Kanazawa University has bestowed on professor Michiko Yusa of Western Washington University the 2nd Kanazawa University International Award in Commemoration of Daisetz T. Suzuki and...
Many visitors to Japan make it a point to see Kyoto and Tokyo. But just next door to Osaka, not far from Kyoto and an...
Seated Nyoirin Kannon (Important Cultural Property), Heian period, 10th century. An impressive collection of treasures titled Daigoji Temple: A Shingon Esoteric Buddhist...
Luca Vogel Due to its curved geographical shape and chains of mountains separating its regions, Japan is, culturally-speaking, quite diverse. There are many...
Three years ago, Touken Ranbu, an online game with personified legendary sword characters, kindled the Japanese sword trend, but the craze is even bigger...
The cremated remains of 10 bodies from North Korea, which washed ashore along the coastline of Akita Prefecture,- between November and December 2017, are being...