The murder of Jennie Kiohara continues to puzzle Revelstoke 120 years later, but her story has brought attention to ...

The murder of Jennie Kiohara continues to puzzle Revelstoke 120 years later, but her story has brought attention to ...

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The video was by Toshiki Yukawa, a Japanese street photographer whose channel I hadn’t come across before. The title was 5 Japanese Philosophies to Improve Your Photography. After having spent time ...

Long before the samurai, Japan was home to the Jōmon culture, a society that crafted intricate pottery and lived sustainably off the land. Spanning over 10,000 years, their history challenges our ...

Delve into the washitsu's role in Japanese homes, blending cultural history with contemporary interior design for a unique ...

“In all of recorded history,” she writes, “you’d be hard-pressed to find a single example of human beings trading in high-value goods without an effective means of communication.

From then on, the bushi, as the samurai were also called, made their mark on Japanese history with their exceptional fighting prowess, becoming emblematic of Japanese culture. The high point of ...

In 1972, Japan’s first line of jeans was made here. In Kurashiki’s traditional merchant town district is Denim Street, a small alley of shops selling upscale artisan items made of denim ...

On a quiet side street in Gyoda, Saitama Prefecture ... Foot pedals pump, gears whir and skilled craftspeople shape tabi, Japan’s traditional split-toe socks. Since the 1700s, Gyoda has been ...

In an era when connecting with nature has become more vital than ever, a centuries-old Japanese garden element ... to modern challenges can be found in ancient wisdom. For those looking to enhance ...

In 2015, an unusual discovery was made in Malta’s capital city, Valletta: forgotten samurai armor from Japan. This find kicked off a period of painstaking restoration resulting in the armor’s ...