Japanese green tea connoisseurs keenly await the arrival of shin cha (new tea) at market early in May. Althoug…

Karakami is woodblock printed ornamental paper displaying patterned motifs and designs with ancient significan…

In Layering Sukesuke is all in how things show through. NUNO inserts small, light objects between layers of sh…

@Untitled, from the series « Pretty Woman », 2017 © Daido Moriyama Photo Foundation. Courtesy of Akio Nagasawa…

 The Victoria and Albert Museum introduces one of the world’s greatest textile treasures, Japanese Hiki…

Few people today have heard of Kajiwara Hisako (梶原緋佐子, 1896-1988) so it is welcome news indeed that four of he…

World-renowned master textile dyer Sachio Yoshioka is featured in this 18-minute video  about the Art of Natur…

By Alice Gordenker Shima Seien (島成園, 1892–1970) worked as a Nihonga painter at a time when few women in Japan …

Dear friends, colleagues and those who have expressed an interest in the FOOD & CULTURE of Japan: Kogomi&n…