The Japanese word for a tea ceremony, chanoyu, can be translated literally as “hot water for tea.” But the term chanoyu has ...

Completed in 2025 in Japan. Images by Nobutada Omote. Women's Pavilion, in collaboration with Cartier, is a pavilion themed around the promotion of women's empowerment. The project incorporates two ...

With 25 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Japan is ideal for those who like to explore the historical and environmental aspects of ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

In his cozy workshop behind his D.C. home, contemporary kumiko craftsman David Gootnick, a Craft Show featured artist, uses ...

I wanted to make a point of placing the monsters within the daily life of Tokyo,” says the photographer Tess Ayano, who spent ...

The country’s aesthetics and inventions have spread far. It still remains a singular place.

A new building inspired by an ancient Japan palace was recently completed here at Manyo Botanical Garden on the grounds of ...

The former imperial capital is both the symbol of Japan's temples and geishas and of globalized overtourism. And yet, blocks ...

This underrated city was once the capital of Japan in the Middle Ages and is now a beautiful, tourist-friendly hub with ...

I’m a believer. Not in a higher power, but in the power of sacred spaces to move, challenge, educate and uplift me.

Expo has kicked off in Osaka, Japan, bringing together more than 150 countries and regions, each with their own culture and ...