Stargazers in Hokkaido were left moonstruck with the appearance of a mid-autumn full moon on Sept. 29, which happened to be the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. Autumn in the lunar calendar ...

People across Japan were treated to a full moon during the mid-autumn festival on Sept. 21 for the first time in eight years. The moon that rises on Aug. 15 on the lunar calendar, equivalent to Sept.