though the southernmost prefecture did not share the Japanese mainland’s practice of displaying Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival) dolls in March. His dolls were exhibited at Hyakuna Elementary ...

Fusako Goto was a toddler in Fukuoka, Japan, when she started using chopsticks to eat. At age 65, she now teaches elementary school students in Litchfield how to use the Japanese eating utensils.

Each year, Hofu Tenmangu shrine in Yamaguchi Prefecture holds a "doll appreciation festival" at which people can give their now-unwanted dolls a proper farewell. Among the shrine's visitors were a ...

The Hatsuichi Festival has been running for about 400 years and takes the ideas of daruma (Japanese dolls associated with good luck and prosperity) to a public forum. At the beginning of the new ...

KATSUURA, Chiba Prefecture—The Katsuura Big Hina Matsuri is under way here, dazzling tourists with massive displays of around 10,000 “hina” dolls donated from across Japan. The dolls will be ...

The Hatsuichi Festival has been running for about 400 years and takes the ideas of daruma (Japanese dolls associated with good luck and prosperity) to a public forum. At the beginning of the new year, ...