 Akita Kantō Matsuri (Daytime Contest of Pole-Carrying Skills)CULTURE | Aug 6, 2019

Kanda Matsuri: “Mikisho” Shelters for Portable Shrines and Their CarriersCULTURE | May 10, 2019

The Kanda Matsuri Miyairi: Festival Shrines Gather in TokyoCULTURE | Apr 29, 2019

Lunar New Year Ceremonies Live On in the Okinawa IslandsCULTURE | Feb 28, 2019

Rebun, Hokkaidō: Japan’s Northernmost Island Stirs the Traveler’s HeartCULTURE | Jan 21, 2019

Good Fortune in the Fall: The Tori no Ichi Markets at Asakusa’s Ōtori ShrineTRAVEL | Nov 22, 2018

Akusekijima, Where Masked Gods Run WildCULTURE | Nov 19, 2018

Ten Thousand Dancers at the Yamagata Hanagasa MatsuriCULTURE | Jun 10, 2018

Sendai’s Tanabata Matsuri: Four Centuries of Vivid ColorsCULTURE | Jun 9, 2018

Ten Thousand Lanterns at the Akita Kantō MatsuriCULTURE | May 27, 2018

Massive Floats and Wild Dancers Light Up the Night at the Aomori Nebuta MatsuriCULTURE | May 26, 2018

Dainichidō Bugaku: Ritual Dances in the Chill of Winter (Photos)CULTURE | Jan 14, 2017

Float Festivals Inscribed on UNESCO Intangible Heritage ListCULTURE | Dec 1, 2016

Building a Dragon God (Photo Gallery)CULTURE | Sep 29, 2016