Portland Japanese Garden will bring a centuries-old Japanese tradition to life this weekend with its annual Bon-Odori Summer Festival on Saturday, Aug. 23. A highlight of summer festivals in Japan, ...

Crowds gathered to watch the Shishi-Mai, a traditional Japanese lion dance that is typically performed during New Year’s celebrations and festivals. “They are supposed to bring good luck to people. So ...

As the sounds of taiko and fue — traditional Japanese drums and flute — began to fill the Miller Living Room gathering space at the Portland Japanese Garden on Sunday, a crowd squeezed in tight to ...

In Aomori, Japan, women in kimonos performed the Taue Mochitsuki rice pounding ceremony amid snowfall, aiming for a good harvest and family protection.

NAVAL AIR FACILITY ATSUGI, Japan — This American base outside Tokyo recently welcomed more than 15,000 visitors for its 64th annual Bon Odori festival, a celebration of Japanese tradition with a few ...

In historic Boston Common on a beautiful spring weekend, the decadent smell of Japanese street food, lively music, and exuberant chatter permeate through the air. Flags and banners flutter in the warm ...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Japan is rich in vibrant culture and Japanese base workers recently shared it with their U.S. counterparts at this airlift hub in western Tokyo. Hundreds of guests showed up ...

TO the stage world, Japan’s Kabuki theater is a respected example of traditional dance-drama. Its beginnings go back more than 350 years to an Izumo priestess, O-Kuni, who is said to have developed ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Sahomi Tachibana, a Japanese American master teacher and performer of Nihonbuyo (traditional Japanese dance) lives in Portland. Tachibana just turned 100 in April. The legacy she ...

While stuck in traffic, Sabro Foster, a third-generation Japanese American, had an idea. In the middle of his commute from his Arrowbear Lake residence to Riverside for karate and taiko classes, ...