Men hold up burning torches during a traditional festival dating back about 1,400 years at Kamikura shrine in Shingu in the ...

Prior to the festival, Team Omagari will make its debut at the International Fireworks Competition to be held in Montreal this summer to represent Japan. The team comprises four local companies ...

The Sumida River Fireworks Festival takes place July 29 in Tokyo ... The Tsuchiura All-Japan Fireworks Competition will take place on Nov. 4 in Ibaraki Prefecture.

Events marking Setsubun, also known as the bean-throwing festival, were held across Japan on Sunday. Setsubun marks the day before the beginning of spring, according to the lunar calendar. The ...

Amid the sounds of firecrackers and drums a blue-and-white lion danced to the rhythm of the beat gracefully moving its head ...