From learning to carve woodblocks or make pottery, to observing artisans at work, tourists can help sustain and revive these ...

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

First emerging in Japan in the Asuka period of about 538 to 710 C.E., the intricate woodworking practice of kumiko has since ...

TOKYO -- Three artifacts described as "dogu" earthenware figurines from Japan's ancient Jomon period were removed from the ...

Looking for something to do while you're on break? Here are some of 2025 Golden Week Events in Japan from north to south.

In a breakthrough that blends ancient design with modern materials science, researchers have developed a new class of ceramic structures that can bend under pressure -- without breaking.

The five covers of T’s annual Culture issue — which this year is devoted entirely to Japan and its outsize cultural influence ...

Step into the enchanting world of Hoi An, Vietnam's former trading hub, where the old meets the new in a captivating dance of ...

Even the ceramics ... areas of washoku (Japanese cuisine): sushi, tempura, teppanyaki, and yakitori. Dive into the dazzlingly blue waters of Miyako with experiences that include snorkeling over coral ...

Phu Lang, one of Vietnam’s oldest pottery villages, is stirring again with a new generation of potters and a cross-cultural collaboration that may redefine the future of this ancient craft.

A mysterious underwater structure off the coast of Japan has some experts wondering if we've seriously underestimated ancient civilizations. Known as the Yonaguni Monument, 82 feet (24.99 meters) ...

Part of the group’s theology, though, was rooted in ancient Buddhist beliefs that had shaped mainstream Japanese society during the Kamakura period, which lasted from 1185 to 1333. Like people of that ...