People in the northern Japanese prefecture of Akita are welcoming tourists with a traditional festival that features dozens of "kamakura" snow huts.

With his beard, tied-back hair and tall, broad figure of 1.81m and 85kg, the Belarusian man has become a highlight in all ...

rice, millet, wheat or beans, these motifs take the shape of the main local crops, to ensure a prosperous year. Awa Odori, Tokushima: Japan's biggest dance festival Every summer from 12 to 15 ...

MY visits to Kiangan have always been last-minute decisions rather than part of my original plan. I first came to this town ...

The people generally referred to as Negritos were once widely dispersed across South-East Asia. Today, they are found in the Andaman Islands, Malay Peninsula and several islands in the Philippines.

The Taste Cumbria Food Festival also kicks off on the last Saturday of the month ... weather to explore the Champagne region by bike ahead of summer’s hectic grape harvest. The first buds are just ...

Japan's agriculture ministry has announced that it will release 210,000 tons of rice from government reserves to address ...

This marks the first time that stockpiled rice will be released specifically to stabilize supply. Japanese Agriculture ... Despite a rise in rice harvest to 6.79 million tons in 2024 — an ...

CEDAR FALLS — Due to above freezing temperatures and Big Woods Lake thawing the Ice Harvest Festival has been canceled for this year. It was scheduled to be held Saturday with a back-up date of ...

With this spike in demand and the gap before the new 2024 rice harvest, the supply shortage suddenly became apparent. The ministry's expectation that prices would stabilize with the new rice ...