As production of Japan's traditional craftworks goes into decline due to diminishing spending power in their home market, ...

Efforts to create a new wave of interest in Japanese art and design in Europe are in full flow as the value of their domestic ...

The “Pokemon x Kogei – Playful Encounters of Pokemon and Japanese Craft” event will take place at the Azabudai Hills Gallery ...

Each ball, or “temari,” is a work of art, with colorful geometric patterns carrying poetic names like “firefly flowers” and ...

The foundation for overseas marketing of Japanese crafts was laid two years earlier when an organization aimed at revitalizing Bizen, Odate and other places along what was the Kitamaebune northern ...

If you’re looking for ways to fully appreciate Japan’s unique culture when visiting Tokyo, then there are plenty of carefully ...

As production of Japan’s traditional craft works goes into decline because of diminishing spending power in their home market, moves are under way to lure foreign buyers by sparking a renewed ...

The world sees Japan as a paragon of minimalism. But its hidden clutter culture shows that ‘more’ can be as magical as ‘less’ ...

In the remote village of Kamimomi in Japan’s western Okayama Prefecture, a small group of rice farmers began their most ...

Gifting in Japan is so deeply embedded in the culture that within just a few months of living here, I found myself fully ...