Overtourism is spoiling the country’s traditional draws – but its Three Great Gardens offer an opportunity to escape the ...

February is National Haiku Writing Month. The website nahaiwrimo.com urges us to write one haiku a day for the month of February. "Why February? Because it’s the shortest month, for the world’s ...

Teachers can engage students in creative, informative activities to learn more about the spring equinox and how it is ...

Phys. Chem. Res., Tokyo, vol. 18), by T. Terada and T. Utigasaki, states that the annual loss due to forest fires in Japan is second in magnitude only to that suffered by the United States.

Haiku poetry. Remember learning about ... pencils and slips of paper in English or Japanese, with instructions like: “The topic should be about nature or people and their feelings.” ...

Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include two invigorating releases by Diane Seuss and a dark, posthumous collection by Tove Ditlevsen Alongside Terrance Hayes, Diane Seuss has a strong case to ...

Japanese art in relation to nature, and how the Japanese amuse themselves. In connection with the universal spread of education throughout Japan (the author can only recall one or two clear ...

How do cities impact nature? In this video, Jeff Kass introduces the concept of urban sprawl and teaches us how to explore it through the ancient Japanese poetic form, haiku. Learn how to capture ...