A special scaled down “mikoshi” portable shrine for children featured for the first time in the 700-year history of the bustling Sanja Matsuri festival in Tokyo’s downtown Asakusa district. The ...

The huge Sanja Matsuri festival featuring three portable “mikoshi” shrines returned on May 22 for the first time in three years to crowded streets in Tokyo’s Asakusa district and with some anti-virus ...

The crowds, the clothes, the colors, the communities . . . We take a look at six of the key elements that make the Sanja Matsuri one of Japan’s biggest and most exciting festivals. “I was a young man ...

It is the season of Japan’s autumn festivals so expect to see mikoshi parades moving through many cities. These religious processions feature the colorful costumes and eleborate mikoshi that ...

Japanese festivals occur throughout the year around the country, bringing people and communities together to pray for bountiful harvests, celebrate special holidays, and honor local deities. At the ...