People burn year-end decorations and lucky charms at a bonfire as part of the dondoyaki festival in Tateshina, Nagano Prefecture, on Sunday. This event, which is held nationwide and dates back to the ...

Bonfire Night in Japan can be one of the most exciting nights of the year. There are loads of Guy Fawkes events in Japan and no matter what the weather's like, you can always be sure a firework ...

INUYAMA, Aichi -- Visitors to a zoo in this central Japan city can see monkeys warming themselves around a bonfire on weekends and holidays until Jan. 26. This winter tradition at the Japan Monkey ...

Monkeys warming up in front of a bonfire is a popular tourist attraction at the Japan Monkey Centre in Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture on weekends. It all began in 1959 when a zookeeper was burning ...

This year, five mountainsides surrounding this ancient capital had a series of bonfires lit on them during the final day of the Bon holiday season, when Japanese remember their ancestors.

People burn year-end decorations and lucky charms at a bonfire as part of the dondoyaki festival in ... the end of new year festivities and bids farewell to the previous year. Japan's snowy escape in ...