The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, will present “Kimono: The Triumph of Japanese Dress,” an extraordinary exploration ...

The instrument manufacturing company Marusan Hashimoto in the city of Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, is very busy making strings ...

Learning Japanese can be an exciting but challenging journey. With three writing systems (hiragana, katakana, and kanji) and ...

Part of the reason why the Like A Dragon series has managed to last for so long and maintain a consistent following is thanks ...

One can see many colorful sea slugs at Tatsunokuchi, a popular diving spot in the city of Nagasaki. I dove about 10 meters deep with an air tank on my･･･ ...

The katana blade is forged by master swordsmith Teruhira Kamiyama, while the aogai (mother-of-pearl inlay technique using abalone, turban, pearl oyster and other shells) blue shell lacquer scabbard is ...

Wear the yukata to the bath area, undress in the changing room, leave your yukata and belt in the baskets provided. While a ...

Osaka, Kansai will start on April 13. In front of JR Osaka Station, a stop for shuttle buses going to the site on the ...

Ukrainians continue to struggle mentally, physically and financially in Japan since Russia invaded their home country exactly ...

SAITAMA--A previously unknown oil painting of a black cow presumed to be by artist Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968) has ...

“Audience members will have front row seats to see the artwork come to life and then be invited to contribute to this piece ...

On his elbow and shin guards from adidas and there along the thumb of his new, green Mizuno glove is the Cardinals' outfielders middle name, in the Japanese writing style.