They were preparing for the Goma Fire Ritual, as part of the ... Lee/The New York Times Yoshida Shrine’s Setsubun Festival is one of the biggest in Kyoto and there are more than 800 food stalls ...

both a boast of the quality of the Kurama Fire Festival and an invitation for the kami (gods) to come and join. The ancient capital of Kyoto and its surroundings have no shortage of matsuri ...

Japan has many famous festivals, but one of the most well-known is the Gozan no Okuribi fire festival in Kyoto. Commonly known as Daimonji (“Large Characters”), the festival is held every year on Aug ...

The Kurama Fire Festival, considered one of the strangest festivals in Kyoto, will take place Tuesday at Yuki Shrine. The festival starts when lanterns are lit in front of each house in the ...

KYOTO -- Tens of thousands of people gathered here on the evening of Aug. 16 for the Gozan no Okuribi bonfire festival ... about 75 fire beds were lit at once at around 8 p.m. to form the kanji ...

More than two dozen people have died in a massive fire at an animation production studio in Kyoto, Japan, which investigators are treating as arson. An official with the Kyoto fire department told ...

Although Kyoto Animation runs an annual novel competition, the company claims Aoba had never submitted anything to the competition. UPDATE, 6:30 PM PST: The man who set the fire that has now ...