TONDABAYASHI, Osaka Prefecture--A man was killed and three others badly injured after a “danjiri” float overturned on a street here during the popular Tondabayashi Danjiri autumn festival.

The Osaka Center for Cultural Heritage announced the find at the Nishi-Iwata ruins in Higashi-Osaka on April 24. It marks the third time for a wooden mask from the period to be discovered in Japan.

From the icy winters of Sapporo to the river walks of Osaka ... Sapporo becomes a winter wonderland during the Yuki Matsuri. One of the biggest snow festivals in the world, it lasts for a week ...

A popular annual Japanese culture festival in France will be held at the World Exposition site in Osaka in April, with around 100,000 fans of manga and anime expected to visit, an organizer said. The ...