KYOTO--Alarmed at decreasing opportunities to wear kimono in modern Japan, dyers specializing in Kyoto-style "yuzen" techniques are turning their attention to a market steeped in traditional dress ...

While Japan is famous for its cherry blossoms, plum blossoms — which bloom from mid-February 2025 — are rapidly gaining ...

Whether interested in history and culture ... largest bamboo forest in the world, Shunan Bamboo Sea National Park in China. (photo via hejuan / iStock / Getty Images Plus) (Photo Credit: (photo via ...

Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts will open its first hotel in Japan on April 3, 2025. Founded in New York in 1893, Waldorf Astoria is part of the Hilton family of brands, with 34 hotels across the ...

KYOTO--One stone statue of an enlightened Buddhist ... as Otagi Nenbutsuji was flooded with people from across Japan eager to devote their works. The lesser-known tourist spot used to attract ...

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city. The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres ...

The most widely read and translated Japanese philosophers of the modern era, Nishida Kitarô and Nishitani Keiji flourished in the early through late twentieth century. Their distinctive school of ...

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