Sotangitsune the fox was so fond of tea ceremonies that he would dress up as a tea master. But his downfall was his penchant to steal...
Newlyweds from Melbourne share the top moments from their 16-day winter honeymoon, starting with the bustling cities of Fukuoka, Osaka, and Kyoto.
French born, sharing his adventurous spirit and hospitality talents widely as Zac Baran now as a tea master, Zac immerses us in his love of Japanese...
On June 12, the foreign ministry announced that OKADA Seiji would succeed the Catholic NAKAMURA Matthew Yoshio as Japan’s ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to...
One of the missed opportunities of this difficult moment is the lack of reflection on death, a taboo. To tell the vision of the end...
Sometime in late last year, somewhere in Hubei Province in central China, probably in the city of Wuhan, a spiked virus measuring nanometers in...
Japan's cultural roots might be found in China or the Korean Peninsula, and over the last 150 years in Western countries. But as an island...
An exhibition showcasing ceramic works for use in the Japanese tea ceremony, “Mino Tea Wares: Kiseto, Setoguro, Shino, and Oribe,” is underway at the Suntory Museum...
A year since the ban on minpaku (lodging at a private residence) under the Private Lodging Business Act was lifted, changes in the way...
Tea ceremony still manages to have an inexplicable allure for both foreigners and Japanese. This is perhaps because it’s a ritual performed only by people...
New Year’s festivities in Japan are filled with cultural traditions, and the Tokyo International Forum aims to help Japanese and foreigners alike learn as you...
It started in the fall of 2014. Fresh from an exhilarating teacher trip to Cambodia, my friend and colleague Saya and I sat...
