A visitor to Japan who wanders into a sumo tournament might be forgiven for thinking they had intruded upon a religious ceremony. Tournaments begin with a line of burly men wearing little more than ...

People have soaked in frigid water at a shrine in western Japan to pray for good health in the New Year. Our site uses ...

For the Japanese, eating food or drinking beverage is not just an activity which takes a few minutes of your life. It’s an activity connected to deep philosophical meanings and needs to be relished in ...

TOKYO (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple in downtown Tokyo, eagerly stretching their hands to catch the dried soybeans thrown at them in the hope of warding off evil ...

What looks like a fire massacre is actually an ancient ritual. Japan's Wakakusa Yamayaki Festival sets Mount Wakakusa in Nara ...

Ba'ndo's ‘Why the Rush?’ campaign for Nippon Matcha won Bronze and Gold at The Drum Awards for Design. Here, the team explain how they brought the spirit and rituals of the east into the lives of a ...