Tokyo celebrates summer in July with fireworks, lantern festivals, flower fields and festival food. Wear a yukata and enjoy some of the city’s best events. From traditional matsuri to modern summer ...

In mid-June, as spring transitions into the stickiness of early summer, a parade of portable shrines, accompanied by musicians and hundreds of people in period costumes, works its way through the ...

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With more venues, more sponsors and more overseas visitors, Ando sees this year’s edition as a fresh start. By Gavin J Blair Former diplomat Ando Hiroyasu has lofty goals as chairman of Tokyo ...

Celebrated since the early 17th century and recognised as one of the three ‘great festivals’ of Edo (along with the Kanda and Fukagawa festivals), the Sanno Matsuri is often considered to mark the ...