Since the Japanese anime boom of the past few decades, Akihabara has been a refuge for the otaku — someone who would “go ...

Join us as we explore the breathtaking Kiso Valley in Nagano, one of Japan’s most scenic and historic regions. From the ...

“It looks like it will die,” Nishibori said of the cherry tree, “but it’s not going to die. The next spring, there will be ...

Oluwaseun Olayiwola is a poet, critic and inaugural member of the Rose Choreographic School in Sadlers Wells East, London.

For many travelers to Japan, the desire to experience traditional beauty, unique cultural encounters, and the stunning ...

Pope Francis, who died at the age of 88 on Easter Monday, had a special relationship with cinema going back to his childhood ...

In recent years, the global appetite for Japanese Cat T Shirts has surged as fashion lovers seek apparel that combines ...

TOTTORI--Sand sculptors are putting the finishing touches on their gritty masterpieces for a special exhibition opening on ...

so I mixed mostly Edo period 'Edo the metropolis' cultural details (so what most would recognize as 'typically pre-Meiji Japanese') with really blatant futuristic technology because I wanted this ...

As the economy boomed after the second world war, private bathrooms became increasingly common and the demand for bathhouses ...

“I owe my cinema culture above all to my parents who took ... about two Jesuit priests who travel to Edo-period Japan, at the Vatican. They met in person in 2018 and then again in 2023 during ...