Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Yokohama
February 5, 2019, Yokohama, Japan – People watch on as a lion dance is performed to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year in Japan’s Yokohama China Town on February 5, […]
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Features, Traditional Japan
Tuna fish sold for record 3 million USD at Toyosu fish market
(Photo by Nicolas Datiche/AFLO) President of sushi restaurant chain Sushi-Zanmai, Kiyoshi Kimura displays a 278kg bluefin tuna at his main restaurant near Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market on January 5, 2018. […]
Features, Traditional Japan
Japanese New Year Ice Bath 2018
(All photos by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO) Traditional New Year ice bath ceremony took place at Kanda Myojin Shrine on January 13 in Tokyo. This year, 44 participants braved the ice […]
Features, Traditional Japan
Asakusa Nakamise street with year-end shoppers
(All photos by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO) Year-end shoppers and tourists gather in the Asakusa Nakamise street leading to the Sensoji temple. It is customary for the Japanese people to visit Shinto […]
Features, Traditional Japan
New Year Ice Bath Ceremony in Japan
(All photos by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO) Annual New Year ice bath ceremony took place at Kanda Myojin Shrine in Tokyo on January 21. A group of brave men and women […]
