Experience a refreshing summer retreat with glowing lanterns, a cool breeze, and traditional Japanese ... 100 bamboo lanterns and pinwheels arranged in a gentle curve leading to the Three-Story Pagoda ...

How Japanese mochi brings communities in America together Despite an annual warning from authorities, a deadly New Year's trend continued in Japan this week as two people died after choking on ...

When I was in my 20s, I came to the United States and got married and started my own family. I began making ozoni for my children and my wife every New Year’s at our home in Chicago. I don’t ...

Two elderly men in Japan died after choking to death on mochi rice cakes as part of a New Year’s tradition that authorities have issued warnings about annually.

Every New Year's Day, the author makes Ozoni, a warming Japanese New Year's soup. I grew up in a big, busy city called Mito, north of Tokyo.