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 ...

Festivals allow people to escape their everyday lives and experience the colour and cultures of the world without having to travel. In 2020, however, such opportunities were limited by the coronavirus ...

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 ...