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…

Kengo Kuma and associates (KKAA), the firm led by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, has designed a temporary pavi…

by Elizabeth Andoh Dear friends, colleagues and those who have expressed an interest in the FOOD & CULTURE…

Every food culture is challenged to find ways of transforming unpalatable, indigestible foods into nourishing,…

While growing up in New York, I took lessons at The Art Student’s League on Saturday mornings. After cla…

When I was producing calligraphic specimens of the words I particularly liked – the words like 「flame」, …

In Japan, masks ( and prayer!) have been the preferred mode of protection from sickness, allergies, colds and …