by Akemi Koyama, Cultural Ambassador Restaurant in Hitachinaka city serves only one special prix fixe hamaguri…
by Robert Yellin, specialist in Japanese ceramics The perks and pressures of being the son of someone famous c…
by Dianne Vapnek, blogger . Never could I have imagined the impact that a short trip t…
Hands & Earth: Six Perspectives on Japanese Contemporary Ceramics . . Now open at the Lowe Art Museum M…
Koho Tatsumura Nishiki Weaving for the 21st Century. Japanese weaving is so intricate and thus so stunningly beautiful that experts worldwide have come to both describe it and distinguish it from ordinary brocade simply by using its Japanese name, Nishiki (pronounced as in knee-she-key.)
6 minutes: Tsuru no Sugomori (Nesting of Cranes) is performed by Kohachiro MIYATA on the shakuhachi bamboo fl…
The Matsubas are to clothes what Alice Waters is to the Slow Food movement. Their 30-year old company, Gungend…
Whenever I wear a Hiroshi Saito Shirt in Japan or North America, I am always asked about it.
Traditional handmade washi paper can be found everywhere in Japan, from name cards to beautiful wrapping paper…
