Held annually on 30 August in Daisen City, Akita Prefecture, the Omagari Fireworks Festival is recognised as one of the most prestigious fireworks festivals in Japan. It hosts a national fireworks ...

The Miyagi prefecture town of Kesennuma is one of Japan’s biggest fishing ports, making its seafood market a must-visit.

An annual summer festival is underway at a Shinto shrine on an island in the Seto Inland Sea, western Japan. To reach the ...

Organisers admitted they ‘lost control of the fireworks’, forcing five workers to jump into the sea off the coast of Yokohama.

Cambridge Street Collective, Europe’s biggest purpose-built food hall, is set to transform into a colourful celebration of ...

Fireworks are a fixture of Japan's summer, drawing crowds of festivalgoers — from couples to friends and families — often ...

Two barges loaded with fireworks for a summer festival display near Tokyo caught ablaze, forcing five workers to jump into ...

The Yamagata Hanagasa Festival, one of the Tohoku region's leading summer events, began in this northeast Japan city on Aug. 5. Over the t ...

Paper lanterns bearing images of women and other designs are lighting up the night at a famed summer festival in Yuzawa City, ...

A spectacular summer fireworks festival in Yokohama turns chaotic when two launch barges burst into flames on the evening of August 04, 2025. This forces workers at the barges to immediately ...

Hundreds of residents gathered at Kurihama beach outside Tokyo over the weekend to pray for marine safety in a summer ...