In this event, children wearing light yukata kimono entrust their wishes to dolls made of wrinkled Japanese paper, and float them downstream. About 100 children gathered this year beside the Omoigawa ...

Each year, monks from Shinguji, a temple in the town of Yao, Osaka Prefecture that was founded in the late 17th century, hold a massive funeral service. Last year’s ceremony was to celebrate and put ...

On Saturday, an exhibition of Japanese dolls opens at the Rochester Museum and Science Center. It is worth going to see the dolls for their beauty and craftsmanship. But even more impressive is what ...