The extreme summer heat that has struck Japan in recent years due climate change is altering the landscape of annual ...

Faced with record high temperatures and ageing communities, event organisers are adapting to keep traditions alive In a bid ...

Hanabi (fireworks) are a feature of summer in Japan. Whether it’s the shelves stocked with fireworks big and small to use at your next barbecue or one of the many firework festivals held during the ...

Whether through your window, or from a crowded riverbank, watching fireworks ... festival in Okazaki. It's a town near Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture where I lived back in 1998. As you know, Japanese ...

Niigata Prefecture on the Japan Sea coast is famous as the heart ... Despite its small size, every year Katakai holds a fireworks festival that is every bit as beloved as its big-city rival.

Artwork and other documents from the Edo period show other types of banners alongside the windsock, including those emblazoned with drawings of the Japanese folklore characters Kintarō and ...

Miki Tamauchi and Hinata Yamauchi from the band Hananokai will perform at the festival, held on the Esplanade's western events lawn. Picture: Brendan Radke “For the Japanese local kids ...