Japan's porcelain industry was kickstarted by events that shook the country 400 years ago. Andrew Lee visited Saga Prefecture ...

This sprawling land of reeds, winding rivers, and open sky is Japan’s largest wetland and a sanctuary for rare wildlife.

This vast landscape of volcanic peaks, deep forests, and wild rivers is home to hot springs, adventure, and a rich Ainu ...

This dynamic landscape of volcanic peaks, steaming hot springs, and island-strewn seas brings together fire and water in one ...

From former whaling ports and hidden Christian sites to coral-rich seas and quiet farming villages, this maze of islands form ...

As I walked toward the center of the cascading waterfalls, severe coldness gripped my feet, and the rhythmic chants of a Shinto priest disappeared under the sounds of torrents pounding the rocky ...

雖然台灣也有所謂的路隊，讓小學生自己上下學，但通常多集中在家裡離學校真的很近的學生，或是中高年級生，低年級生一般還是多由家長接送。這一點在日本則不太一樣，日本的家長從小孩 ...

Tales of the samurai are synonymous with swordsmen around the world, but in fact some of Japan’s most celebrated warriors were women. Technically, women couldn’t become samurai. But samurai was a ...

For the next thousand years, Japanese paper folding was largely restricted to religious ceremonial use, as paper was expensive. However, paper-making was one of the many industries that flourished ...

A view of the city from the castle ramparts. My connection to Himeji reaches back to the 1980s. My hometown, Adelaide, and Himeji forged a sister-city relationship in 1982. A Japanese garden, the ...

โชกุน (Shogun) แปลว่าแม่ทัพใหญ่ เป็นตำแหน่งที่ได้รับแต่งตั้งโดยจักรพรรดิเพื่อนำทัพไปปราบพวก ...

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%BA%90%E6%B0%8F Japanese commoners had no official surnames all the way until the Meiji Restoration (1868), meaning the acquisition ...