On Sunday, dozens of men and women braved the freezing temperatures at Tokyo's Teppozu Inari shrine, taking part in a traditional ice-water bathing ceremony to welcome the new year. Participants, ...
Large traditional kites are on display at the Japanese garden in Showa Kinen Park, which spans Tachikawa and Akishima cities in Tokyo, to help visitors enjoy the spirit of the New Year. These kites ...
Traveling to Park County from the suburbs of Tokyo for a two-year stint at the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center, Haruka Takaku has a list of goals to accomplish.
In a community that is surrounded by mountains, straw has been an integral part of daily life through the use of sandals, trivets and baskets for picking Japanese sansho peppers ... She said it leads ...