Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple in downtown Tokyo, eagerly stretching their hands to catch the dried ...

SAPPORO—The Sapporo Snow Festival, one of Hokkaido’s most popular winter events, opened here on Feb. 4, overcoming what had ...

This year’s festival came dangerously close to being cancelled, before it was saved by a last-minute snowfall.

With the snow festival slated to commence ... According to the Japan Meteorological Agency's Sapporo Regional Headquarters, the warm winter was triggered by a warm air mass from the south while ...

Japan comes alive with matsuri, festivals that celebrate local culture and traditions throughout the country. From the icy ...

Residents of downtown Tokyo descended on a Buddhist temple to mark the last day of winter in the Japanese lunar calendar by ...

People try to catch lucky beans scattered by celebrities during the annual "Mame-maki," a ceremony marked in the hope of warding off evil spirits and inviting good luck, at the main hall of Zojoji ...

SHI SHI BEACH, Olympic National Park — Celebrated beachcomber John Anderson slowly tilts forward while gulping mouthfuls of ...

His Forks museum off U.S. 101 houses buckets of debris lost at sea, like the scores of Saki and Suntory whiskey bottles he ...

These sunny spots are home to some fascinating festivals, finds Alice Barnes-Brown Winter sun doesn’t have to mean lying on a beach – from carnivals in the Caribbean to cherry blossoms in Japan, this ...