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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Mar 27, 2020

Kagura dance winning over young women

Kagura, a form of Shinto theatrical dance, is increasingly winning the hearts of young women in Shimane Prefecture, carving out a new fan base in the traditionally male-dominated music ritual that is grappling with a shortage of successors.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Mar 27, 2020

B. League cancels remainder of season, playoffs

Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the B. League ran out of all options but one: canceling the remainder of the 2019-20 season.
JAPAN
Mar 27, 2020

Weeks of anguish and a 'black box': Inside the decision to delay the Tokyo Olympics

Officials in charge of staging the Tokyo Olympics crowded around a low table inside Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's residence late Tuesday, wincing as they spoke by phone with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach.
Things to Do
Mar 27, 2020

Saga: Imari Haru-no Kamamoto Ichi

Spring Ceramic Fair where 31 Kamamoto (kilns) in this area participate in. Many stalls selling ceramics at bargain prices are set up at the main fair site.
Things to Do
Mar 27, 2020

Shiga: Nagahama Hikiyama Matsuri

Festival designated as one of the National Important Intangible Cultural Properties, and registered as the Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO, featuring 13 beautifully bedecked floats, on which Kodomo Kabuki (traditional play by boys) are performed, being exhibited daily along the streets in the...
Things to Do
Mar 27, 2020

Kyoto: Yoshino Tayu Hana-kuyo

Festival in commemoration of "Yoshino Tayu," considered to be one of the most famous female entertainers in the 17th century. If it rains, the procession will be canceled.
Things to Do
Mar 27, 2020

Nara: Ochamori

Serving tea in a giant bowl. Japanese tea is made with huge tea utensils and served in a giant bowls. Admission is 3,000 JPY.
Things to Do
Mar 27, 2020

Kyoto: Ho-Taiko Hanami Gyoretsu

Cherry-blossom viewing Procession, featuring a parade of people clad in gorgeous costumes of Momoyama period (1573-1603?) marching under the cherry blossoms.
Things to Do
Mar 27, 2020

Hyogo: Himeji-jo Yozakura-kai & Kan-ou-kai

Cherry Blossom Festival in Himeji Castle. Please enter by 8:30 p.m. for night cherry blossom viewing. If it rains, Koto and Taiko music performances will be postponed to the following day.
Things to Do
Mar 27, 2020

Kyoto: Miyako Odori

Cherry Dance performed by Maiko (Apprentice Geiko) and Geiko. Admissions are 4,000 JPY or 5,500 JPY. For further information, call 075-541-3391 at Kobu kabukai.
Things to Do
Mar 27, 2020

Kyoto: Kyo Odori

Traditional Kyoto Dance. Admissions are 2,200 JPY, 2,800 JPY, 4,200 JPY or 4,800 JPY, sold at major travel agencies. For further information, call 075-561-1151 at Miyagawa-cho kabukai.
Things to Do
Mar 27, 2020

Kyoto: Kitano Odori

Japanese traditional dance by Geiko (professional female entertainers in Kyoto). Admissions are 5,000 JPY or 5,500 JPY. For further information, call 075-461-0148 at Kamishichiken kabukai.
Things to Do
Mar 27, 2020

Nagano: Kuroda Ningyo Joruri

Local puppet play, designated as National Important Tangible Folk-Cultural Property.
Things to Do
Mar 27, 2020

Gifu: Furukawa Matsuri

Annual Festival of the shrine, designated as one of the National Intangible Folk-Cultural Property, and registered as the Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. The highlight of this festival is Okoshi-daiko, in which hundreds of partially clothed men parade on the streets beating drums and singing...
Things to Do
Mar 27, 2020

Aichi: Unagoji Matsuri

Festival featuring leisurely-drawn Dashi, mikoshi and folk dancers going between Ushikubo Hachimansha Shrine and Tennosha Shrine.
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Mar 27, 2020

Aichi: Inuyama Matsuri

Festival, registered as the Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO, featuring 13 gorgeously decorated Yama with Karakuri Ningyo, parading on the city's main streets.
Things to Do
Mar 27, 2020

Yamanashi: Shingen-ko Matsuri

Festival in commemoration of the famous feudal lords "Takeda Shingen (1521-1573)."
Things to Do
Mar 27, 2020

Yamagata: Yonezawa Uesugi Matsuri

Festival in commemoration of the famous warlord "Uesugi Kenshin (1530-1578)."
Things to Do
Mar 27, 2020

Chiba: Narita Taiko Matsuri

Traditional Japanese Taiko Festival. "Sengan Hana-Daiko," drum beating taken part in by about 800 parishioners, and "Naritasan Sennen Yobutai," a millennium night stage show of drum-beating under torchlights in the compound of the temple, are the highlight.
Things to Do
Mar 27, 2020

Tochigi: Yayoi Sai

The festival is with over a 1,200-year history. Parade of Hanayatai (11 house-shaped floats, colorfully embellished with artificial cherry blossoms and paper lanterns) and three mikoshi are the highlight.
Things to Do
Mar 27, 2020

Kanagawa: Menkake Gyoretsu (Kanamara Matsuri)

Fertility Festival.The shrine is noted for its Menkake Gyoretsu, a parade of masked people carrying the sacred palanquins containing symbols of phallic gods. Shinto dance by shrine maidens, festival music will be also performed in the shrine precincts. Schedule & Key events: cancelled
Things to Do
Mar 27, 2020

Kanagawa: Kan-ou-no-Yube

Cherry Blossom Festival. This Japanese-style landscape garden has about 300 cherry trees. You can enjoy viewing of cherry blossoms even in the evening. Admission to the garden is 700JPY. Please enter by 8:30 p.m..
Things to Do
Mar 27, 2020

Tokyo: Shobo Junshokusha Irei-sai

Memorial service for fire fighters who died on duty, conducted by members of the Edo Shobo Kinen-kai in the compound of the temple.
Things to Do
Mar 27, 2020

Tokyo: Hono Ozumo

Hono Ozumo featuring Sumo matches dedicated by some 100 Rikishi (Sumo wrestlers). This event is open to the first 6,000 people. Admission is free.
Things to Do
Mar 27, 2020

Tokyo: Shirasagi-no-mai

Shirasagi (white heron) Dance with a history of over 1000years is performed twice a day. Various characters in traditional attire including dancers parade from Denboin Tempe via Nakamise street to the Main Hall, and Shirasagi-no-mai is performed with Japanese musical instrumets on the ground of the...
Things to Do
Mar 27, 2020

Tokyo: Bunkyo Tsutsuji Matsuri

Tsutsuji (azalea) Flower Festival. You can enjoy viewing of about 3,000 azalea blossoms and art performances. Admission to the garden is 200JPY. Stalls selling potted plants, antiques and others are set up in the shrine precincts. If it rains, art performances will be canceled.
Things to Do
Mar 27, 2020

Tokyo: Haru Matsuri

Spring Festival which consists of two festivals, Goju-no-to Festival - five story pagoda is open to the public, and Floral Festival to celebrate the Buddha's Birthday. "Hana-no-sei," a parade of children pulling a papier-mache white elephant, is the highlight.
Things to Do
Mar 27, 2020

Tokyo: Gyoki Daie

Buddhist Devotionals in commemoration of Priest Honen's death. Honen Shonin (1133-1212) is a Japanese Buddhist monk, the founder of the Jodo Sect of Japanese Buddhism.
Things to Do
Mar 27, 2020

Tokyo: Tanashi Daruma Ichi

Dharma Doll Fair. Stalls selling Dharma dolls are set up in the compound of the temple.
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Woman says archbishop of Tokyo ignored her pleas after priest allegedly raped her
In a news conference in Tokyo on Friday, Tokie Tanaka, 64, details her allegations of sexual abuse against a Catholic priest.
Israel protests after Kyoto inn seeks war crime declaration from tourist
A street in Kyoto in March 2023. An Israeli tourist was asked to sign a document stating that he had not committed war crimes when he checked in at a Kyoto guesthouse in April, prompting a response from Israel's ambassador.
Second round of U.S.-Japan tariff talks ends inconclusively in Washington
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (far left), U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator. The second round of tariff negotiations between Japan and the United States were held on Thursday in Washington.
Inflation and high hotel prices curtail Golden Week travels
Travelers in front of a flight information panel in a departure hall at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on April 26
'Ukiyo-e in Play' showcases traditional art carved anew
The Adachi Institute has been working on creating brand new ukiyo-e prints in collaboration with contemporary artists such as Yayoi Kusama, whose “Mt. Fuji in Seven Colours: When life boundlessly flares up to the universe” (2014) can be seen on display at “Ukiyo-e in Play.”
Want to see the future at Expo Osaka? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Ishiba hears advice from across the aisle on how Japan should handle Trump
Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba and CDP head Yoshihiko Noda at a parliamentary session in Tokyo on April 23.
Don't send in the clones: AI event nixed as Alt accounts get reality check
A screenshot from the website for Alt's AI conference, which was canceled after the company disclosed an investigation into its sales figures.
CDP submits bill proposal on separate surnames, but challenges remain
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers speak to reporters in parliament on Wednesday after submitting a bill in the Lower House to allow married couples to retain different surnames.

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