Large cod were carried in procession and dedicated to a local Shinto shrine in this northern Japan city Feb. 4 in a unique ...

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Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple in downtown Tokyo, eagerly stretching their hands to catch the dried ...

It is considered one of Japan’s three great Tenjin shrines, alongside Dazaifu Tenmangū in Fukuoka and Kitano Tenmangū in Kyoto. The deity enshrined here, Sugawara no Michizane, was a ...

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A U.S. researcher of Japanese literature has published two books of “waka” poems composed by the emperor and empress of the ...

Devin Nakamura of Chinagu Eisa performs during a news conference in Waikiki for t Festival. This year’s festival takes place March 7-9. 1 /3 JAMM AQUINO / FEB. 29 Devin Nakamura of Chinagu Eisa ...

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