Thatched roofs were once a common sight in the Japanese countryside, but they started to disappear in the 1950s, when people ...

Experience authentic traditional culture that has been passed down since the Edo period (1603–1868) in the Nihonbashi area, ...

• Kifune Shrine: Moved to its current location in the forested hills in northern Kyoto in 1055, the shrine is dedicated to ...

From delicate textiles to intricate metalwork, its artisan workshops are bastions of skill and dedication. These five ...

Last week, two prints of Hokusai’s The Great Wave fetched over $800,000 each at auction in New York. Both Christie’s and Bonhams sold a print of the iconic ukiyo-e seascape in sales that coincided ...

This time, we want you to look at a mid-19th-century print by Utagawa Hiroshige of Japan: “Great Bridge: Sudden Rain at Atake ...

NEW YORK -- Top U.S. financial executives praised Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's financial reforms on Monday and urged his successor, whomever that will be, to continue the openness that ...

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The exhibition introduces the diverse and imaginative depictions of Yokai throughout Japanese history, from traditional woodblock prints to contemporary interpretations through picture scrolls, ...

LAHORE: The Japan Foundation’s highly anticipated exhibition, “Yokai Parade: Supernatural Monsters from Japan,” opened at the ...