Japanese jeans hand-dyed with natural indigo and weaved on a clackety vintage loom, then sold at a premium to global denim ...

The kimono is one of the most recognizable forms of national dress, wielding its influence in fashion, art and media. At the ...

Nearly a century ago, two farmers in an ethnic Slovak village in northern Serbia began painting to pass the time during the ...

With Japanese New Year’s right around the corner, there’s plenty to do at home and around the city for the whole family.

A Shinto shrine in Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan, is training young women as "miko" attendants to welcome worshippers during the New Year holidays.

But “traditional knowledge and skills of sake-making with ‘koji’ mold in Japan” is now registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. And the age-old technique has produced ...

As well as sake, the traditional Japanese brewing processes recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity can be used to make drinks like shōchū and awamori, and the seasoning ...

She studied art history at Tokyo’s Sophia University, and is has been named a PR ambassador for Japan’s national ... first stop is Urakuen, a traditional garden in Inuyama City, Aichi ...

Goto has honed her “kaketsugi” clothes ... from across Japan. Many customers cannot bring themselves to throw away long-cherished items, including automotive seats and traditional "hina ...

A new art exhibition immersing visitors in the world of Japan’s ukiyo-e traditional woodblock print art through the latest digital technologies opened in Tokyo on Saturday. “Ukiyoe Immersive ...

Just like wine, coffee can be paired with food based on the beans and brewing methods used. Being served delicious cups of ...