A time-honored New Year's ritual has returned to Wajima City on the Noto Peninsula, after an earthquake in central Japan forced the event to be canceled last year.

A traditional New Year's event to ward off evil has been held in the city of Wajima in central Japan for the first time in ...

A craftsman checks a traditional Tibetan mask in Dagze district of Lhasa, Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region, Dec 9, 2024. Shilok is an inheritor of a traditional Tibetan mask making ...

Traditional "amahage" demon deities recently visited some 20 homes in this northern Japan town to warn children about ...

After almost three years of strict COVID-19 rules, traditional cheering ... be able to cheer while wearing masks,” NPB General Secretary Atsushi Ihara told Japan’s Kyodo News recently.

Tabish Khan, the @LondonArtCritic, picks his top 5 painting exhibitions to see in London in the New Year. If you’re after ...

players are bracing for an all-new twist on the game that takes them to a traditional Japanese map awash with new Oni masks, NPCs and skins for them to unlock in the Battle Pass, along with the ...

In a setting looking both traditional and futuristic, a Japanese-style hotel in Tokyo ... to enjoy their meals and converse while forgoing masks. The lantern partitions, which are part of the ...