Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia and Japan all saw in the new year, with fireworks celebrations across several cities and prayers ...

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

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In a sea of shabbily dressed, self-deprecating funnymen, John Mulaney stands out as a very well-dressed self-deprecating ...

He felt a deep responsibility that his work be historically accurate, so he sourced all of his fabrics from Japan and rented traditional Japanese clothing from the Sengoku era so that he and his team ...

Japanese traditional paper, clay, Japanese and Western sewing supplies, The store offers simple kits that can be easily made ...