Mugen Train’ blends Buddhist impermanence, Shinto philosophy and samurai ethics into a lesson on courage and suffering.

Tens of thousands of visitors toured the home of the U.S. 7th Fleet and other U.S. military installations in Japan.

Maui Taiko is heading to the nation’s capital to take center stage at the 2025 National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D.C. on Mar. 22.

Maui Taiko. A cherished Maui tradition will soon travel 5,000 miles to the heart of the nation’s capital as Maui Taiko takes ...

Cherry tree blossom watchers in Salem are hopeful buds will burst into shimmery pink and white petals in time for Saturday’s ...

The festival is modeled after the Japanese Obon festival, where every August, Japanese citizens honor their ancestors, somewhat like the Hispanic Dia de Los Muertos in November. The company started ...

Citing “business conditions,” Daikin America's Alabama plant has canceled this year’s Daikin Festival in Decatur. "We regret to announce that Daikin will not be able to host the Daikin ...

Many visitors enjoyed the final day of a cherry blossom festival featuring an early-blooming variety, Kawazu-zakura, in a town in central Japan on Sunday. The variety is said to have been found in ...

A video that the nonprofit, Obon Society, posted to YouTube, shows an elderly Japanese man, identified in a caption as the brother of a dead soldier, unfolding a flag. He puts his palm on the ...

“Visitors will be welcomed by a visually and programmatically renewed Sziget festival at the beginning of August ... the Cirque du Sziget, will also bring a Japanese production: in the performance ...

Japan is home to amazing cultural events – so plan your trip around these Japanese celebrations in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and ...