Experience the beauty and tradition of Japan's Lantern Festivals with our guide to these breathtaking celebrations of light and community.

Obon is a summertime ritual when Japanese people welcome ancestors' spirits home from the Buddhist Pure Land. The people of Nagasaki have a distinctive way to commemorate this. They light ...

The Obon Festival will be August 16, from 6 – 9 p.m. in the Sasebo Japanese Garden at the Albuquerque BioPark. Guests will have a chance to enjoy Japanese refreshments, […] advertisement ...

Citing "business conditions," Daikin America's Alabama plant has canceled this year's Daikin Festival in Decatur. The Japan-based company, which has a plant in Decatur, made the announcement Friday ...

An annual event fusing ancient Japanese belief in ancestral spirits and a Buddhist custom honoring ancestors returns to the ...

the residents of Nishimonai in Akita Prefecture have welcomed their ancestral spirits home for the annual Obon festival through a Bon Odori. These dances are held across Japan, but the Nishimonai ...

Following the earthquake, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued for ... Prefecture was scheduled to hold an annual fireworks festival on Aug. 10, where thousands of fireworks would be shot ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the Nankai Trough Earthquake Extra Information (Megathrust Earthquake Alert), which calls on the public to take precautions against a possible megaquake over ...

Now their descendants are preparing for Obon, the Japanese festival of the dead, to mark the economic and social contribution of what was once Australia’s largest Japanese community. Siblings ...

The Obon is a Buddhist ritual to celebrate and honor the ancestors. The festival has become an island tradition enjoyed by many different ethnic groups. The Obon is a Buddhist ritual to celebrate ...