Japan, a country of rich tradition and cutting-edge modernity, is home to some of the most populous cities in the world. From the industrious metropolis of Tokyo to the cultural heritage of Kyoto, the ...

You can enjoy the cherry blossoms at eye level The park is Kyoto's largest cherry blossom viewing area, with 680 trees. At the time of flowering, the whole park is transformed into a fantastic sea of ...

As you enter the heart of Kyoto’s geisha culture, you hear laughter spilling from hidden tea houses. Welcome to Gion, a district that draws you in with its traditional wooden machiya merchant houses, ...

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KYOTO--Under the blaze of the scorching sun, 23 elaborately decorated floats paraded through downtown streets here on July 17 in a climax of the Gion Festival. The Naginatahoko float led the ...

Jet Emblem is a 7yo b unknown from Japan trained by Isao Nagakura, who is based at . It is sired by the stallion Henny Hughes out of the dam I Am Neo. Jet Emblem has managed to win 1 race in its ...

SAKAI--Eleven men were injured, three seriously, when a “danjiri” float toppled over in this southern Osaka Prefecture city early April 16. The float was being hauled in Sakai’s Minami Ward ...