By YUKIKO KITAMURA/ Staff Writer
November 23, 2021 at 07:00 JST
A test-pull for the Taka-yama float is conducted in Kyotanba, Kyoto Prefecture, on Nov. 6 in preparation for a full return to the Gion Festival next summer. (Toyokazu Kosugi)
KYOTANBA, Kyoto Prefecture—The nearly completed Taka-yama float was taken for a test-pull in preparation for its first appearance in the annual Gion Festival in about 200 years. [Read More]
Stories about memories of cherry blossoms solicited from readers
Cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.
A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
A series on the death of a Japanese woman that sparked a debate about criminal justice policy in the United States
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
