Japanese municipalities added sparkle to the celebration in Taoyuan, with decorations featuring local mascots and icons.

The Potomac River is glowing this weekend as the Water Lantern Festival returns to National Harbor. The festival, which ...

An excited buzz filled the swarming crowd in the shadow of darkness. Silence fell for a split second before the 18-meter main ...

YAMAGA, Kumamoto Prefecture--Hundreds of traditional Japanese umbrellas and thousands of bamboo lanterns are warming the atmosphere of the cold winter nights here. The festival, called “Yamaga ...

The very first Cherry Blossom Festival was held in Seward Park in Seattle, Washington, in 1976 to celebrate the 1,000 cherry trees that Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Miki gave to Seattle for the U.S.

The lantern festival at Manpukuji temple also commemorates the 350th anniversary of the death of its founder, Yin Yuan (1592-1673), as he is called in Chinese. Japanese know him as Ingen.

The three-day event runs April 4-6 and features a dizzying array of vendors, street food offerings, traditional Japanese ...

Hundreds of lanterns set for the sky in New Taipei City, Taiwan as part of the Sky Lantern Festival. The festival is held to mark Mid-Autumn. Participants hand-write wishes onto the lanterns ...

Sensoji, Tokyo’s oldest temple, is a dramatic complex, its large entry gates flanked by two fierce guardians, representing thunder and wind, and a 3.9-metre-tall vermilion lantern – Japan’s ...

Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend, Indiana, is hosting Zoo Luminate, a lantern festival featuring hundreds of oversized LED-lit animals and plants, until May 25. The event, which runs Wednesday through ...

The Chinese New Year celebration was recently held in Yokohama city featuring stunning performances and beautifully decorated ...