Residents of downtown Tokyo descended on a Buddhist temple to mark the last day of winter in the Japanese lunar calendar by ...

Lunar New Year celebrations are coming up, marking the beginning of the year of the snake. What to know about the holiday how ...

Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple in downtown Tokyo, eagerly stretching their hands to catch the dried ...

The lunar new year marks the first new moon of the lunar calendar, which this year rises on 29 January, kicking off ...

Japan’s annual ritual of “mame-maki,” or bean-throwing, at Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and homes sees people marking ...

Lunar New Year festivals and prayers are marking the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and the world.

Credit: Yasue Taggart/Ayaka Teruya With the introduction of the solar calendar in modern Japan, Lunar New Year celebrations have lost its place as a major event in Japan. However, even today ...

Hundreds gathered at Tokyo's Zojoji temple for the traditional 'mame-maki' bean-throwing ritual, marking setsubun, the end of winter in Japan's lunar calendar. Participants, including celebrities, ...

Food is also symbolic for the Vietnamese Lunar New Year. In the North, Banh Chung, a sticky rice cake with banana leaves, is ...

On Saturday, the Nassau County Office of Asian American Affairs will host a Lunar New Year’s celebration at the Tilles Center ...