Utah's Japanese community as well as Japantown redevelopment plans will be the focuses of Nihon Matsuri, the annual Japan ...

Kumiko emerged in the Asuka era between about 600 and 700 C.E. and eschews nails in favor of perfectly cut pieces that notch ...

Naoshima, alongside Teshima and Inujima is one of a few islands that host countless art sites, museums and outdoor sculptures ...

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

When Aotearoa Art Fair returns from May 1-4 thousands of local and international visitors will flock to Auckland’s Viaduct ...

A huge portrait of Tanjiro is being being planned using an unusual medium - and they are looking for volunteers to help ...

In his cozy workshop behind his D.C. home, contemporary kumiko craftsman David Gootnick, a Craft Show featured artist, uses the raw material of his practice: a five-foot-long, two-inch-thick plank of ...

The Buddhist Hanging Scroll at Muryang Temple was designated a National Treasure on Thursday. The 14-meter (45.9-foot) scroll ...

Dotonbori is like an arms race for your attention. The signs get bigger and more elaborate, to the point giant crabs or a ...

What are the hallmarks of a resilient, balanced, long-term happiness? Traditional Japanese wisdom offers insights.

Glen Hill pays tribute to Dr Adrian Snograss, "a luminary in the fields of architecture, Buddhist studies and hermeneutical ...

Many of us know that Japan took its Buddhism, its urban design, its flower-viewing rites and several of its art forms from China, often by way of Korea. You feel that influence today everywhere from ...