With more than 30 bon dances on Oʻahu alone, Hawaiʻi shows its love for the annual Japanese Buddhist tradition. The summer ...

Little predisposed Teru Hasegawa to a life of political resistance. Born in 1912 to a conservative middle class family, she grew up in comfortable circumstances during the Taisho Era (1912-26), a ...

teru teru bozu (晴天娃娃), to increase audience immersion. The video seeks to convey the message that "Only sweat is truly real" (唯有汗水 必定為真) in an era where the virtual and ...

Teru, in English, means chariot. The image of a chariot generates a Rashomon effect if we think of it in the lexicon of religious philosophy. In the Buddhist pantheon, it symbolises the wheel of ...

Only when she signed as "Teru Teru Bozu", did Takashi responded with a mail saying "WHO ARE YOU?", because what Rina left him as a farewell gift was a teru teru bozu!

The story revolves around a young man named Mahigashi Teru. When he was young, his father, a brilliant surgeon, died in an accident, but not before saving Teru's life. As a result, Teru also aims ...

As Atsu embarks on her quest for vengeance, there are bound to be features that help her succeed at her mission, which opens the door for a fascinating Japanese folk item to be of use: teru teru bozu.

About 1,800 teru teru bozu dolls have appeared at Shorenji Temple, known as a temple to pray for sunny weather, in the city of Gojo, Nara Prefecture. The dolls were displayed with the wishes of ...

Rain-calling rituals are prevalent in other Asian cultures as well. In Japan, teru teru bozu dolls made from white paper or cloth are hung outside windows to influence the weather. In China, the ...

How did coach Dean Nonaka (coach Kell is on O‘ahu with the Island School boys volleyball team at the state competition!) know that he needed the Teru Teru Bozo at the Grove Farm Market on Saturday?

he discovered a sandwich bag taped to the frame of his locker with a teru teru bozu inside. The doll is hung from windows by Japanese children who wish for sunny weather. “It wasn’t me ...