California was once a hotbed of Japanese wine producers, until 20th-century legislation boxed them out. Over a hundred years later, a comeback is underway.

Several tabletop games inspired by traditional culture and set in Kyoto have been released recently. Their simplicity allows ...

India's perfumery tradition spans thousands of years, with mentions in ancient texts like the Vedas. The art form originated ...

Japanese foreign minister honors war dead in Seoul Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya burns incense to pay tribute to ...

The sumo museum has a full-sized wrestling ring and visitors with a foreign passport are granted free entry.

As cinema spreads across the globe, Japan shines as one of the leading and cherished film industries, especially having earned more Academy Awards than any other nation in Asia. While it is ...

Pilgrimages have been part of Japanese culture for over a thousand years. The UNESCO-listed Kumano Kodo is legendary among ...

There are many pilgrims’ roads in Japan, but the Henro is among the oldest and ... then head for the shrines to light my last three incense sticks. Here, I meet Kuse Naoki, a silver-haired pilgrim in ...

Takamine is a new whiskey made with koji, a mold that’s long been used in Japan for starting fermentation.Credit...Kosuke Okahara for The New York Times Supported by By Clay Risen One afternoon ...

Japan is staring down a demographic cliff. The population has shrunk for 15 straight years, with births hitting a record low of 730,000 last year and deaths a record high of 1.58 million.

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Millions of Japanese people will return to their home towns to be with their families, visit neighborhood shrines on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, and watch the New Year TV program "Kohaku Uta ...