Marty Gross is a filmmaker and producer based in Toronto. He also founded and runs the Mingei Film Archive Pro…

Food cultures around the world employ various aromatic herbs and spices to stimulate the appetite and promote …

Textiles artist Maki Aizawa’s original line of kimono-inspired jackets are featured in the prestigious Santa F…

The long-awaited lifting of the ban on foreign tourists coincides with the launch of striking new works — and …

“Kimono Style: The John C. Weber Collection,” opening today in the Metropolitan Museum’s Japanese Wing, is an …

Takashi Kobayashi, founder of Japanese company TreeHouse Creations, is fascinated by the vitality and aura of …

With their pink hue, sakura mochi instantly evoke the colour of cherry blossom, and indeed this is the origin …

The World’s Best Rice comes in a sturdy, gold-embossed box containing six slender packages. Sold for ¥10,800 f…

One of the most important artists in the history of tokusatsu (video productions using special effects) was To…

  Gin, an alcoholic with his life in ruins, Hana, a transgender woman and Miyuki, a teenage runaway, play…