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Japan’s meteorological agency announced Tokyo metropolitan area entered rainy season

Japan’s meteorological agency announced Tokyo metropolitan area entered rainy season

June 9, 2023, Tokyo, Japan – People in their rain coats walk while hydrangea flowers are fully bloomed in Tokyo on Friday, June 9, 2023. Japan’s meteorological agency announced Tokyo […]

Features, Modern Japan

Roppongi Art Night held for the first time in four years

Roppongi Art Night held for the first time in four years

May 25, 2023, Tokyo, Japan – 100 color panels designed by French architect and artist Emmanuelle Moureaux are displayed at the Roppongi Hills for the installation “100 colors No.43” at […]

Features, Traditional Japan

Sanja Matsuri (Sanja Festival) brings back excitement for 1st time in 4 years

Sanja Matsuri (Sanja Festival) brings back excitement for 1st time in 4 years

General view, Asakusa Sanja Matsuri is an annual festival which takes place every year on the third weekend of May in the Asakusa district of Tokyo, Japan. This years Sanja […]

Features, Japan Daily Life, Pictures of the Week

Looking back on 2023 Golden Week in Japan

Looking back on 2023 Golden Week in Japan

A foreign tourist takes picture at Nakamise shopping street, an approach to the Sensoji temple in Asakusa entertainment district, Tokyo in Japan on May 1, 2023. (Yohei Osada/AFLO)   Golden […]

Features, Traditional Japan

Kamakura Festival 2023

Kamakura Festival 2023

Yabusame (Japanese horseback archery) archer aims on target. 65th Kamakura Festival on April 16, 2023 in Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura, Japan. (Photo by Stanislav Kogiku/AFLO)   Shinto priest leaves […]