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The third Japan Parade, aimed at promoting Japanese culture, was held in New York City's Manhattan on Saturday.
About 100 groups, including a delegation from the city of Yamaguchi, which was selected for The New York Times' list of "52 places to go in 2024," took part in the event. ...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Model and actress Ai Tominaga became the first woman to play the role of Takeda Shingen in the Shingen-ko Festival, in Kofu on Saturday.
Tominaga led a parade of more than 1,000 “warriors” to commemorate the famous warlord.
The festival’s main event was a reenactment of a confrontati...

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JAPAN TRAVEL
A Sense Of Homecoming
Venue: Shuri Castle When: Oct 28th - Nov 3rd 2022NoticeA significant number of the castle's main buildings were burnt down in October 2019. The site is closed to the public for the time being, but Shurijo Castle Park has been partially reopened since. Authoritie...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
People chat and drink on Saturday at Oktoberfest 2022 in Shiba Park in Tokyo’s Minato Ward.
The autumn event, named after the internationally renowned beer festival in Germany, is being held for the first time in three years.
About 60 brands of German beer, including the popular Hofb...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
 
Fisherman adorned in female kimono and makeup dance on a ship decorated with Japanese cedar leaves and red and white banners off the coast of Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Thursday.
The dance is part of a festival for Ose Shrine to pray for safety at sea and a bountiful catch...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Following its successful debut in 2014, the site-specific festival Dogo Onsenart returns, transforming hotel and traditional Japanese inn rooms at the famous hot spring resort into art installations.
 
Dogo Onsenart 2018 actually started in September last year with a preview period...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Oedo Waen, an event at which visitors can enjoy newly brewed sake and soba made from the new buckwheat crop, started Thursday at Yoyogi Park in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo.
At the four-day event subtitled “an exposition of soba and Japanese sake,” about 100 brands of sake from across the...

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ROCKET NEWS
 
 
Shibuya’s giant scramble crossing will be closed to traffic for a summer street festival.
Obon, the Japanese festival to honour the spirits of one’s deceased ancestors, has been held annually in Japan for the past 500 years. The custom involves returning to the family home to clea...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
The traditional festival of the Hinamatsuri, also known as Doll’s Day or Girls’ Day. This is when ornamental dolls representing the emperor and empress from the Heian period are displayed in homes and other places around Japan.
 
There are many kinds and sizes of Hina-ningyo, or Hi...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Visitors admire the colorful “shibazakura” (moss phlox flowers) with Mount Fuji as a backdrop at the annual Fuji Shibazakura Festival in Yamanashi Prefecture on Tuesday. The festival runs until May 29 this year. Recently replanted, the flowers are set to reach peak bloom during Gold...

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