Takahiro Omori's 2011 anime film, To the Forest of Firefly Lights, based on Yuki Midorikawa’s manga, continues to resonate ...

Some of the top parks and other open spaces and services in Portland, Oregon, that provide great offsite options for meetings ...

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

From learning to carve woodblocks or make pottery, to observing artisans at work, tourists can help sustain and revive these ...

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 ...

“It looks like it will die,” Nishibori said of the cherry tree, “but it’s not going to die. The next spring, there will be ...

A look at Japan’s love of packaging, from impeccably crafted cardboard to lacquered works of art.

In the confines of every hand-drawn frame, anything is possible, and I was reminded of that when IMAX re-released Studio ...

Noh, a type of traditional Japanese theater, has been performed for 650 years, since the Muromachi period (1336-1573). Zeami, who perfected the art, taught that the most important element of noh is ...

The surrounding countryside is deep in cedar and cypress trees; 96 per cent of the land is forest, in which bears ... renovation using traditional Japanese carpentry. Conran, 30, is no stranger ...

Dr. Qing Li, Chairman of the Japanese Society for Forest Medicine and a professor at Nippon Medical School in Tokyo, has conducted extensive research on the health benefits of forest environments. His ...

Neatly displayed in several glass cabinets and metal shelves, 30-year-old Muhammad Fikri Hadi Mohamed Hanafiah’s passion for the intricately designed figurines-crafted to closely resemble characters ...