Young women in matsuri costume holding kakigori and soda, celebrating summer festivals in Japan. (Photo: Gettyimages) · Satoshi-K via Getty Images When it comes to travelling during summer ...

Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School wins the National High School Baseball Championship at Hanshin Koshien ... They were meant to be No. 1 in Japan,” Sato said. JOY CROSSES ... This summer, Seiko ...

Hundreds of dancers from northeastern Japan will descend on the Osaka Kansai Expo site in mid-June to showcase the flavor of the Tohoku region’s biggest summer festive event.

Sendai, on the Japanese island of Honshu, is the largest city in the Tohoku region, northeastern Japan. It was founded in 1601 by Date Masamune, a samurai whose name is known to all Japanese.