MEXICO CITY--When music requires her to cry, Japanese traditional dancer Naoko Kihara barely alters her expression. It’s her arms and torso that move like a slow-motion wave. “Expression is minimal ...

TOKUSHIMA--Summer here is busy with more than 1 million spectators expected to pack the Awa Odori dance festival, which dates back over 400 years. But the festival from Aug. 12-15 this year is not the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Sahomi Tachibana, a Japanese American master teacher and performer of Nihonbuyo (traditional Japanese dance) lives in Portland. Tachibana just turned 100 in April. The legacy she ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- When music requires her to cry, Japanese traditional dancer Naoko Kihara barely alters her expression. It's her arms and torso that move like a slow-motion wave. "Expression is ...

“I want to see Japanese dance, but I don’t know what to focus on...” “How is it different from Kabuki? It seems difficult...” Many people likely have such impressions. The world of Japanese dance, ...

冨田ラボが、メンバーのArche（アーキ）をリードボーカルに据えた新曲「踊り場 -Japanese Dance Floor」をリリース。同時に、7月にBillboard Tokyoにて楽曲が初披露された際の映像を使用したMVも公開となった。 冨田ラボは、音楽プロデューサー・冨田恵一のオリジナルプロジェクト。長年に渡り冨田恵一のソロプロジェクトとして親しまれてきたが、2025年3月に新メンバーとして ...

The Japanese girl group XG are riding on the waves of high octane energy and all out dance-party mood as they have unveiled the music video for their latest track, ‘New Dance’ which is touted to be ...

The city-based Bharatanatyam dancer performed Japanese dance forms, Awa Odori and Nihon Buyo, at the Japan Habba this year Bengaluru is a melting pot of all things cosmopolitan and is known for ...

SLOVAKIA has seen a lot of Japanese culture, both traditional and modern, but the recent Souke Kanzaki Ryu performance was the first of its kind. They performed the Nihon Buyo, “which literally means ...

When watching a Japanese dance performance, the first thing that catches your eye is surely the translucent "shironuri" (white makeup), isn't it? "Why do they paint it so white?" "How is it different ...