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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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WHETHER it’s hanging your stockings by the fire or leaving milk and cookies out for Santa Claus, we all have Christmas traditions that we follow. And depending on where you are in the world, ...

so he sourced all of his fabrics from Japan and rented traditional Japanese clothing from the Sengoku era so that he and his team could study their construction and reproduce them using similar ...

Photo from the Alkmaar municipality Clogs are a type of traditional wooden shoe and an ... be destroyed after WWII — found in warehouse in Japan After emptying the sewage pit, archaeologists ...

Each card is handmade with care. Tweezers are sometimes used to create fine details. Greeting cards made of beautiful washi traditional Japanese paper are a delight to the eyes for their gorgeous and ...

Police say clothing found in bushland near Wollongong could belong to Pauline Sowry, who disappeared 30 years ago. A $500,000 reward was offered for information leading to a conviction earlier ...

Taketomi’s traditional houses with their stone lion protectors and, finally, blissful Ishigaki with its laid-back izakaya and perfect beaches. For a ski holiday with a difference, Japan’s ...