Maria Rodrigues, a Tokyo-based costume maker, was one of several Brazilian performers who joined Tokyo's Asakusa Samba Carnival this year, with the event returning in all its glory after a scaled-back ...

As AI has rendered me illiterate, as asked ChatGpt to express my thoughts on Samba festivals in Japan. "In the vast tapestry of Tokyo's cultural endeavours, the Asakusa Samba Festival stands as a ...

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - When she sways to the sensual beat of samba, Megumi Kudo also heals the wounds in her mother's heart from a huge earthquake that shattered their home city in Japan 20 years ago.

Some half-million Japanese turn out to see thousands of dancers at the 35th annual Samba Carnival in Tokyo. Diane Hodges reports. After 46 years, a family thought they had closure in the disappearance ...

For the past few months, Brazilian music and samba dancers seem to have claimed the streets in Chofu city, in western Tokyo, where I live. A few weeks ago, Brazilian musicians and dancers from the ...