Searching all of Japan for handcrafted items that express its heart and soul, our proprietor, KASHIYUKA, presents ...
Netflix has presented a list of Japanese content for 2025, and among other things, showed the first frame of the series Last ...
The most famous attraction is Takachiho Gorge – a deep chasm carved out by several explosions from the nearby Mount Aso, ...
The British Museum will take visitors on a journey through Edo Japan this summer through an exhibition of prints by Utagawa ...
Ever wonder what exactly goes into an adorable Japanese bento box? Turns out, presentation and history have a lot to do with ...
Fusako Goto was a toddler in Fukuoka, Japan, when she started using chopsticks to eat. At age 65, she now teaches elementary school students in Litchfield how to use the Japanese eating utensils.
Edo period in Japan lasted from 1603 to 1867/1868. During this time the country was ruled by the Tokugawa shogunate.
Pilgrimage to the ‘soul of Japan’ Since the Edo period (between 1603 and 1868), pilgrims have come to this region to visit Japan’s most sacred Shinto shrine. Ise Jingu is the ancient epicenter of ...
Edo period in Japan lasted from 1603 to 1867/1868. During this time the country was ruled by the Tokugawa shogunate.
Maki-e is a technique in which gold powder and other materials are sprinkled on this lacquered surface to create patterns and designs as if manipulating light and dark in an infinite universe. This ...
If the Perrys of Newport had been professional wrestlers, they would have been the tag team champs of the 19th century. It is ...
Two female priests have been appointed at a shrine in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, for the first time in its history.