(Mainichi/Norio Oyama) YANAI, Yamaguchi -- The production of traditional Japanese paper lanterns in the shape of goldfish is at its peak here ahead of a local summer festival, with people busily ...

In a celebration dating back to the 8th century, Aomori’s Nebuta festival displays huge lanterns ... waft through the air every evening in Japan’s northern Aomori prefecture.

The Mikawa Isshiki grand lantern festival was filled with a fantastic ... began competing to create the largest lanterns. (Japanese original by Koji Hyodo, Nagoya Photo Group) ...

The three-day float festival is registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. According to the organizers, the yoiyama float procession attracted about 200,000 people. (Japanese original by ...