Japan is home to countless annual festivals. Some of the most important on the calendar relate to agriculture, with rice playing a particularly key role since ancient times. A look at three festivals dedicated to the grain and its growing in different parts of the country.

Fascinating Roman Find Halts Works Near Zadar May the 4th, 2026 – Another fascinating Roman find has halted works being carried out in Kožino in the wider Zadar area. Croatia is famed for its countless Roman-era discoveries, and it’s looking likely that this one is significant. As Morski/Frane Kršlović writes, extensive works being carried out on the “Agglomeration of Kožino-Petrčane” project have ...