If you search for a kintsugi repair in Thailand, the Fix by Love Facebook and Instagram pages will likely appear first in your feed. Although the owner claims he has never digitally marketed it, the ...

Kintsugi is a traditional Japanese art of repairing broken ceramics with lacquer mixed with powdered gold, silver, or ...

Origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, converts a simple sheet of paper into intricate designs and figures ...

Flowers with symbolic meanings in hanakotoba can stand alone or be combined with other symbolic blossoms to convey more ...

A traditional Japanese sewing technique ... ordinary sneakers into wearable art,” Jake Silbert wrote on the Highsnobiety site in December. Sashiko, a word meaning “little stabs,” is a ...

By Vivian Morelli KYOTO, Japan — On a recent Saturday morning, Sayoko Sugiyama was busy making some warabi mochi, a soft and chewy confection that is just one of the many delicate traditional ...

But a bow to a Japanese person imparts much more information, with each variety having a nuance that communicates a slightly different meaning. "Bowing is a key part of greetings in Japan," said ...

Aizawa repairs ceramic pottery using an ancient Japanese method of kintsugi, mending together the broken pieces using adhesives and putties, and decorating with a golden powder. The art of ...

As production of Japan’s traditional craft works goes into decline ... foreign buyers by sparking a renewed interest in Japanese art and design in the way that “Japonisme” swept 19th-century ...

An art show melding Japanese traditional crafts with the beloved characters of the Pokémon franchise has made its way to Tokyo at last. See the monsters as never before at this show, held at ...