From colorful lantern floats to sky-shattering firework displays, Tohoku’s range of festivities is absolutely unmatched. The Sanno Matsuri in Tokyo is a multi-faceted annual festival spread over 11 ...

From seasonal flower festivals and neighborhood markets to exhibitions and winter illuminations, here are Tokyo area events ...

Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) has hit its stride in the last few years since Hiroyasu Ando joined as chairman and started to restructure the event. Moving to the Hibiya-Ginza district and ...

The 38th Tokyo International Film Festival got off to a gently emotive start Monday night with the local premiere of filmmaker Junji Sakamoto’s Climbing for Life, a crowd-pleasing biographical drama ...

A long running celebration of Japanese culture returns to Little Tokyo with the 82nd Nisei Week Japanese Festival. The free festival will take place over the course of two weekends, Aug. 10-11 and Aug ...

With strong accents on mainland Chinese directors, Japan’s next generation of filmmaking talent and a new women’s empowerment section, this week’s Tokyo International Film Festival can lay reasonable ...