Children's day - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

PHOTO ESSAY: Fish flutter in the breeze for...

A man and his grandson at a display of koinobori at Koiwa Shobu-en Park in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo. Such large streamers have practically disappeared from the city. (Louis Templado)

May 04, 2013

Many carp are swimming at the banks of the Edogawa river that borders Tokyo. You just have to look upward to find them.

PHOTO: Quake-hit studio busy making Children's Day...

Hiroyuki Yoshida paints a warrior for a traditional picture banner at his studio in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture. (Naoko Kawamura)

April 10, 2013

IWAKI, Fukushima Prefecture--With Children's Day approaching, craftsman Hiroyuki Yoshida is busy creating traditional streamers in his restored studio, which was damaged in the ...

VOX POPULI: We must face the specter hiding in the...

May 05, 2012

"Hyakumonogatari" (One hundred tales) is a traditional Japanese parlor game for people who love to tell and listen to "kaidan" ghost stories. Participants tell their tales in a ...