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…

The ridges in a suribachi, a Japanese mortar, help crush ingredients without bruising them, keep ingredients i…

My early years in Japan were flooded with hatsu taiken (first-time experiences), especially at table. Among th…

The Japanese have consumed a variety of citrus for millennia; enjoying both the juice and peels of the fruit. …