Gender experts hail the decision to let women take part in the festival in Inazawa as a step towards equality The 800-year-old Fire Festival in Moriyama is also opening to women's participation for ...

All The World is a six-time winner from 40 starts in Japan. He started on the Flat but was a natural when changing codes, ...

This festival said hello to the new year on Sunday and looked forward to celebrating the Lunar New Year, Year of the Snake, ...

A horse and rider climb a steep earth wall surrounded by crowds at this year's Ageuma Shinji or Rising Horse Festival ... outcry against a famous Shinto festival in a Japanese mountain town.

Before the festival, each winter from January ... made dolls – the largest display of its kind in Japan. One of the most famous spring events held in Shizuoka is the 3-day-long Hamamatsu ...

The Gion Matsuri is one of the most prestigious annual festivals in Japan Believed to have started in 869AD, the Gion Matsuri is one of the most famous annual festivals in Japan. This year it ...