A beautifully produced introduction to the mystery behind the world’s oldest theater form still practiced toda…

  Japanese poster design reflects the country’s rich visual culture and printmaking  tradition, and was u…

Drinking green tea, ryokucha 緑茶, is an integral part of daily life in Japan, enjoyed throughout the day. It ca…

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Like many vegetables enjoyed in Japan today, naga negi traveled to Japan from China by way of the Korean penin…

Levitation is among the miraculous feats ascribed to a child prince who lived more than a 1,400 years ago and …

Walk in to any supermarket in Japan in January and you’ll find compact wedges and bulbous whole heads of HAKUS…

Uesugi Yozan was a very young leader with a very big problem. When the ninth daimyo of the Yonezawa Domain (mo…

As part of a larger effort to make Japan’s cultural properties more available for study and enjoyment, t…

No doubt you’ve seen this iconic image of a huge wave that seems about to crash on Mt. Fuji. You probabl…