The Kyoto Gion Matsuri is the annual festival of Yasaka Shrine, with a history going back about 1,100 years. It's considered one of the top three festivals in Japan, along with Tokyo’s Kanda ...

Kanda, on Japan’s southern coast, grew in tandem with an auto plant that sends half of the cars it makes to the United States. By River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Kanda, Japan ...

Boruto: Two Blue Vortex chapter 20, titled Because of Love, opened with Matsuri trying to strangle the life out of Konohamaru. Amidst this, Konohamaru remembered his mission and tried to appeal to ...

The alleged Boruto: Two Blue Vortex Chapter 20 spoilers pick up from where the previous chapter ended as Matsuri threatened to break Konohamaru's neck to have him shut up. This is when Konohamaru ...

The mother of a murdered teenager Ronan Kanda has described the Independent Office Police Conduct (IOPC) review into the handling of a complaint about his killer before the murder as a "shambles".

Pooja Kanda, mother of murdered Ronan Kanda He praised the "unbelievable bravery" of parents like Pooja Kanda, whose 16-year-old son Ronan was killed in a case of mistaken identity. His teenage ...

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.

Better known as the Penis Festival, this annual highlight at Kawasaki's Wakamiya Hachimangu is all about praying for and celebrating fertility, strong marriages and protection against sexually ...

First-place winner of the 2024 Maui Matsuri Art Contest for grades 9-12 division. Art by Anju Bekkum of Hāna High School (Photo Courtesy: Maui Matsuri) The 23rd annual Maui Matsuri is now ...

Near the end of March, we begin to see the flowers bloom and cherry blossoms thriving. This time of year also marks the beginning of Haru Matsuri, an annual Japanese festival celebrating the year’s ...