TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - East shimmied with West in Tokyo as thousands of Japanese and Brazilians danced to the rapturous beat of the samba in an Asian-flavored carnival that would have made Rio de ...
The Asakusa Samba Carnival has grown from modest beginnings in 1981 to become one of Asia’s largest summer festivals, attracting 500,000 spectators each year. With about 4,000 participants in 18 teams ...
TACHIKAWA, Japan — Thousands of spectators jammed Suwadori Shotengai street Sunday to watch the Happy Town Shibasaki Samba Carnival traverse this city east of Yokota Air Base. More than 150 samba ...
The 36th Asakusa Samba Carnival, which is partly sponsored by The Mainichi Newspapers, will kick off on Aug. 26 in the area surrounding Tokyo's Senso-ji temple. This year, about 5,000 people from 24 ...