While the traditional elements of Japanese gardens—stone, water, gravel, pruned pines, and asymmetry—are rooted in ...

Join us on a journey to explore the time-honored craft of tenugui making. Learn about stencil carving, traditional chusen dyeing, and the careful attention to detail that transforms plain cloth into ...

The Ghost of Yotei developers have emphasized their commitment to portraying feudal Japan in a respectful way, this time ...

Introduced in 1986 during Japan’s economic boom, the exemptions apply to "dependent" spouses who earn less than 1.3 million yen ($9,028) a year, as part of an expansion of social welfare at the ...

While working at the depachika basement food hall in a Takashimaya department store, I was inspired to write about food in Japan. My book, Food Sake Tokyo, came out in 2010 after several years of ...

Hats off to Pope Leo XIV for bringing a touch of Chicago to Vatican City. The newly installed pope is a devout fan of the Chicago White Sox . In fact, long before he was appointed the leader of the ...

The snack has been eaten in Japan since the Heian period (794–1185), and the poet Matsuo Bashō even wrote a haiku about it. The tentsuki utensil used to make tokoroten strips. (© Pixta) Tokoroten.

ATAMI, Shizuoka — Princess Akiko of Mikasa stressed the importance of cultivating fertile soil for traditional Japanese culture to live on without the need for protection, during a recent event that ...

Japanese baths are usually in a separate room from the bathroom. So basically almost every house in Japan has a bathtub and a small shower. The Japanese use hot tubs as a leisure activity and tend to ...

How to Make Traditional Japanese Vegetable Soup – Plant-Based & Nourishing 🥬🍲. Posted: June 1, 2025 | Last updated: June 1, 2025. Enjoy a light and healthy bowl of comfort with this ...

The audio guide supports Japanese, English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and Korean. Anyone can learn about the historical background without the stress of language barriers. Please ...