The Potomac River at the National Harbor is glowing this weekend as Sakura Sunday and the Water Lantern Festival bring a vibrant celebration of spring to the waterfront.Sakura Sunday, an official ...

No crowd will gather for the traditional lighting of the 17-century stone lantern on the Tidal Basin this year, because Washington’s annual Cherry Blossom Festival will be online. But the flame ...

An excited buzz filled the swarming crowd in the shadow of darkness. Silence fell for a split second before the 18-meter main lantern burst to life, signaling the start of this year's highly ...

NAGASAKI--Around 15,000 colorful lanterns have bathed the city of Nagasaki in dazzling color and light as the 30th Nagasaki Lantern Festival kicked off on Jan. 29. The annual event, which includes ...

signaling the start of this year's highly anticipated Taiwan Lantern Festival. Undeterred by the pelting rain, rows of spectators huddled under umbrellas watched eagerly as the Infinite Paradise ...

“Sakura” means flowering cherry tree in Japanese. The festival is planned to coincide ... and encourages community members to light a lantern to remember a loved one, celebrate new beginnings ...

The lantern festival at Manpukuji temple also commemorates the 350th anniversary of the death of its founder, Yin Yuan (1592-1673), as he is called in Chinese. Japanese know him as Ingen.

The 39th annual Sakura Festival will be held on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Snow Hinton Park in Tuscaloosa. The festival celebrates the arrival of spring, Japanese cultural heritage ...