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Japanese jeans hand-dyed with natural indigo and weaved on a clackety vintage loom, then sold at a premium to global denim ...

1 January is a major national holiday in Japan - homes and temples are cleaned ... Wearing polka dot clothing and eating grapes is common choice. The clock just struck midnight in New Zealand and ...

Sake has fueled many joyous and commemorative occasions in Japan. Now, it has provided another reason to celebrate. UNESCO on Dec. 4 registered the “traditional knowledge and skills of sake ...

But “traditional knowledge and skills of sake-making with ‘koji’ mold in Japan” is now registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. And the age-old technique has produced ...

Vinyl-focused listening bars inspired by ones in Japan are opening across New York, attracting audiophiles and city dwellers ...

Dorayaki is a delicious Japanese dessert made of two small, round, pancake-like patties (made from castella cake batter) that sandwich a filling of sweet azuki bean paste. It's a favorite treat ...

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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