Faced with record high temperatures and ageing communities, event organisers are adapting to keep traditions alive In a bid ...

In 2024, you can look forward to a particularly vibrant summer, as many of Tokyo's top fireworks festivals are confirmed to take place again this year. This includes the highly anticipated Sumida ...

The extreme summer heat that has struck Japan in recent years due climate change is altering the landscape of annual ...

Summer in Tokyo may be a time of scorching heat, but it’s also one of the city’s most vibrant seasons with fireworks, traditional festivals and dancing in the streets. These lively events ...

Here’s how to explore the best of Japan’s capital, from summer festivals and ... around one million people attend Tokyo’s Sumida River Fireworks Festival, the largest and most popular ...

The Sanno Matsuri in Tokyo is a multi-faceted annual festival ... eyes will be looking skywards for more of the region’s standout summer events. In Miyagi Prefecture in late August every year ...

Major travel reports from paint a picture of summer travel as an essential priority that consumers are unwilling to sacrifice ...

The Sumida River Fireworks Festival, the big daddy of summer events in Tokyo, returned in a blaze of glory July 29 after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fittingly, the annual ...

TOKYO -- Fireworks festivals, which have delighted people across Japan as a summer tradition, are being canceled in an increasing number of cases across the country -- and not just because of ...