Never been to Fussa? Now's a great time to go ... so leave the car at home and take the train or bus to the festival site (the closest stations are Ushihama on the Ome line and Kumagawa on ...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Fussa, a Japanese city that neighbors this airlift hub in western Tokyo, is bringing back its popular Tanabata festival in full for the first time in five years.

Residents of Fussa in Tokyo, however, must be hoping that the rain stays off this Saturday evening for the annual Firefly Festival. Large numbers of visitors from the surrounding areas are ...