Japan's biggest dance festival. Thousands of dancers, dressed in colourful traditional costumes, parade through the streets performing elaborate dance routines to the tune of live music and song.

KAWAGOE, Saitama Prefecture--A samurai parade held as part of the annual ... at entertaining inbound tourists with "kacchu" traditional Japanese armor in the city nicknamed "Koedo," or Little ...

OJI, Nara Prefecture--A parade of dogs added a twist to an annual procession of kimono-clad children during a traditional ceremony ... the foundations of early Japan. It is said that his pet ...