Japanese geisha are taking to the stage in Tokyo for the weeklong Azuma Odori festival. This year marks the centenary of the annual event, which has carried on a tradition despite dwindling numbers.

"Japanese people themselves often don't understand or have the wrong idea about what geishas do," Hisafumi Iwashita, a writer specialized in geisha culture, told AFP. In Japanese, the word geisha ...

“Japanese people themselves often don’t understand or have the wrong idea about what geishas do,” Hisafumi Iwashita, a writer specialised in geisha culture, says.

The video was by Toshiki Yukawa, a Japanese street photographer whose channel I hadn’t come across before. The title was 5 Japanese Philosophies to Improve Your Photography. This wasn’t a ...

Japanese Ambassador Kazuya Endo and Madame Akiko Endo attended the opening reception of "Tokyo Before/After," a traveling photography exhibition organized by the Japan Foundation Manila (JFM), with ...

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AMAMI, Kagoshima Prefecture--Nature photographer Mamoru Tsuneda has a ... breeding pool to one of the largest mangrove forests in Japan, Tsuneda reaches out to authorities and agents responsible ...

There’s something endlessly exciting about the dance floor, where people meet, mingle, and sometimes show off in social dances like the tango, foxtrot, or jitterbug. Although ballrooms were once ...

The video was by Toshiki Yukawa, a Japanese street photographer whose channel I hadn’t come across before. The title was 5 Japanese Philosophies to Improve Your Photography. After having spent time ...

Where to stay in Kyoto, including the top neighbourhoods, hotel recommendations and how to stay in Kyoto like a local.