Four festivals held in different parts of central Japan provide glimpses into Japanese ... doors and invite tourists in to observe how the items produced in Tsubame-Sanjo go from concept to ...

That so many items survived is testimony to the secrecy with which Japanese Christians observed ... In addition, four traditional festivals, including those that use huge dolls in a ceremonial ...

Every year at the Fuji Shibazakura Festival, a beautiful carpet of bright pink flowers rolls out beneath Japan’s tallest and ...

It marks the third time for a wooden mask from the period to be discovered in Japan ... Experts believe the three items may well have featured in agricultural festivals. Kaoru Terasawa, director ...