The religious landscape of Japan is a fascinating blend of Shintoism, Buddhism, and other traditions. Across cultures, India ...

With Japan’s first full-colour film, Carmen Comes Home, screening around the UK, we dive into the luminous world of Japanese colour filmmaking in the 1950s and early 1960s.

Zoro’s sword is also named 'Enma,' after the king of Hell in Japanese-Buddhist mythology, yet another connection to the underworld. Further supporting the idea that Zoro will likely fight ...

Kyoto is the seventh ring of hell right now.’ Tourists surround geisha in Gion, where ‘overtourism’ has been an issue for years (Picture:Getty) I get it. Japan welcomed the most visitors in ...

There's an interesting theory about the Ratliff siblings - but it could actually mean something very different.

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The journalist and presenter of SBS’s Insight discusses “diversity pick” accusations, becoming more joyous, and her idea of ...

So it came as no surprise to me when a video went viral on X, with the caption: ‘Unpopular opinion, Kyoto is the seventh ring of hell right now.’ I get it. Japan welcomed the ... the city’s 1,600 ...

Fans of Japanese literature or the curious now have an entry point ... When Yoshihide is commissioned to create a Hell Screen—a grand depiction of Buddhist hell—his obsession with realism drives him ...

Mike White’s first job as a television writer, in the late nineties, was on the teen soap opera “Dawson’s Creek.” It was a ...