The New Year is just around the corner. For many non-Japanese, especially newcomers to Japan, many of the customs and traditions of New Year may seem hard to understand. New Year or Oshogatsu is the ...

A 260-kilometre spring cycling journey through Aichi uncovers centuries of craftsmanship, warm coastal hospitality and timeless countryside traditions. Japan’s central plains have long been called the ...

East Asian mapmakers began rendering their corner of the globe centuries before they considered the wider world. "Cartographic Traditions in East Asian Maps" examines these geographical depictions ...

The New Year is just around the corner. For many non-Japanese, especially newcomers to Japan, many of the customs and traditions of New Year may seem hard to understand. New Year or Oshogatsu is the ...

To mark the start of Japan's whaling season, workers in the coastal town of Minamiboso have carved up one of the animals as a crowd of grade school students and residents watched, with free samples of ...

Inside a glass display case in the luxurious setting of a Ginza showroom stands what looks like part of a severed tree trunk, roughly 80 centimeters in height. To the untutored eye it looks like ...

Following Brian Ashcraft’s excellent “Japanese Whisky,” Tuttle has brought out this compendious guide to the full range of Japanese beverages. Written by Chris Bunting, author of “Drinking Japan” and ...

Cycling through Akita reveals craftsmen, hot springs and foods that keep northern traditions alive. Japan’s mountains, coastlines and farmlands offer a world of quiet stories beyond the cities. In a ...

Japan’s culture thrives on a delicate balance between ancient traditions and modern innovation. From tea ceremonies and seasonal festivals to anime and cutting-edge tech, old and new flow together ...

Exiting Kure railway station, a Pacific-facing naval base in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan, you might expect to inhale gulps of mineral-rich salt air. But the smells that assail me are coming from ...